Migration, Displacement, and Identity-A Book of Middle Eastern Food Summary Notes
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Course
UIC1581-01-00
Institution
Yonsei University
Book
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
Food, the book created “the fruit of a nostalgic longing, and delighted savouring of, a food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different from the Western one” (Roden 11).
A Book of Middle Eastern Food
Claudia Roden
● Food, the book created “the fruit of a nostalgic longing, and delighted savouring
of, a food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different from the Western
one” (Roden 11).
● “This meal became a ritual. Considered in Egypt to be a poor man's dish, in Paris
the little brown beans became invested with all the glories and warmth of Cairo,
our home town, and the embodiment of all that for which we were homesick” (11).
● “Friday night dinners at my parents, and gatherings of friends at my own home
have been opportunities to rejoice in our food and to summon the ghosts of the
past” (12).
● “Each dish has brought back memories of great and small occasions, of festivals,
of the emotions of those times, and of the sayings invariably said. They have
conjured up memories of street vendors, bakeries and pastry shops, and of the
brilliant colours and sounds of the markets” (12).
“Smells, emotions, habits and traditions” (12).
● Middle East– “The area is one of geographical, climatic, human and social
contrasts” (13).
“I have tried to trace the origins of dishes and to understand their variations, to detect the
influences brought about by conquering nations, mass emigrations and religious
prohibitions” (15).
● “I would like to pass on the experience which has been transferred from mother
and mother-in-law to daughter and daughter-in-law, with the keen encouragement
of their husbands, fathers and brothers” (16).
Economical
● Easy preparation
● Alcohol is absent “owing to its prohibition by Muslim dietary law” (17).
ORIGIN AND INFLUENCES
“The history of this food is that of the Middle East. Dishes carry the triumphs and glories,
the defeats, the loves and sorrows of the past” (18).
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