January 03, 2008 • Page Image 53
…Aromas of Aleppo Author Poopa Dweck shares a modern taste of an ancient Persian community. PRODUCED BY LYNNE KONSTANTIN I PHOTOGRAPHS BY QUENTIN BACON "Visit an Aleppian Jewish home on any given morning, and you can identify the day of the week by the richly perfumed air wafting from the busy kitchen," writes Poopa Dweck in Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews (Ecco; $49.95). "If it is Friday, the traditional Aleppian Sabb...…

















































