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...recent weeks, free government rations of such essentials as flour, rice, sugar and tea have been doubled to allow for household stockpiling. Remembering the fuel shortages of 1991, many Basrans are hoarding gasoline and cooking gas as well. It's accepted wisdom that power stations would be destroyed in the first wave of U.S. bombing, so the longest, most chaotic lines in the city are at the kerosene depots, where residents bring every kind of container--from soft-drink bottles to steel drums--to fill up with fuel for lamps and stoves...
...eyes can only cope with daylight driving; Aadil, 27, takes over in the evenings. Between them, the men make 37,000 Iraqi dinars ($15) a month. That's not nearly enough to feed the family - even though, like all Iraqis, they get free rations of basic commodities such as flour, rice, cooking oil and sugar from the government. "All the money goes to buy medicines, or vegetables and meat," Nadam says, "we try to limit ourselves to spending 1,500 dinars (60 cents) a day, but the money quickly runs...
...evening, he will send Adil to collect the family's rations. In anticipation of a war, the government has released two months' quota, and is encouraging people to stock up. Adil gets 70 kg of flour, 6 kg of rice, 10 kg of vegetable oil, 8 kg of sugar - and 500 gm of tea. The next guests to his home will not leave on empty stomachs...
...season staple, the chestnut. At Monaco's Le Louis XV restaurant, chef Franck Cerutti has been dazzling patrons with fresh takes on such down-home dishes as vegetable stew with chestnuts and fennel, and a light blini, the hearty Russian cousin to the crepe, made with freshly ground chestnut flour...
...True, the majority of Iraqis are living in miserable conditions, citizens of an oil-rich nation who have become dependent on government rations of flour, rice, sugar and tea. But thanks to oil-smuggling as well as the gradual easing of United Nations sanctions, Baghdad's markets have not been as well stocked in years. There is a plentiful supply of dates, almonds and desserts, a Ramadan tradition throughout the Arab world...