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Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War

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by Annia Ciezadlo


  in Beirut, 21, 30–52, 121, 144, 151, 169–73, 183, 186–87, 188, 194–208, 209, 212–14, 221, 222–25, 226, 228, 233–35, 242, 280, 281–87, 294–96, 299, 300–313

  birthday of, 100–101

  childhood of, 17–20, 208–9, 221

  family of, 17, 20, 21, 100, 199–208, 221, 255–59

  as journalist, 12–13, 28–30, 33, 48–49, 64, 85, 153, 212, 214, 247, 261, 294–95

  as Newsday Middle East bureau chief, 33, 48–49, 64

  in New York, N.Y., 12, 13–14, 18, 20–21, 294–95, 297–98, 299, 311–12

  in Pakistan, 28, 30–32, 33, 298

  personality of, 11, 13, 30–32, 126, 136, 208–9, 221, 224–25, 295, 297–98

  wartime experiences of, 242, 244–47, 253–59, 261, 262–63, 270–75, 281–93, 300–313, 320

  Bedouins, 51, 59–60, 66, 67, 76, 77, 108, 155, 192, 230, 319

  beer, 72, 73, 150–51, 318

  beggars, 230–31

  beheadings, 137

  Beirut:

  apartments in, 169, 173–77, 183, 209, 212–14, 218, 221, 223, 224–25, 228, 229–37, 249–96, 298–300, 302–13

  bombings in, 176, 183, 184, 209, 294, 319

  business centers of, 174–76, 177, 221–22

  cafés in, 34, 43, 101, 107–10, 144–48, 171, 177, 192, 263, 320; see also specific cafés

  civil war period in, 17–19, 20, 21, 171, 173, 174, 176–78, 184, 185, 187, 188, 242

  Corniche of, 174, 184, 221, 236, 241–42, 248, 281, 285, 286, 310, 313

  cosmopolitanism of, 33–34, 35, 43–45, 76, 171, 173–74, 188

  dahiyeh area of, 188–90, 223, 231, 244, 245, 253, 257, 273, 280, 287, 312

  downtown, 173–77, 185–87, 188, 191, 279–80, 289–93, 295

  East, 243, 308

  economy of, 102, 187, 296

  farmers’ market in, 219, 231–32

  food supplies in, 219, 231–32, 242–43, 264–66, 296, 301–2

  French influence in, 173–74, 188

  Greater, 172

  Green Line of, 18, 174, 188, 287, 293

  history of, 34–35, 173–274, 188

  hotels in, 64–66, 68, 74, 86, 91, 158, 169, 170–73, 178, 183, 184, 218–25, 265, 287, 303; see also specific hotels

  Israeli bombing of, 241–59, 262, 263, 270–76, 279

  mosques of, 173, 185–86, 244, 305, 306, 309

  neighborhoods of, 170–73, 177–80, 184, 243–44, 246

  political demonstrations in, 279–87, 288, 292–93, 295, 302–10, 319

  power outages in, 189, 242–43, 247, 248, 250, 265

  redevelopment of, 173, 174–75, 270

  refugees in, 249–59, 265, 287

  restaurants in, 172, 184, 186, 214–18, 220, 221, 222–23, 225–28, 260, 279–80, 281, 288, 290–92, 307–8; see also specific restaurants

  security situation in, 176, 183, 184, 209, 249–59, 265, 287, 289, 294, 310, 319

  Shiite population of, 185, 244, 246–47, 281–84, 296, 308–12

  snipers in, 174, 177, 188, 288, 302–7

  Sunni population of, 280–84, 285, 308–12, 319

  tent city in, 279–80, 292–93, 319

  water supplies for, 189, 247, 305

  West, 305

  Bekaa Valley, 182, 195

  Ben (radio reporter), 304–5, 307

  Berkeley Hotel, 170–73, 183, 184, 218–25, 265

  Berri, Nabih, 201–2

  Betsy (friend), 110

  bharaat, 85, 357

  Bible, 49, 60, 191, 256

  Bikfaya, Lebanon, 187

  bin Laden, Osama, 30

  Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, 189–90, 201–8, 232, 233, 249, 270–75, 293

  Bishara al-Khoury Street, 253

  Bliss Street, 229, 241–42

  bodyguards, 114, 119, 158–59

  boiled meat, 72–73

  bolani kashalu, 26, 27

  Boswell, James, 58–59

  Bottéro, Jean, 71, 72, 73

  boub alkusa, 21

  “Boulevard of Death,” 13

  bread, 23, 73, 85, 94, 98–99, 102, 103, 116–17, 157, 175, 177, 193, 200, 220–21 243–244, 251–52, 266, 288–89, 301–2, 305, 308, 319

  bread and salt offering, 116–17

  Bremer, L. Paul, 130, 161

  Bristol Hotel, 222–23

  brown butter nut topping, 343–44

  Buddha, 27

  Buddha Bar, 279–80

  bulgur, 49, 50, 59, 72, 163, 205

  burghul, 235, 265

  burghul wa banadura, 235

  Bush, George H. W., 78, 111

  Bush, George W., 75, 145, 186, 193, 249, 263, 300

  Byzantines, 96–97, 164

  Café Younes, 171, 177, 192

  Cain, 59

  Cairo, 33, 76

  caliphs, 94, 96–97, 128, 137, 155, 172, 210, 227

  Cara (friend), 263, 316–17, 321

  caramelized onions, 49, 50, 193, 268

  Carver, Raymond, 239

  catfish, 67, 156

  Catholics, 36, 46, 112, 206, 256

  Cedar Revolution, 186–87, 189, 193, 194, 270, 279, 300

  Cedars Hotel, 100

  censorship, 35, 106

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 106

  Chaghhayni, Mahmud bin Mohamed al-, 90

  Chalabi, Ahmed, 140

  Chandler, Raymond, 192

  Chechnya, 300, 301

  cheese, 312–13

  Chez André, 33–34

  chicken, 26–27, 30, 67, 71, 72, 73, 149, 158, 200, 235–36, 248, 320–21, 344–45

  chicken kebabs, 26–27, 30, 158

  chicken roulade, 149

  Chicken Soup for the Soul, 109

  chicken stew, 72

  chicken stock, 344–45

  chicken tandoori, 73

  chickpeas, 65, 179, 180

  Chidiac, May, 209

  Child, Julia, 71

  Childe, Gordon, 59

  Children of the Alley (Mahfouz), 35

  Christians, 18, 22–23, 36, 41–42, 88, 93, 111, 113, 126, 145, 157, 162, 188, 189, 190, 191, 199, 209, 211, 212, 224, 276, 280, 299, 300

  Christian Science Monitor, 125, 144, 169–70

  Christmas, 256–59, 280, 295–96

  Ciezadlo, Annia:

  in Amman, 51, 55–57

  apartments of, 229–37, 294–96, 298–300, 302–13

  in Baghdad, 47, 55–165, 169, 176, 224, 247, 302, 319, 320

  in Beirut, 33–52, 121, 151, 169–320

  birthday of, 100–101

  birth of, 19

  in Bloomington, Ind., 19, 21–22, 25, 215

  in Brooklyn, N.Y., 28

  in Buffalo, N.Y., 25, 65

  in Chicago, Ill., 15, 16–17, 19, 24, 25, 42, 121

  childhood of, 19, 21–25, 35

  as Christian Science Monitor reporter, 125, 144, 169–70

  in Clayton, Mo., 112

  as cook, 218–21, 223, 228, 234–37, 260, 266–69, 306–7, 315–16, 320–21

  education of, 23–24, 25

  as freelance reporter, 47, 64, 169–70, 247, 260–61, 294–95, 297–98

  in Ganado, Ariz., 22

  Greek background of, 14, 16–17, 160–61, 315

  homesickness of, 90–91, 121, 297

  honeymoon of, 60–61, 64, 87–88, 100–101

  hotels as residences of, 64–66, 68, 74, 86, 91, 158, 169, 170–73, 183, 184, 218–25, 265

  as journalist, 12, 46, 47, 64, 75–76, 85, 103, 110–21, 125, 144, 153, 169–70, 247, 260–61, 264, 294–95, 297–98

  Karbala visited by, 125–31

  as magazine editor, 38–39

  marriage of, 35–36, 46–47, 48, 50–52, 87–88, 144, 152–53, 169–70, 194–98, 212–14, 221, 223, 228, 235, 237, 247–48, 257, 262–63, 293, 294–95, 297–98, 299, 311–12, 316

  in New York, N.Y., 12, 13–14, 17, 25, 26–27, 28, 294–95, 297–98, 311–12, 315–21

  in Overland Park, Kans., 23

  personality of, 11, 13, 30, 32, 35–36, 224–25, 293, 297–98, 306
–7

  in San Francisco, Calif., 22–23, 35

  in St. Louis, Mo., 23–24

  wartime experiences of, 153–54, 169–70, 176, 183, 184, 185, 194–95, 241–76, 279, 281–95, 297–98, 300–313, 320

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 141

  Clouds, The (Aristophanes), 161

  Club Social, 274

  Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), 117, 118, 127

  coffee, 143, 174, 200, 206, 213, 235–36, 316–17

  Cold War, 27, 35

  Commodore Hotel, 178

  Communism, 75, 77, 100, 102, 120, 209, 300

  Connie (author’s great aunt), 153

  cornbread, 67

  Corniche, 174, 184, 221, 236, 241–42, 248, 281, 285, 286, 310, 313

  Corniche al-Mazraa, 287

  Cruelty and Silence (Makiya), 79

  Crusades, 172

  curry, 156

  Cyprus, 42

  Czechoslovakia, 77

  Dabbous, Rabih, 281, 288

  Damascus, 128, 213, 282, 296

  date palms, 63–64, 90

  dates, 85, 94, 277

  David, Elizabeth, 24, 71

  Death in Beirut (Awwad), 167

  Deb (radio reporter), 305–6, 307

  Delights from the Garden of Eden (Nasrallah), 72

  De re coquinaria (Apicius), 70–71

  deviled eggs, 86–87

  Didion, Joan, 192

  Diogenes, 112

  divorce, 76, 87, 222

  dolma, 156, 162–63, 164

  Dos Passos, John, 109

  dowries, 196–97

  Druze militias, 213, 227, 299–300

  Economist, 35

  Egg Basket, 86

  eggplants, 45, 74, 182

  eggs, 266–69

  Egypt, 154, 172, 191, 226, 227, 247

  Eido, Walid, 294

  Elamites, 71, 154

  Elwi, Laila, 57

  emmer, 72

  English language, 20, 36, 43, 81, 82–83, 100, 106–7, 118, 134, 156, 162, 200, 214, 220, 228, 230, 233, 248, 262, 264, 291, 321

  Enkidu, 69–70, 150

  Esau, 49, 59

  escabeche, 156

  Euphrates River, 59, 73, 128

  exclusive agency laws, 182

  Exodus, Book of, 191

  Fairbanks, Douglas, 62

  Fairouz, 101

  Faisal (translator), 114, 119

  Faisal I, King of Iraq, 107

  “faithfulness campaign,” 137–38, 141

  falafels, 85, 129, 179

  fallaheen, 202, 231, 232

  Fallujah, Iraq, 94, 132, 135, 145, 147, 149

  “family sections,” 95–96

  Fannie Farmer, 71

  faqirah, 40–41

  Faqmah ice cream shop, 104

  farmers’ markets, 21–22, 219, 231–32, 320

  farro, 72

  Farsi language, 128, 156

  fatayer, 220

  Fatfat, Ahmad, 287

  fatiha, 206

  Fatih Kashif al-Ghitta, Sheikh, 133–36, 137, 138–39, 140, 158–61, 221, 222–23, 317

  Fatima (refugee), 250

  Fatimid caliphs, 172, 227

  fatteh, 181, 312

  fattet hummus, 180, 301, 338–39

  fattoush, 37, 49, 64–65, 157, 158, 203, 204, 207, 320, 329–30

  fava beans, 179, 335–37

  fawal, 179–81, 301, 318

  Feast: Why Humans Share Food (Jones), 59

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 296

  fennel, 193, 320

  Fertile Crescent, 59, 68

  fesenjoon, 128, 129, 156, 159

  Few Things I Know About Glafkos Thrassakis, The (Vassilikos), 33

  Field, Sally, 295

  figs, 74

  Firdous Square, 82, 122, 132, 133

  firni, 30

  fish, 27, 30, 57, 91–94, 95, 97–99, 110, 123, 136, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 318, 319

  fish kebab, 27, 30

  flatbread, 193

  flour, 78, 251–52, 266

  food:

  agriculture and, 59–60, 73, 77, 78, 156, 182, 218–20, 231–32

  civilization based on, 16, 58–61, 154–58, 164–65

  as cuisine, 15–17, 59, 70–71, 86, 155, 221, 223–25, 229, 266–69, 271–72

  diplomacy and, 112–15

  geography and, 94–95, 178, 231

  home and, 90–91, 256–59, 297, 316–17, 320–21

  hospitality and, 60–61, 220–21

  Iraqi, 56, 62–68, 147–49, 154–57, 163–65

  Lebanese, 11, 20, 21, 26–27, 66, 67, 84, 158, 163, 179–80, 218–28, 234–37, 266–69, 291, 315–16, 320–21

  markets for, 21–22, 96–97, 219, 231–32, 320

  midwestern, 67, 158

  nomadic, 59–60

  politics and, 189, 257–58, 280

  rations of, 56, 243–44, 272–73

  recipes for, 15, 70–71, 164–65, 218–21, 266–68, 320–21, 329–58

  social, 154, 215–21, 256–59, 321

  tribal customs and, 66, 67, 111–12

  in wartime, 242–55, 288, 301–2, 303, 306–7, 316–17, 319–20

  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 78–79

  Food Heritage Foundation, 218

  Forbes, 175

  foul akhdar, 217

  foul mdamas, 179–81, 301, 318, 335–37

  France, 173–74, 188, 190, 191–92, 295, 296

  freekeh dajaj, 49, 217, 220, 284, 341–43

  Free Patriotic Movement, 280

  French language, 186, 200, 201, 220, 228, 261–62

  Frogs, The (Aristophanes), 161

  furn, 243, 288–89, 301–2

  Future Movement, 211–12, 280–87, 288, 299, 307, 311

  Future TV, 179, 184, 307

  Gabriel (angel), 101

  garlic, 192–93, 272

  gasoline, 63, 249

  Gemayel, Bashir, 187, 213

  Genghis Khan, 155

  Georges (friend), 225–28, 274, 294, 321

  Georgetown University, 142

  Germany, 153, 249

  Ghalayini, Ziad (casualty), 308–10, 312, 313

  ghanouj, 215, 314

  Ghazi, King of Iraq, 107–8

  Ghobeireh intersection, 245

  Gilgamesh, 69–72, 73, 150–51, 319

  Gillerman, Dan, 275

  God, 47, 60–61, 101, 107, 198

  Goldwasser, Ehud, 253

  Governing Council, 133, 145, 147

  grape leaves, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 26, 216, 266

  grapes, 266

  Great Britain, 51, 55, 107–8, 111, 115–16, 156

  Great Depression, 15, 317

  Greco-Turkish War, 14

  Greece, 14, 16–17, 32, 77, 156, 160–61, 315

  Greek Orthodox Christians, 256

  green garlic, 192–93

  greengrocers, 181–82, 192, 231–32, 242–43, 309

  Green Line, 18, 174, 188, 287, 293

  Green Zone, 64, 110, 114, 115, 123, 127, 162

  Gropius, Walter, 76

  gross domestic product (GDP), 175, 187

  Gula, Sharbat, 27

  Gulf War, 62, 66–67, 80, 137

  Habib’s restaurant, 12–13

  Habiby, Emile, 277

  hadarah, 76

  hadiths, 141

  Hajar, Basim al-, 82

  Hajj, 195

  hajjis, 231, 232, 290, 293

  Hajj Naji (Bazzi relative), 39, 40, 41, 42–43, 46, 194, 195–96, 200, 249, 273

  Hajj Salim, 306, 308

  hakawati, 174

  Hakim, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-, 48

  Hakim, Caliph al-, 227

  Halabja poison gas attack (1988), 79

  Halutz, Dan, 244, 250

  Hamed, Basim, 82

  Hammurabi, 81

  Hamra Hotel, 64–66, 68, 74, 84, 86, 91, 158, 169

  Hamra neighborhood, 170–73, 177, 178, 179–80, 183, 214, 215, 216, 229, 230–31, 274, 281, 298, 301, 302–3, 307, 308, 312, 319

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sp; Hamra Street, 170, 172, 183, 281, 298, 307

  hamudh, 108

  Hanf, Theodor, 287–88

  Harder They Fall, The (Schulberg), 109–10

  Haret Hreik neighborhood, 244, 250, 253–59, 265

  Hariri, Rafik, 174–75, 182, 184–87, 191, 209, 211–12, 213, 216, 257–58

  Hariri, Saad, 211–12

  Harrison, Jim, xi

  hashishet al-bahar, 219–20

  Hassan, 192–93

  Hassan, Margaret, 170

  Hassan Ajami café, 107

  Hassoun al-Khafaji, Salama, 136

  Haussmann, Georges-Eugène, 173

  Hawi, George, 209

  Hawza al-Ilmiya, 138

  hawzas, 137, 138, 139, 161

  Hayat (Arabic teacher), 229, 241, 242, 266

  Hays Market, 67

  Hayy al-Jamia neighborhood, 139

  Hazem (reporter), 100–101, 102, 105, 170

  Healthy Basket market, 231–32, 301

  Hebrew University, 191

  Herodotus, 53, 94, 158

  Hezbollah, 185, 189, 191, 201, 202, 209, 213, 223, 241, 244, 246–47, 249–51, 253–55, 259, 262, 263, 270, 273, 274, 275, 279–87, 292–93, 295, 300, 301, 302–10, 319

  hijab, 40, 126–27, 128, 136, 139, 162, 293

  hindbeh, 217

  Hinkle’s Hamburgers, 25

  Histories (Herodotus), 53

  History of Islamic Societies, A (Lapidus), 141

  Holiday Inn, 173

  Holland, Fern, 125, 127, 129, 130

  How Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool’s Joke, 300

  Huda (Bazzi cousin), 33, 43, 44

  Hulagu, 74, 155

  Humbaba, 150

 

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