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...glass bottles, filled with fragrant oils, are the basis for Omani perfumes. In the shops, Omani women, clad from head to toe in black, extend hennaed hands to select and combine their favorite scents. An Omani woman may be quiet and modest when she walks past, but her signature aroma can't be missed...
...because they improve mood and performance, but we’re particular about our modes of ingestion. For example, No-Doz is an efficient and inexpensive Caffeine Delivery System (CDS for short), yet most users find coffee more appealing. Coffee’s sensory delights of heat, flavor and aroma are the reasons why stimulant-seekers are willing to pay three bucks for a cup of caffeine that would cost 10 cents in pill form...
...bearing good news is, well, news. So much misery occurs in the lands they and the Israelis fight over that the Palestinians' image is inextricable from refugees, poverty, tanks and suicide bombings. Salah Jamal, however, gives a different flavor to what it means to be Palestinian. His book Arab Aroma, Recipes and Stories (Zendrera Zariquiey; 211 pages) takes readers to a place that reveals more about a culture than failed negotiations: the kitchen...
...Arab Aroma is entering its sixth edition - two Catalan, four Spanish - with sales pushing 20,000, according to its publisher. Negotiations are underway for versions in English, Italian and French. The Spanish edition was named best foreign cuisine book at the 2000 Salon de Livre Gourmand in Périgueux, France...
...Catalan - called Palestine: Occupation and Resistance (Flor del Viento; 106 pages). In his role as historian rather than doctor or cook, he sets out to give a brief guide to the roots of the interminable conflict there. Israelis probably won't like it. But they should enjoy Arab Aroma, a book that could equally have been titled Make Food...