My last meal / Toronto
Lyse Doucet
Lauded BBC journalist and foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet mulls over her love of Middle Eastern fare and reflects on why food has become a weapon of war.
“For me food has always been everything. It’s what brings people together, what defines your culture. Growing up, the kitchen was the heart of the house. We lived very close to the sea so there was a lot of fish. And now whenever I go home to New Brunswick it’s often about food. We always stop at my brother’s house and go on the food tour: the donairs [kebabs], the burgers at Big D, fried clams and fat-cut fries. My sister and I, we still talk about being kids and going for fries – they were served between two paper plates and probably cost 15…
