Bread of Beirut
August 2, 2012
granta.com

On bread, war, and the age-old tradition of the public oven.

Eating in Public: Pleasure or Peril?
February 28, 2012
nytimes.com

Echoes of Victorian finger-wagging from lawmakers who pit public eating against cleanliness, godliness and that elusive quality we refer to as being “civilized.”

Haute Bedouin Cuisine With Mezlai's Ali
Ebdowa
January 30, 2012
Newsweek

Chef Ali Ebdowa is translating simple Bedouin dishes, some of which have barely changed since the Prophet Muhammad’s day, into haute cuisine.

Let Them Eat Bread: How Food Subsidies
Prevent (and Provoke) Revolutions in the
Middle East
March 23, 2011
Foreignaffairs.com

How the bread that used to ensure obedience turned into a symbol and a source of revolution.

Eat, Drink, Protest
May/June 2011
Foreign Policy

In the wrong hands, food can be a weapon: a short, sweet history of food propaganda.

Does the Mediterranean Diet Even Exist?
April 3, 2011
The New York Times Magazine

The more we try to eat like Mediterraneans, the more they're trying to eat like us.

History on a Plate
July 21, 2011
Time

A short history of harisa/haleem, the mixture of meat, spices, and grains that people have been eating across continents and centuries.

Lebanon’s New Locavores
June 5, 2011
Newsweek

Middle Eastern diners used to shun “peasant food.” But slow, fresh, and rural are gaining ground at Beirut’s trendy Tawlet.

They Remember Home  

December 2008
Saveur

Marooned in Beirut, Iraqi refugees ease the pain of exile with home cooking. Included in Best Food Writing 2009.

Baghdad Thanksgiving, 2003
22 November 2007
The New York Times

Thanksgiving in Baghdad, four years ago.