While bees here in the midwest, at the height of summer, swoop busily in and out of their hives carrying the the prizes they’ve claimed from the flowers they’ve found in the fields and my vegetable garden, I’m reading Day of Honey, a book about Lebanon and Iraq and their grasps at peace.
I haven’t devoured the book, as I often do when reading, but I am enjoying it. When I finish, I plan to tackle at least one of the recipes found in the back.
What author Annia Ciedzadlo does best is describe people and cities, but most importantly, she has the most vivid descriptions of food.
Day of Honey has been a very interesting story as many of the places she describes during war time are cropping up in newscasts again today.
It’s been a great summer read.
Waiting for Thoreau 