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Publisher: New York : - Pantheon Books

Pages: 330

Edition: 1st ed

ISBN: 0375423044

Language: English

Statement of responsibility: Diana Abu-Jaber

Physical description: ix, 330 p. ; 22 cm.

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Whether of our own construction, or constructed for us, we walk within walls, walls that become more visible when we walk in another culture. Food and cooking are subversive - they dissolve these walls, digest them into something else. There are several episodes in "The Language" that demonstrate this beautifully. But I wonder about the title. I wouldn't call food a language. A language is a construct to share experiences that are otherwise personal. When we eat baklava together, we share an experience by virtue of our humanity, an experience that is otherwise ineffable. No language can possibly express that experience, nor is one needed.

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