| Edition |
First Free Press trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
x, 334 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Dolma with Ahmad -- Dreaming of lettuce -- The kebab diaries -- Candy-wrapped Kalashnikovs -- Dumplings at Café Titanic -- Vodka at gunpoint -- Borsch during wartime -- Mezze in Jerusalem, Mansaf in Al Quds -- Peanut butter for your donkey -- Lobster in Tikrit -- Shopping for bread in a Bradley -- Spice girls -- Epilogue -- Waiting for the Taliban -- Reading group guide and author Q & A. |
| Summary |
Provides not only an unsparing and intimate history of some of the last decade's most vicious conflicts but also the most human elements that transcend the dehumanizing realities of war: the people, the compassion they scraped from catastrophe, and the food they ate. Making palpable the day-to-day life during conflicts and catastrophes, Badkhen describes not just the violence but also the beauty of events that take place even during wartime. Throughout Badkhen's stories, punctuated by recipes from the meals she shared with the people she encountered, emerges the most important lesson she has observed in conflict zones from Afghanistan to Chechnya: that war can kill our friends and decimate our towns, but it cannot destroy our inherent decency, generosity, and kindness--that which makes us human. --From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Badkhen, Anna, 1976-
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War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
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Foreign correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
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International cooking.
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Badkhen, Anna, 1976- (OCoLC)fst01911740
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Foreign correspondents. (OCoLC)fst00931759
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International cooking. (OCoLC)fst01753876
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War correspondents. (OCoLC)fst01170456
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| ISBN |
9781439166505 (pbk.) |
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1439166501 (pbk.) |
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9781439166482 |
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143916648X |
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9781439166635 (ebk.) |
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