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This week Hussein Ismail Jaber, a banquet manager at the Jerusalem Renaissance Hotel, father of three and a Muslim, is one of the richest men in Israel. For a week. For the fourth time. Because Jewish law forbids possession of certain grains on Passover, Jews who own bread or bakery companies sell their inventory to a Gentile for the holiday. The Sephardic and Ashkenazic chief rabbis sell it all to Jaber, who gives the Finance Ministry a check for $25,000 as a deposit for food products worth about $50 million. Jaber says he does it as "a gesture...
...early for lunch anyways, but I have nothing else to do and I'm avoiding my TF's office hours in Loker. I head to Holyoke to grab a seat at the awkwardly situated Campo di Fioro (spellcheck!!). I get the first chunk of the freshly baked bread du jour on my sandwich and I take mental notes on who's going into...
RESTAURANTS: The ubiquitous "Pret a Manger" sandwich, pastry and coffee shops are the mainstay of budget Londoners. The bread is always fresh, and the combinations of food are creative, including salmon and chive sandwiches and small, boxed desserts. The best pastries in town are at DeBaer's, a Belgian patisserie on tiny William Street just off the busy Knightsbridge shopping street, where the almond croissants are tastier than in Brussels or Paris. No one should visit London without taking part at least once in the afternoon tea ritual, practiced by tourists and natives alike. Harrod's is great...
...strange ways. Each attempting to carve out their own path, none of them can free themselves of the others, so the story also moves through Patrick's haunted wanderings and the life of their uncle Oscar whose cardboard clerical collar and designer suits speak of a long history. More Bread or I'll Appear becomes a traditional generational declension that spans the globe and some very untraditional characters...
Emer Martin's second book is a mesmerizing mosaic of places, characters and feeling. Reading almost as a guide book to the modern scattered human soul, More Bread or I'll Appear is both beautiful and terrible. Though she has been compared to Henry Miller and Irvine Welsh, to me Emer Martin sings completely unique modern saga...