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Day of honey : a memoir of food, love, and war / Annia Ciezadlo.

by Ciezadlo, Annia.

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New York : Free Press, 2011.

Ciezadlo, Annia.

Journalists -- United States -- Biography.

Journalists -- Iraq -- Baghdad.

Journalists -- Lebanon -- Beirut.

Food -- Social aspects -- Iraq -- Baghdad.

Food -- Social aspects -- Lebanon -- Beirut.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects.

Baghdad (Iraq) -- Social life and customs.

Beirut (Lebanon) -- Social life and customs.

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010019739-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010019739-b.html

9781416583936 :

viii, 382 p. ; 25 cm.

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Pt. I. New York. Introduction : the siege -- The quiet assassin -- Afghanistanism -- The bride of the world -- Majaddara -- pt. II. Honeymoon in Baghdad. The benefits of civilization -- "Iraq has no cuisine" -- Becoming human -- The movement of democratic lovers -- The sumer land -- The flavor of freedom -- Iftar alone -- Chicken soup for the Iraqi soul -- The devil's Hijab -- The free one -- Even a strong person can ask for peace -- pt. III. Beirut. Republic of Foul -- The green revolution -- Death in Beirut -- The war of the kitchen -- The operation -- pt. IV. Eat, pray, war. Fear and shopping -- Mighli -- Cooking with Umm Hassane -- Supper of stones -- pt. V. God, Nasrallah, and the suburbs. There are no Shiites in this neighborhood -- My previous experience in warfare.

Ciezadlo presents a beautifully written, fiercely intelligent memoir exploring the heightened meaning of cooking during wartime.

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