“. . . the desire her whole person expressed was that of communicating to me what she was tasting: communicating with me through flavors, or communicating with flavors through a double set of taste buds, hers and mine. . . .”
Italo Calvino, "Under the Jaguar Sun."

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Syrian Jewish Sweets at Mansoura Bakery

Brooklyn is home to many distinct Jewish communities. One of these is the Syrian Jewish community in Gravesend. We visited just prior to Sukkot, so there were many stands selling citrons (etrogim) and the bakeries were having trouble keeping up with demand. Luckily, though, Mansoura Bakery still had plenty of desserts for us to sample. […]

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