Quick Meals for Moving Week

Fast food around here means whatever I can make in under 20 minutes. So what have we been eating while most of the pots and pans are sitting in boxes that are sealed with duct tape? Weeell…the way I see it, it’s a good time to empty out the freezer.  I’ve been cooking up the [...]

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Summery Whipped Berry Pudding from Finland

My blogger friends continue to support Israeli Kitchen while I’m finishing up my house move. This delicious-looking contribution is from Yaelian, a Finnish blogger living in Central Israel.
Even if you can’t read Finnish, please visit her blog, which has photos from this week’s late-night fair in Tel Aviv’s Carmel market. Wish I could have gone [...]

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Low-Tech Food Preservation, from Leda Meredith

Leda Meredith has kindly offered this excellent post for the readers of Israeli Kitchen. It’s about food preservation without fancy equipment – just in time for late summer’s abundance of fresh produce. For those who would love to keep those ripe, colorful seasonal treats for later in the year, this is a wonderful introduction and [...]

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I'm Cooking Cholent This Week

We’re moving house.  I haven’t been cooking a lot. (That’s why I’ve been posting so little.) To keep this space in the cosmos lively, I’ve asked several blogger friends to guest post, and hope to present you with some interesting reading next week.
Meantime, what am I cooking for Shabbat? Cholent, of course, that solid, comforting, [...]

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I’m Cooking Cholent This Week

We’re moving house.  I haven’t been cooking a lot. (That’s why I’ve been posting so little.) To keep this space in the cosmos lively, I’ve asked several blogger friends to guest post, and hope to present you with some interesting reading next week.
Meantime, what am I cooking for Shabbat? Cholent, of course, that solid, comforting, [...]

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Klezmer Fest, Part II

Visiting Tsfat during the latest Klezmer Festival, I took time off to wander through the town and to view falling stars.

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Klezmer Festival in Tsfat Part I

The three-day Klezmer Festival in Tsfat occurs each year in August. Musicians come from Europe, the States, and all over Israel to make music and fun. The music is  traditional Jewish – Ashkenazi and Sephardic. I love Tsfat, music, the night, and being in a happy crowd. We got all plenty of all that during [...]

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Jerusalem Wine Festival at the Israel Museum

The Jerusalem Wine Festival has taken place at the Israel Museum since 2003, but last week was the first time I went. It was so well-organized and pleasant, I’m just sorry I hadn’t gone before.
Several friends and I got together and drove up. As one of us wasn’t able to drink much alcohol for medical [...]

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Would You Rather Watch Than Cook?

Please read this NY Times essay by Michael Pollan on how watching TV food shows fulfills our desire to cook. The ultimate question is, does cooking matter?

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