Matt McAllester

GlobalPost

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Matt McAllester serves GlobalPost in the United Kingdom. McAllester joined Newsday (NY), as a reporter in 1994 and, in 1999, was appointed Middle East correspondent and was the paper's UN correspondent until 2007. He has covered conflicts in the Balkans, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iraq, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Nigeria and other countries. McAllester is the author of two books about the wars in Kosovo and Iraq and his writing on conflict has appeared in several other books. His forthcoming memoir, "Bittersweet: Lessons from my Mother's Kitchen," will be published by the Dial Press in summer 2009. He is a contributing editor for Details magazine in New York, has written for National Geographic Adventure magazine, the Observer and the Times of London and has made two documentaries as the reporter/presenter for Channel 4's "Unreported World" series. McAllester's journalism awards include three Overseas Press Club of America citations; a staff award for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting; the Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Award 2006 for Excellence in Asian Journalism; the Medill School of Journalism Medal of Courage 2004; and the George Plimpton Feature Writing Award 2004.


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For Which It Stands: United Kingdom

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A former Gitmo guard and prisoner reunite in England.

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Putting Israel on the couch

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Wartime cravings

Commentary
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Feet in Nepal, head at home

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Hardship cooking

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Souring on war

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In the third excerpt from “Bittersweet,” Matt McAllester picks lemons and longs for home.

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Bittersweet: A craving for boar in Baghdad

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A new GlobalPost column explores how food connects us all.

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Bittersweet: A restaurant for Yugoslav nostalgia

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Kafana, in the East Village, serves Serbian specialties and welcomes Serbs, Croats and Bosnians alike.

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Bittersweet: Persepolis returns to normal

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But the khoresht fesenjan at this Persian restaurant is as good as in Iran.

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Bittersweet: Palestinian home cooking

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The best Palestinian food can only be found at home — or at Tanoreen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.