Saraban: A Chef's Journey Through Persia

FOR Christians, Lent is a period of denial and reflection. It is also a season of silence. Curiously, it is arguably the time of year when temptation is at its strongest, possibly due to the fact that in denying ourselves something we want it more.

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AMERICANS had a taste of what Barack Obama will tell them when he takes office as he undertook a whistle-stop vintage train tour from Philadelphia to Washington, re-creating the last days of Abraham Lincoln's inaugural journey in 1861.

AS THE Obama children hugged their father and Michelle Obama gazed into her husband's eyes to reassure herself that this moment was real, a wave of emotion rolled over Grant Park in Chicago.