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But whatever Roden claims, her gastro-genetic memory is somehow still steeped in bowls of the melokhia that will jettison her back to what oddly (given her family's eventual expulsion) was a kindler, gentler point in her life; she never -- at least not publicly -- talks about loathing her non-Jewish neighbors around whom she grew up and enjoyed her young life.
Elissa Altman: Bitter Lemons: The State of Cookbooks in an Uncivil World 2008
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* Mlukhieh is available at Middle Eastern grocery stores and online as mlukhieh, melokhiya, melokhia, malikiya, or a variety of other spellings; you may also find it as Jew’s mallow, jute, and sometimes nalta jute or tossa jute.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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* Mlukhieh is available at Middle Eastern grocery stores and online as mlukhieh, melokhiya, melokhia, malikiya, or a variety of other spellings; you may also find it as Jew’s mallow, jute, and sometimes nalta jute or tossa jute.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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"Jew's mallow") and in stews in Egypt where it is known as melokhia.
Chapter 7 1999
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