Awafi Kitchen

סנתכ כ'ד'רה سنتك خضرة SANTAK CHADHRA
שתהיה שנה ירוקה ומלבלבת - זוהי הברכה בפי יהודי בבל במוצאי חג שני של פסח כאשר הם טופחים אחד לשני על הכתף בשיבולים של חיטה וענפי הדס וצמחים נוספים.
A YEAR FULL OF GREEN AND BLOSSOM - THIS IS THE BLESSING THAT THE IRAQI JEWS WISH EACH OTHER ON THE LAST DAY OF PESSAH WHILE PATTING SLIGHTLY ON EACH OTHER'S SHOULDER WITH WHEAT AND MYRTEL BRANCHES.
سنتك خضرة ومزدهرة - هذا ما يتمنى يهود العراق اخر يوم من ايام عيد الفصح (عيد الفطير) وبيدهم سنابل حنطة واغصان من الياس بينما يربتون واحد للآخر على الكتف.
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"I worry that the same dishes are being highlighted, the same stories told, for the same audiences. In some cookbooks, it takes the form of a bright, lush idyll, reminiscent of the French or Italian countryside’s markets and villas, maybe to soothe an audience whose points of reference are otherwise sand, oppressive veils, and gunpowder. But the reality of the Mashriq and Maghreb today is not an idyll, but a multitude of existences that extends beyond Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and holds within it different cultures, languages, religions, geographies, and terroirs — and thus, different foods....Leaving out diversity, colonialism, Israeli occupation, or any other complexity, is not just myopic, but harmful, especially when pressed into the existing patchwork of narratives about the Maghreb and Mashriq."

What Does It Mean for Food to Be ‘Arabesque’? In the past few years, the publishing industry has embraced cookbooks and authors from the Arabic-speaking world. But the stories told and dishes served are often the same ones, repeated over and over again.