Jasmine and Fire [electronic resource] : A Bittersweet Year in Beirut
Salma Abdelnour2012
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In the mouth-watering tradition of POMEGRANATE SOUP, a food writer finds her way
back home to that most hauntingly beautiful, tragic and dynamic of cities,
Beirut, through the dishes of her childhood. 'In a way, food has always been my
road home. the Beirut scenes I remember most vividly from childhood are of
hanging out for hours over fragrant platters of juicy chargrilled meats and
just-caught seafood, piping-hot loaves of fresh pita, and pistachio-topped
pastries oozing with cream and honey and orange-blossom syrup...' Salma
Abdelnour was just nine years old when, in July 1981, as bombs exploded around
them, she and her family fled the bloody civil war in Lebanon for a quiet, safe
new life in surburban America. Now, thirty years later, she returns to the place
where she hopes to never feel like a stranger. In Jasmine and Fire, Abdelnour
shares her intimate journey of rediscovery as she explores today's Beirut, one
of the world's most hauntingly beautiful, dynamic and tro...
Main title:
Jasmine and Fire [electronic resource] : A Bittersweet Year in Beirut / Salma Abdelnour
Author:
Salma Abdelnour, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743096970
Language:
English
BRN:
433566
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