Today’s Lunch: Fennel and Blood Orange Salad

It’s Adar, the month of reversals. So for lunch I made a fennel salad with Blood Oranges (red) and cherry tomatoes (yellow), just to mix things up a bit. My last trip to Machane Yehuda yielded n... Read More

Where There’s Beef

This post contains an unsolicited plug. I just bought this piece of meat at my local makolet, Super Turgeman. It is a #2/Tzlaot, or Chuck Blade Roast. Actually, in this case, it’s pretty much a... Read More

Today’s Lunch: Cacio e Pepe

There are times when a surfeit of ingredients in a dish weave an intricate pattern of textures and flavors on your palette in a magical gustatory experience. Each bite proffers its own unique se... Read More

Growing up with Comfort Food

There are some things that just taste better when you’re feeling bad. It’s a personal thing, and for me, it changes depending on how badly I’m feeling. Carbs is the obvious stand-out... Read More

Meat Cuts by the Numbers

Confused by the meat in Israel? This simple chart will get you the right cut, every time.... Read More

Today’s Lunch: Cherry Tomato Salad with Tzfatit Cheese

I’m not a fresh tomato lover. Unless it’s summer and unless the tomatoes are so red they’ve earned the right to be called ‘tomato’. Luckily, the cherry tomatoes I had in ... Read More

East and West Machane Yehuda Market

Machane Yehuda is the pulse of culinary Jerusalem. I’m sure you’ve read that before if you’ve been reading my blog posts. Surrounding the two streets of the market itself are a numbe... Read More

Today’s Lunch: Indian Tomato Soup with Coconut

I’m a tomato soup junkie. It’s been a comfort food of mine since I was young. The finest tomato soup I ever had was at Le Marais in New York. It was a Tomato Fennel Soup. I tried for years... Read More

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