Lovely article in the International Herald Tribune about Beirut's new farmers' market: A Lebanese chef's vision: Make falafel, not war - International Herald Tribune.
In a region where Arabs and Israelis also fight bitterly over who invented the falafel, food has powerful political potential.
This, at least, is the vision of Kamal Mouzawak, a chef, television personality, writer, and the creator of Souk el Tayeb, a twice-weekly farmers' market in Beirut that has withstood political tensions and even war to bring together the Lebanese.
"In Lebanon we have many different religious sects with seemingly nothing in common," Mouzawak said. "Except food. Muslims and Christians in the north eat the same food. Muslims and Christians in the south eat the same food. The differences are regional."
Read the whole thing. Hat tip Rami Zurayk.
nice one
Posted by: Moussa | August 21, 2007 at 10:47 AM