Not just beans know when to expect their next meal. The cooks who make the beans are well acquainted with the local transit system. A family from the northern Syrian hamlet of Harasta opens shop at the Central Market every day. They will take the chance to talk about the challenges of bringing their own food as they eat roasted honey and cheese for dinner. Aleppo and Turkey supply olive oil to Beirut. The family will have to spend many weeks sailing thousands of kilometers on a boat across the Mediterranean Sea in order to get the olive oil to Lebanon. They will cruise to the Libyan shore after navigating the lake, the mountains, and the backwaters.