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The article reports on the significant growth of the date distribution business of food wholesaler Bait Al Tamur Co. in India.

The article presents nutritional tips and suggestions for Muslims to maintain their health while fasting during the Ramadan season and outlines their proper diet for Suhoor and Iftari. Topics discussed include details regarding Ramadan, having knowledge regarding the body and having brown rice and wholegrain-based foods instead of white foods like bread, pasta and rice. Diets specified for Iftari and Suhoor time include dates, porridge and water-based foods.

The article offers some health and fitness tips for observing the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims are advised eat slow-energy releasing food in the morning, including porridge, dates and brown rice. The health benefits of date are indicated. Also discussed is the importance of water to the body and exercise during the long hours of fasting.

The article discusses the use of dates in dishes prepared for the iftar, the fast-breaking meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan, noting the prevalence of dates in Muslim cooking throughout the world. Topics addressed include the traditional aspects of consuming dates, and the growing of date palms in California. Recipes for dates with cream and chopped pistachios; roast chicken with couscous, dates and buttered almonds; and wheat berries with roasted carrots, harissa yogurt and dates are provided.

The article discusses that Rosh Hashanah is one of the favorite holiday spot in Israel and preparing the holiday food stained the garments of the kids. It states that the dinner comprised of dates, pomegranates, quinces, leeks, green beans, pumpkin and heads of sheep. It further states that the dinner begins with the blessings, prayers and wishes for the coming year and it further presents the recipe for Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Salad.

The article reports that Barhi yellow fresh dates are in season during the Rosh Hashanah holiday every September, including a recipe for date and honey cake.

A recipe for chorizo-stuffed dates with piquillo pepper sauce is presented.

A recipe for Maamoul is presented.

Several recipes are presented including Poppy Seed Sugar Cookies/Haman's Hat, Hamantaschen and Five Fruits Filling.

Several recipes are presented including the Dark Winter Greens with Leeks and Lots of Garlic, the Salmon Rivagote, and the Mini Date-Nut Cakes.

The article offers information that a date variety Barhi of Israel that is known for its taste and high productivity is becoming popular for cultivation in the arid Kutch region in Gujarat, India.

You can just about chew on this nutty tasting smoothie, what with all the carrot, sesame seeds and wheat germ. The sweetness here comes from the dates and orange juice, which also contribute calcium, magnesium and lots of vitamin C. 1 medium carrot (about 3 ounces), peeled and coarsely chopped [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Late July and early August is date harvesting season in Iraq, when within the span of a few weeks the desert sun turns hard green spheres into tender, golden brown fruit prized for its sweetness. But here in Iraq, one of the places where agriculture was developed more than 7,000 years ago, there are increasing doubts about whether it makes much sense to grow dates -- or much of anything for that matter. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that top U.S. dining spots and restaurants focus on dishes stuffed with fruits. The Mediterranean them restaurant Medjool offers a dish with Medjool date. Among the fruits that have historically been combined with rich meats are apricots, plums and mangoes. Yajan Upadhyaya's Indian fusion restaurant Cumin offers babyback ribs barbecued in a tamarind-date sauce.

IN a market crowded with partly hydrogenated, heavily artificial and almost entirely processed snacks, it can be challenging for on-the-go athletes to find sports nutrition that is actually nutritious. But a new category of sports bars may offer a more wholesome alternative. Food bars, or fruit and nut bars, are packaged snacks made from a small number of natural ingredients, such as dates or almonds, with little processing. While eating one of these bars is not quite the same as nibbling on nuts or a handful of fresh figs, they are convenience foods marketed as healthier options to more standard sports bars, or those which include an eye-tiring list of polysyllabic ingredients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on the Iraqi dates imported to the U.S. by artist Michael Rakowitz's store Davisons & Co. Rakowitz is the grandson of an Iraqi Jew who fled Iraq in 1946. He set up the store to explore the complexities and frustrations of international commerce during wartime. According to him Iraqi dates are a distinctive national product of Iraq.

The article presents information about the storefront owned by artist Michael Rakowitz in Brooklyn, New York City. The storefront is an art installation which sells four varieties of dates from California. The grandfather of Rakowtiz was an Iraqi Jew who settled in Long Island, New York City. Rakowitz had ordered for one ton of dates from Iraq which is stuck at the Iraq-Jordan border.

Presents the recipe for Fresh Dates With Almonds.

Presents information on restaurants in the U.S. that offer menus with dates, a fruit endemic in the Middle East.

Provides tips on how to prepare date or apricot squares.

Reports that varieties of dates imported from Saudi Arabia are sold at Fairway markets. Description of the tastes of various varieties; Price.

Discusses the sales status of dates in Cairo, Egypt, including the monikers given to different types of dates and the controversy surrounding the television program 'Knight Without a Horse.'

Presents information on the fruits known as dates. Use of dates to compliment food dishes; Description of the date; Origin of the fruit; Details on recipes with the fruit as their main ingredient.

Looks at the efforts of Omanis in Oman to boost their date industry through horticulture and food processing techniques. Comments from Abdul Aziz Mohamed Rowas, Oman's minister of information; Hiring of international consultants to study methods for cloning date palm trees; What dates are used for; Historical information on dates.