“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
“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
“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 Avis-and-brian 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 Avis-and-brian 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
“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
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 Aunt 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
“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
“He realizes finally that the boy he's been watching snap his board into the air, then neatly touch down- long, black, gleaming… — Diana Abu-Jaber Beauty Copy Share Image
“Avis puts aside the 'Saint-Honore' and decides to embark on a new pastry. She's assembling ingredients when the phone rings in the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“Marry, don't marry,' Auntie Aya says as we unfold layers of dough to make an apple strudel. Just don't have your babies… — Diana Abu-Jaber Ask yourself Copy Share Image
“But Stanley persisted in the kitchen, performing the small yet demanding apprentice's tasks she set for him- removing the skin from piles… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“On the cutting board there are two peanut butter and red currant jam sandwiches for Emerson and two Serrano ham, shaved cheddar,… — Diana Abu-Jaber Felice-muir Copy Share Image
“What about Danny Thomas?" Uncle Hal asks. "What happened to him? "Dead," Uncle Abdelhafiz says. "Nice Lebanese boy." "Never mind about Danny… — Diana Abu-Jaber Family relationships Copy Share Image
“The loneliness of the arab is a terrible thing; it is all consuming. It is already present like a little shadow under… — Diana Abu-Jaber Arab 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
The obsession with food filled my childhood - that's what happens when your parents are from a place or time where people… — Diana Abu-Jaber Childhood Copy Share Image
“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
