To show how music can affect one’s emotions, my husband came home the other day telling me that he had been listening to Andrea Bocelli and Sara Brightman singing “Time to Say Goodbye.” We both sighed, understanding that this song had been our daughter’s favorite when she was between 3 months and two years old. [...]
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Perhaps the best way to illustrate the difference in food culture from country to country is to tell of when I first emigrated to America. I landed in Washington, D.C., where I studied the English language at Georgetown University, and where I got my first taste of American hospitality. The international student advisor invited our [...]
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In my home tomatoes are one vegetables that we can’t do without. We eat them raw, cooked, grilled and whatever other way there is to ingest them. We eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for snacks when there is no meal on the table. The food literature I’ve been reading tells me that tomatoes [...]
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My grandfather always began his day by swallowing two tablespoons of olive oil. In his last years he lived alone, always taking care of himself, getting his exercise by walking three miles a day. I do not remember him being sick. He died at the age of 96 and his sister lived until she was [...]
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A tannour is a three foot by two foot oven made from a special kind of clay that retains heat. Usually, four to five families will share a tanoor, so it is placed in a location convenient for all the families involved. It is usually placed on the ground next to a wall. The space [...]
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We all have our own variety of “comfort food,”particular items or dishes that calm our nerves. Mine is chocolate. To be more specific, dark chocolate. I can be in the worst mood ever, but after a few minutes of intake of the magic food, I’m transported to high levels of ecstasy. On those occasions when [...]
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This blog will be about food, love, and my husband, and I hope you will enjoy all three subjects. There is a movement in the United States I’ve read about, called “the slow eating movement.” Apparently the objective is to take back America from fast food eaters, and to try to restore the enjoyment of food and [...]
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