“At thirteen, she was already five feet seven, a little hollowed-out by her growth spurt, her chest concave, her eyes with their… — Diana Abu-Jaber Beauty Copy Share Image
“As she piped rosettes, docked a sheet of dough, or doused a tart with sanding sugar, another world occurred on the doorstep.… — Diana Abu-Jaber Another world Copy Share Image
“A cookie, Avis told her children, is a soul. She held up the wafer, its edges shimmering with ruby-dark sugar. "You think… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“She's been scouted by Ford and Elite- real New York agencies. Micah, the agent for Elite- a tall black guy in silver… — Diana Abu-Jaber Beauty Copy Share Image
“Years ago, when she'd studied the constructions of stem, blade, stamen, ovule, she loved the infinite possibilities of the plant kingdom- but… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
The question of identity has always been a murky issue in my own life and my writing bounces that right back. My… — Diana Abu-Jaber Father Copy Share Image
“It's been over a year since they've visited their son's market. As they walk through the parking lot they take in a… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“This morning's pastry poses challenges. To assemble the tiny mosaic disks of chocolate flake and candied ginger, Avis must execute a number… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Brian and Avis deliver their stacks and try to refuse dinner, but the waiters bring them glasses of burgundy, porcelain plates with… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Deep, fluting emotions were a form of weakness. She'd seen the softening in her work over the years, she'd started making the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Art Copy Share Image
“On the top rack is a cooled and decorated seven-layered 'opera' cake. Her client- the Peruvian ambassador- had requested a "tropical" theme… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“Slavery has been outlawed in most arab countries for years now but there are villages in jordan made up entirely of descendants… — Diana Abu-Jaber Arab Copy Share Image
The daily writing practice is something I used to hear batted around a lot in writing workshops - which is probably why… — Diana Abu-Jaber Anxiety Copy Share Image
Here is something you have to understand about stories: They point you in the right direction but they can't take you all… — Diana Abu-Jaber Beauty Copy Share Image
Dad says that everyone invented baklava.” It occurs to me now to wonder what that means. Aunt Aya rolls her eyes. “Your… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Propped on a small easel she uses for orders and ingredient lists is a request for a 'gateau Saint-Honore' bearing the legend… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“Avis named her business Paradise Pastry because she imagined cathedrals. She thought about the stonemasons, glassblowers, sculptors- who gave lifetimes to the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“He had a satisfying wholeness about him, American good looks like a baseball player's- level shoulders, a pale shock of hair. A… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“She considers a tray of flaky 'jesuites,' their centers redolent of frangipani cream, decorated with violet buds preserved in clouds of black… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“She wonders sometimes if it's a sort of flaw or lack in her - the inability to lose herself in someone else.… — Diana Abu-Jaber Falling in love Copy Share Image
“She thinks of Stanley's colored pencil drawings of theoretical businesses: a cafe, a bookshop, and, always, a grocery store. When she was… — Diana Abu-Jaber Business Copy Share Image
“The first time Avis knelt on a chair and stirred eggs into flour to make a vanilla cake, she had an inkling… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“There's a time when things go out of tune. It's not all the time. It's not even a lot of the time.… — Diana Abu-Jaber Money Copy Share Image
I heard friends and strangers saying, "You don't look Arab - what are you supposed to be?" It really is a tired… — Diana Abu-Jaber Arab Copy Share Image
“I mean, he could blow old Capitalist-Stevie here away." Felice doesn't respond. She pulls the backs of her ankles in close to… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“How would you feel about doing a little something in the kitchen?" Avis asks tentatively. Brian laughs. He used to assist her… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
