TMR 20 • Food

Adafina Brings Alive Childhood Memories from Tangier

Adafina Brings Alive Childhood Memories from Tangier

Writer Yaëlle Azagury recalls childhood lessons she learned from her mother's adafina, a special dish for Shabbat.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Yaëlle Azagury
Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

In which Philip Grant muses on Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth century cookbook, "Kitāb aṭ-Ṭabīkh" and cooking and baking...

15 APRIL 2022 • By Philip Grant
On the Streets of Santiago: a Culture of Wine and Empanadas

On the Streets of Santiago: a Culture of Wine and Empanadas

Contributing editor Francisco Letelier writes from the streets of Chile's capital where the future is just beginning.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Farah Abdessamad
Not Just Any Rice: Persian Kateh over Chelo

Not Just Any Rice: Persian Kateh over Chelo

Maryam Mortaz, in a translation by Salar Abdoh, remembers the favored rice of her Iranian childhood.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Maryam Mortaz
Medieval Egyptian and Modern Iraqi Recipes for Ramadan

Medieval Egyptian and Modern Iraqi Recipes for Ramadan

Distinguished cookery author Nawal Nasrallah recommends three recipes to help hydrate and eat during the month of fasting.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Nawal Nasrallah
Torsheedeh: The Significance of Being a Sour Iranian Woman

Torsheedeh: The Significance of Being a Sour Iranian Woman

Parisa Parnian aka the Savage Muse of Los Angeles, recalls the moment of her youthful liberation.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Anna Lekas Miller
Green Almonds in Ramallah

Green Almonds in Ramallah

Palestinian-Californian cook and author Wafa Shami ecstatically recalls the youthful joy of eating green almonds.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Brahim El Guabli
Ma’moul: Toward a Philosophy of Food

Ma’moul: Toward a Philosophy of Food

Bethlehem chef and writer Fadi Kattan muses on the philosophy of food and faith, choosing local tradition over...

15 APRIL 2022 • By Ella Shohat
Recipe for a Good Life: a Poem

Recipe for a Good Life: a Poem

British Iranian sound artist Fari Bradley has sorted out the important things in life.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Mehnaz Afridi
Food in Palestine: Five Videos From Nasser Atta

Food in Palestine: Five Videos From Nasser Atta

A Palestinian journalist passionate about depicting life across the country, Nasser Atta shares with TMR five food videos.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Malika Moustadraf
The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Matthew C. Canfield
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