Word: baklawa
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...exotic friends, but we had an understanding about the flaky, honey-soaked pastry. We'd bounce back the words. "One piece of baklava," I'd say, hiding my "w" behind a "v." I knew this was how it was pronounced, but I didn't want to sound presumptuous. "One baklawa, coming right up," the younger brother would repeat. I followed again, with a new intonation, "BAKlawa...
...nights later, after downing four predinner shots of bourbon at a Syrian home, Coates danced the dubbke ("No serious threat to the samba," he told his readers). He put away exotic dishes ranging from kibbee (lamb cake) and yabrac (grape leaves) to baklawa (pastry...
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