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Apr 15, 2013
Laura
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Food is to eat, not to read about. Family dynamics just a bit too odd for me.
3.77 stars
It's set up nicely, intensifies, has humor and tragedy. It falls a little flat in the end.
p. 206 the key to parenting -- "rendering oneself obsolete"
I wish she'd included the cookie recipes.
"Yellow vegetables for happiness," I corrected her. The Iraqi Jews ate according to color. "White for purity, green apples for hope and prosperity."
They never eat black foods, even skin their eggplants.
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It's set up nicely, intensifies, has humor and tragedy. It falls a little flat in the end.
p. 206 the key to parenting -- "rendering oneself obsolete"
I wish she'd included the cookie recipes.
"Yellow vegetables for happiness," I corrected her. The Iraqi Jews ate according to color. "White for purity, green apples for hope and prosperity."
They never eat black foods, even skin their eggplants.
...more
Nov 29, 2012
Ching-In
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May 14, 2013
Annika
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Enthu_Kidlets
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