Humans of Brighter Bites (February 2017, 1 of 3)

“The breakfast is different in my country. You have fresh bread and you make it with cheese. You eat black olives and green olives. For lunch – heavy. Lunch is good with vegetables and everything. For dinner, we don’t make anything too heavy, some cheese. I need to lose weight. But for Ramadan, you can’t think about that. One month for Ramadan, we fast all day from 5 am to 8 pm. Only eating at night. But there is too much good food, too many different foods, too many sweets. Every night is a different salad, different soup, different juices. Because you’re hungry, you get too many ideas of what you want to eat. You have to do extra work, but it’s good because every night all the family is together. You’re feeling something, I don’t know. Something inside feels happy all month. I’m not tired. Never.”

Humans of Brighter Bites is a series that captures how Brighter Bites volunteers, participants, teachers, and supporters connect with food. Check back here for each installment of the current story and each month for a new story.