One of my favorite snacks is Galilee Green seed crackers with one of the many dips we make for our Friday night challah-dipping. I’ve discovered that you can make a dip out of just about any vegetable. And since carrots Read more
As a 15-year-long dispute between the US and the EU over subsidies paid to European aircraft suppliers comes to a head, importers warn retaliatory tariffs on a host of products from the EU could wreak havoc on the specialty foods Read more
We LOVE our dips with challah on Friday night! And because we don’t use salt, it’s a challenge to make homemade dips with great flavor. The most important thing I’ve learned to produce flavorful salt free dishes is the ingredients Read more
It’s amazing how quickly it becomes dinner time when I’m having a very busy day. So this week I turned to the freezer and the pantry and pulled out those ’emergency items’ that help make a fast, easy and delicious Read more
Seeing Through Wine-Colored Lenses – Shlach (Numbers 13-15) In Israel, we are ahead of the Diaspora and are reading the story of Moses sending the spies into the Land. Here’s a deeper understanding of the episode from my Rabbi and Read more
Back in November of 2013, after picking our own olives in Yanvne’el, we took them to the Olive Press at Kibbutz Degania Aleph which is a short 15 minute drive from our home in Yavne’el. During harvest season they keep Read more
This morning we got out of bed and hit the ground running. The post office was picking up our weekly Galilee Green Olive Oil orders and we still hadn’t finished packing them up the night before. By the time we Read more
When you are keeping a kosher kitchen, certain classic recipes present a challenge because we don’t mix dairy and meat ingredients together. French onion soup is usually made with a beef broth, and topped up with lots of gooey mozzarella Read more
In Israel this past weekend we celebrated Shabbat followed by the Festival of Shavuot. Since Passover, we counted 49 days, and on the 50th day (Saturday night and Sunday) we mark the day that the Nation of Israel stood at Read more