14 great books for foodies, recommended by the James Beard Foundation

Dive into summer with these 14 delectable culinary reads.  

4. "Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War," by Annia Ciezadlo

Annia Ciezadlo writes movingly of the traditions and rituals of eating in Baghdad, where she moved with her Lebanese husband in 2003, and how a shared pleasure in cooking and eating helps her and the community prevail in the midst of a region torn apart by fighting. 

"Day of Honey" was reviewed by the Monitor in 2011.

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