Thursday, September 17, 2009

Baklava

Baklava

“In Berkley, and only in Berkley, my name drew people like flies to baklava.” (Funny in Farsi, 64)

Part of Speech: noun

Context clues: used logic with flies attracting to sweet foods.

Definition: a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.

Original sentence: today in class, angela brought baklava to class for all of us to eat.

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