A Favorite Thing

Dry desert flowers

And lizards on walls

Bright incense burners

And long, shiny halls.

Bright paper gift bags

Handles of string

These are a few of my favorite things.

Okay, the poetry was bonus. And more designed to fit things here that parallel the song than fully truthful. Because lizards on walls and incense burners and shiny halls are okay, but I've never called them my favorite things.

But one thing that is a favorite thing, even though it doesn't fit into the song, is "Bees House Bread." It probably sounds better in Arabic, but I always forget the word they use for house, and I often forget the word for bee, so I'm pretty much a loser at saying it.

But I'm sure good at eating it. It's pretty much like monkey bread (lightly sweet, like soft rolls), but stuffed with soft cheese in the middle. Yum-delish.

One of my students brought this to the final class party. Probably made by a mother or sister, since he is single.