Food Bridge

Pecan-maple cookies

March 15, 2012

Pancakes drenched in maple syrup; just another ordinary New York morning lost to time and distance. Then a smell… a taste nudges a forgotten synapse awake in a ting of recognition. A cascade of memories, tiny bubbles dissipate as soon as they surface… Enough to recall, yet not enough to grasp. It is a New [...]

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Foraging with an expert

March 7, 2012

It’s been a crazy winter so far, by Israeli standard of course. First, it rained, a bit out of the ordinary after years of drought. This wasn’t a gentle drizzle but more like being in the cross fire of turbo water guns blasting from the heavens. Umbrellas are just about useless in this weather. Combined [...]

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Discovering falooda

March 2, 2012

If a street vendor asked me two years ago “Hey, want a falooda?” I’d have no idea what they were talking about and might even think them audacious. What would you say if someone asked you? Now I know the answer is a hearty “Yes!”, especially during the slow burn of summer. My first encounter [...]

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Beautiful views and tasty food in Israel’s Gilboa region

February 28, 2012

Where do I start? The last few weeks have been a hectic haze; a bar mitzvah celebration, guests from abroad, a new nephew….all shuffled between my normal schedule of work and home. The days have been a wonderful sort of pandemonium, with the same urgency of holiday festivities. Last minute errands (what! We forgot to [...]

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Gnocchi alla Romana

February 18, 2012

Semolina is a staple in my house and is often transformed into kubbeh, homey Middle Eastern dumplings. Sometimes I even attempt hand raked couscous, rolling the tiny pellets between my palms in the ancient way. But I don’t always have the time or the patience to knead, sift, steam and roll the morning away. It [...]

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