Category: fresh food
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Israeli Jew on Christmas.
Back home in New York, Christmas for Jews means Chinese food and going to the movies (apparently). Because I have a TV this year, I can’t forget that tonight the rest of the world is celebrating various versions of this holiday. My Australian husband has recalled the Chinese food and movies tradition (which I’ve actually…
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Get me latkes, woman.
Here’s (another) חנה זלדה video… Courtesy of some bored (genius) IDF soldiers… Happy Chanukah!
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Israeli turkeyliciousness.
Happy Thanksgiving 2007. As I’ve done for my last two Israeli Thanksgivings, I went to work today and am planning a big Thanksgiving Friday night Shabbat dinner of juicy Americanness. It wasn’t until I had eaten my first slice that I realized the humor in me choosing Mama Oaf turkey slices for lunch today… Actually,…
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Homemade kreplach, courtesy of husband.
Never again can I declare that I never win anything. Somehow I won the biggest contest there is and life has never tasted so good. My husband is right now making kreplach, home food he’s been missing since he left Australia. He’s the type to miss a dish and then think to himself, well, why…
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Recipe: Homemade lazy lemonana.
Heat’s on the rise, and it can mean a few things, but one in particular that I’m excited about: my homemade lazy lemonana. How to, you ask? It’s very simple. If it wasn’t, I wouldn’t do it (read the recipe title again). 1. Grow nana (mint) plants in your windowsill. Since this is the lazy…
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Burger potential.
I call it: Potential or, alternatively, waiting 45 minutes to get a decent burger from Jerusalem’s classic sellout since 1999, Burgers Bar.
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Matbucha chicken.
Last night, matbucha chicken was created in my very own kitchen. The recipe: – 4 chicken breasts that have been sitting in the freezer– 6 tomatoes that are almost rotten and need to be used– A colourful spice rack– 1 husband (or housemate) who loves to experiment in cooking Mmmm.
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Food colouring.
Thanksgiving Day ranks as one of my top favorite holidays. Nothing to do with thanks or meaning or scalping Pilgrims. It has to do with… food. Glorious food. And here it is, homemade today: Perhaps that is why I continue to celebrate, even from thousands of miles away.
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A picture worth 1,000 seeds.
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Dinner's ready.
I thought you might be worried, so I’m letting you know: I eat really well. I’m married to the son of restaurateurs. Here are some recent examples: Salmon, rice and salad. Pasta with spinach cream sauce.Vegetable soup, Mediterranean style.
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Bring it on, chocolatiers.
Dramatic increase in imported chocolates: Israeli consumers are getting to know gourmet chocolate and liking what they find. Thank. God. The Holy Land is proving itself worthy of the title. Let the milk and cocoa flow!
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Mmm… beer…
Visited the Jerusalem Beer Festival last night for the second year in a row. Nothing all that new or different this year, except two new drinkable items on the roster: 1. Strongbow Cider. Haven’t drank this in over 3 years! Used to be my nightcap on my semester in England; we had a proper bar…