The language of Baklava
By: Diana Abu-Jaber
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780375423048
Subjects: Cooking; Middle Eastern Cooking
Description: A humorous memoir of growing up with a Jordanian father who loved to cook. Includes many recipes.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Raising an Arab Father in America -- 3 -- 2; title: Hot Lunch -- 20 -- 3; title: Native Foods -- 30 -- 4; title: A House and a Yard -- 71 -- 5; title: Madama Butterfly -- 88 -- 6; title: Mixed Grill in the Snow -- 110 -- 7; title: Magloubeh and the Great Diplomat -- 124 -- 8; title: Country Life -- 134 -- 9; title: Runaway -- 144 -- 10; title: Stories, Stories -- 153 -- 11; title: Immigrants' Kids -- 160 -- 12; title: Restaurant of Our Dreams -- 168 -- 13; title: The Language of Baklava -- 178 -- 14; title: Bad American Girl -- 194 -- 15; title: Food and Art -- 203 -- 16; title: Candy and Lebeneh -- 213 -- 17; title: A New World -- 230 -- 18; title: The Best Cook in the Family -- 234 -- 19; title: House of Crying -- 251 -- 20; title: Once upon a Time -- 263 -- 21; title: Just a Taste -- 284 -- 22; title: Beyond the Land of Duty-Free -- 307 -- 23; title: HTML -- 317 -- 24; title: The First Meal-- 324.