This post has been in the making for a few months. There have been many ideas of how to wrap the topic up: relate it to Oscar Wilde’s concept of aestheticism? Nah, too fancy. Delve into...
Tag - Recipes
Fresh Garlic Season at the Shuk
What’s a fresh garlic??? Anyone who has been to the shuk in Jerusalem (or pretty much any vegetable market in Israel) can’t help but notice that it’s fresh garlic season. North...
I said Hamantaschen, Not HumanTaschen
Yes. It is nearly here. The Jewish holiday cycle is nearing a new completion. Purim is almost upon us, and the full moon will be closer to the planet Earth than it has been in over a decade...
Top Secret Jewlicious Plan B-Launch Party – The Recipes
De gustibus non est disputandum. (It’s Latin week at the ‘lish if you haven’t noticed yet.) A short trip planned to last four days ended up lasting twelve days. I’m back to my...
The Pointy Matza Ball: Or Why Wednesday is a Cool Erev Pesach
It’s Wednesday. It is the day that newspaper food sections across the USA highlight a Passover recipe or two or three for all those readers who are preparing for the chag. And what a treat...
More than one way to Save Passover
You can serve it! I’ve been gorging myself on Pam Reiss’s new Passover cookbook in anticipation of the upcoming holiday. Passover: A Kosher Collection is a great combination of...