Arab/American : landscape, culture, and cuisine in two great deserts / Gary Paul Nabhan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-141).

Introduction: What Flows Between Dry Worlds -- 1. Cultural, Ecological, and Culinary Connections Between Deserts -- Ch. 1. Camel Whisperers: Desert Nomads Crossing Paths -- Ch. 2. Eres Paisano? The Culinary Influences of Arabia and al-Andalus in the U.S. Southwest and Mexico -- Ch. 3. Chasing Alice Ann: Arabic Terms Leaping Languages and Oceans -- Ch. 4. Oasis Time: From the Sonoran to the Sahara, Following Doctor Forbes -- Ch. 5. That Cosmopolitan Look: The Plants That Make You Forget Your Country -- II. Bridging Identities and Family Histories in Two Worlds -- Ch. 6. A Desert Is a Home That Has Migrated -- Ch. 7. Watching for Sign, Tasting the Mountain Thyme -- III. Conflict and Convivencia -- Ch. 8. Hummingbirds and Human Aggression: A View from High Tanks -- Ch. 9. Other Voices, Human and Avian: Reconnecting Place with Peace in a Broken World.

"The landscapes, cultures, and cuisines of deserts in the Middle East and North America have commonalities that have seldom been explored by scientists - and have hardly been celebrated by society at large. an era when some Arabs and Americans have markedly distanced themselves from one another, Gary Nabhan has been prompted to explore their common ground, historically, ecologically, linguistically, and gastronomically. Arab/American is not merely an exploration of his own multicultural roots but also a revelation of the deep cultural linkages between the inhabitants of two of the world's great desert regions."--BOOK JACKET.