{"id":7525,"date":"2022-03-15T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2022-12-17T11:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T09:03:45","slug":"desire-and-the-palestinian-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/desire-and-the-palestinian-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Desire and the Palestinian Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Desire and the Palestinian kitchen (photo courtesy Tanoreen<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Wait for her and do not rush.
\nIf she arrives late, wait for her.
\nIf she arrives early, wait for her.<\/p>\n

\u2014Lessons from the Kama Sutra, Mahmoud Darwish<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Fadi Kattan<\/h4>\n

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When I think of desire in the kitchen, I think of that tingling sensation when one develops a recipe and waits\u2026waits for it to translate from an idea into the actual preparation\u2026then the cooking moment. Then the plating. And after that, the first time you taste it. And the first time you serve it and wait for the first guests to taste it.<\/p>\n

Nothing more than that stanza from Mahmoud Darwish\u2019s poem put into music by the fabulous Trio Joubran captures those instants of wait. And yet he talks about a man waiting for a woman, not a cook in a dark kitchen waiting for a dish.<\/p>\n

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