Dates in the New World
Lots of information coming in from the comments, emails, google books, and my own library. I will try to absorb all this later today and post again tomorrow. Meantime, looks…
Read moreTwo Great Deserts: Sonora and Arabia Deserta
A couple of days ago I finally got around to reading Gary Nabhan’s book Arab/American. I was entranced as Nabhan, best known for his work on the ecology of the…
Read moreBeignets and Luqam: Thoughts from Cathy Kaufman
The Islamic-Christian culinary connection is one that fascinates lots of readers of my blog. So when I saw that Cathy Kaufman had published this piece in the IACP history of…
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