Abu-Jaber: Language of Baklava
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Author: Abu-Jaber
Number of Pages: 330 pages
Published Date: 15 Jun 2006
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781400077762
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Diana Abu-Jaber's vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian father with tales of Lake Ontario shish kabob cookouts and goat stew feasts under Bedouin tents in the desert. These sensuously evoked repasts, complete with recipes, in turn illuminate the two cultures of Diana's childhood-American and Jordanian-while helping to paint a loving and complex portrait of her impractical, displaced immigrant father who, like many an immigrant before him, cooked to remember the place he came from and to pass that connection on to his children. "The Language of Baklava" irresistably invites us to sit down at the table with Diana's family, sharing unforgettable meals that turn out to be as much about "grace, difference, faith, love" as they are about food.