middle eastern cooking

I don't know why but I keep messing up pita bread. I want nothing more than light fluffy pieces of bread that puff up in the oven but I get heavy disks that taste right but just don't have that lightness. Damn, ok, this might be what I need to review. 

We recently shopped at our local Middle Eastern grocery store - it's tiny but it sells halal meat for a quite reasonable price, and they have an amazing spice array in the front. Previously it was all Sadaf products, which we had recently learned was on the boycott list. It's now stocked with Greenland food products, which by the way, you can order online too. I wasn't sure if the removal was related to recent events, but Google reviews where the owner responds to people complaining about the removal of Sadaf products confirms it was. Anyway, Greenland food products are not just comparable to Sadaf, but honestly I think they are better quality than Sadaf. 

We also found that they stocked Palestinian olive oil. Bought a bottle to try, but we have not opened it yet. 

Anyway yesterday saw someone literally argue, sure the Israeli govt is starving Gaza, bombing them, and its leaders say genocidal stuff, but that doesn't necessarily meet the definition of actual genocide....Like literally do you even hear yourself? 


For anyone interested, MetaFilter just posted a roundup of links related to ICJ ruling. Of interest: Palestinian groups forming a unity agreement in Beijing.