Tapas time!

January 6, 2012

  Birthplace of Antonio Banderas, perhaps this is his cousin It’s always tapas time! Well, actually, if you live in Spain, it’s not. On my first trip to the Spanish Pyrenees my stomach was the first to learn that lunch is not served after three in the afternoon. It was still bustling with customers but the [...]

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Hummus on the 6th day of Hannukah

December 25, 2011

On the fifth day of Hannukah my computer burnt out, vaporizing everything I wrote in the last three days. So my holiday post is stuck in the voids of a defunct hard drive, hopefully to be recovered sometime in the future. Instead I found pictures of my favorite hummusia, Halil’s in Ramle, where they probably [...]

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White beans, more popular than white bread

December 17, 2011

This is a true story. I learned to juggle from a book called “A Hundred Ways to Show off”. It included a trick to rip the Manhattan telephone book in half by placing it in the oven until crispy. Next to this was a serious dissertation of school yard poetry.  The cultural highlight was “Beans, [...]

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Beet the winter blues

December 13, 2011

Potatoes, beets, onions, carrots…they are relegated to the back row at the green grocer, the work horses of the kitchen pantry. The front table is reserved for the “new release”. Now the strawberries have the privileged spot which it flaunts with brilliant color. The cashier coaxes the customers “They are the sweetest, just take a [...]

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Food blogging for fame, fortune or just for fun

December 8, 2011

Disclosure: this might not be of interest to non bloggers. There are hundreds of websites dedicated to promoting and monetizing blogs. Many of these sites are applicable to food blogs as well. Several veteran bloggers including David Lebowitz, Adam Roberts from Amateur Gourmet and Nicky and Oliver from Delicious Days have written comprehensive overviews for food bloggers. Other [...]

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