Noshing Across the Nation

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  • Back to New York Summer. Back to Salads.

    And I am back. Back to my weird relationship with this city. Back to muggy, unbearable summer. Back to yearning for my next trip to Jerusalem. However, one has to go on, right? Working and cooking. So, here I am with a new salad recipe inspired by two meals I had in the homes of…

  • Something from Nothing или каша из топора

    Sometimes you come home after running errands on a hot summer Sunday hungry and tired. This is when you realise that there is pretty much nothing to eat at home. So, what does a creative woman do? She makes a каша из топора. For my non-FSU-origin readers – this is when you really get anything you…

  • Easy, Fast, Vegan, Healthy, Delicious

    This was a healthy Shabbat. I made a few salads, a peach crumb for dessert – a perfect way to eat late at night. One of my favorites is to use lots of greens, so this time since I got some really great fresh basil, I decided to experiment with one of my favorite summer salad…

  • Improvise!

    It looks like summer is, finally, here. And with it the abundance of fruit and vegetables that really have a taste, as opposed to those that we have in winter – beautiful, but tasteless. That, of course, means that it’s time for salad. In my house, a housewife (me) never knows what she is going…

  • Halloumi!

    On those rare occasions that I work from home and find time to make lunch for myself, I consider myself lucky. I feel double lucky today, as for the first time my husband found a kosher halloumi cheese! When I am in Israel, I make it a point to eat salads with halloumi. However, here in…

  • Apple-Carrot-Honey-Raisin Salad for a sweet New Year

    Naturally, no table for Rosh ha Shana (at least in the Ashkenazi families) is complete without this sweet salad. Apples, honey, and carrots are all part of the Holiday table Simanim. So easy to make – no real measurements needed, just mix the ingredients to your taste: A few grated   Naturally, the youngest, organic carrots…

  • Ancient Food

    Just one more article today – this time totally food related. Archaeological team prepares 4,000-year-old Hittite meals I love the idea of making foods that our ancestors ate long ago. Here’s a salad that opens your palate to beautiful flavors, very easy to make and comes to us from ancient times. This is one of…