I love sweet potatoes and use them in so much of my cooking here in Israel. I add them to soups, roast them as a side dish with chicken or beef and they taste great in my Shabbos Cholent. The Hebrew word for sweet potato is בטטה – “batata” which […]
There is so much to learn when moving to Israel besides the language, roads and culture just to name a few. One of the biggest challenges for me was shopping for food. I had to discover where the best shops are to find the items that I am used to […]
My collection of cookbooks includes quite a few tattered ones that I can’t part with and are almost 40 years old. This dish comes from a cookbook written by Israeli/UK chef Yotam Ottolenghi called JERUSALEM. In Biblical times, lamb would have been a staple of almost every festival meal. […]
Although it is not one of the special “seven species” of the Land of Israel, the almond tree has a special place in the hearts of everyone who lives here in the Land. The almond tree is native to Israel and can be found in the wild, and in cultivated […]
There’s something exciting about eating the very freshest food possible. The best way to do that is to sprout seeds and grains. Sprouting in your kitchen is like having a mini garden in the house all year round. It’s fun to do ! The best thing about eating sprouts is […]
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