Format:
Book
Title:
Day of honey : a memoir of food, love, and war / Annia Ciezadlo.
Author:
Ciezadlo, Annia.
Call Number:
070.92 Ciezadlo
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Free Press, 2011.
Description:
viii, 382 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
Ciezadlo presents a beautifully written, fiercely intelligent memoir exploring the heightened meaning of cooking during wartime.
Subjects:
Ciezadlo, Annia.
Journalists -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Journalists -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Food -- Social aspects -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
Food -- Social aspects -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
Iraq War, 2003- -- Social aspects.
Baghdad (Iraq) -- Social life and customs.
Beirut (Lebanon) -- Social life and customs.
Adult core collection.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
1416583939
9781416583936 (hbk.)
9781416583943 (pbk.)