Market Produce Quiz

Think you know market produce? Take this quiz and find out! It's fun, free and you might even learn something!... Read More

Today’s Lunch: Risotto

Simple, creamy, delicious, satisfying, savory, spicy, vegetarian, meat, dairy, fish, main, side, lunch, dinner. Risotto can be anything you want it to be, because risotto is a method of preparation, n... Read More

Preparing and Cooking A #2 Chuck Roast

In my meat chart, I indicate that a #2 is meant for braising and other long, slow cooking methods. While this hunk of meat still walked the earth as part of a cow, this particular muscle group was res... 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

Panko Breadcrumbs

I thought I would start off this new section of the site with a simple procedure. Panko, which simply means ‘breadcrumbs’ in Japanese, are different than the breadcrumbs Western cuisines a... Read More

Culinart Kosher Labs

Thomas Keller said that once you reach perfection, then it’s no longer perfect, because you can always improve on what you have. Chefs are always rethinking their dishes.  They draw inspirati... 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

Pichonka

There’s a restaurant nestled in the hills south of Jerusalem in a small village called Nes Harim that is worth a visit the next time you’re looking for something a little quiet, better tha... Read More