Yaprak Sarması

A gathering of women prepare yaprak sarması for a village wedding in Turkey, August 2009. For more on this and other Middle Eastern food, please read "Day of Honey" by Annia Ciezadlo http://dayofhoney.com

Filmmakers' website: http://japandocumentary.com

Review of "Day of Honey"

"Her book is among the least political, and most intimate and valuable, to have come out of the Iraq war... There are many good reasons to read 'Day of Honey.' It's a carefully researched tour through the history of Middle Eastern food. It's filled with adrenalized scenes from war zones, scenes of narrow escapes and clandestine phone calls and frightening cultural misunderstandings. Ms. Ciezadlo is completely hilarious on the topic of trying to please her demanding new Lebanese in-laws. These things wouldn't matter much, though, if her sentences didn't make such a sensual, smart, wired-up sound on the page.... Ms. Ciezadlo is the kind of thinker who listens as well as she writes. Her quotations from other people are often beautiful, or very funny.... readers will feel lucky to find her." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Yaprak
• Sarması