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Article: Different tastes, common passion: Middle Easterners in America share A love of cooking and culture.(Features)(Homefront)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 6, 2002
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Byline: Rich Lang Special to The Christian Science Monitor
PATERSON, N.J. -- Edmund Fattal, like many Middle Eastern businessmen in metropolitan New York, is tired of talking to reporters in these post-Sept. 11 times. If it's about politics or religion, "I am not interested," says this owner of one of the largest Arab food markets in the metro area. "If it's just about food, then I am happy to talk."
It's easy to talk with Mr. Fattal about food - especially a favorite dish from his native Syria, a stew called fasoulia. "I just think of it," he says, "and I can remember the smell coming out of the kitchen when I was a kid."
Fasoulia isn't ...