Browsing all 28 posts in food.
10/17/10
Just like all young men who have attended American universities, I ate hundreds, if not thousands of chicken wings. The deliciousness of Frank’s hot sauce mixed with vinegar and butter tossed with the burning flesh of deep fried chicken wings is a taste like no other. It’s distinctly American and if it ain’t done right, it ain’t a buffalo wing. Chicken wings in Israel are an ubiquitous menu item these days. They are often described as “buffalo wings” though they are as far from any buffalo wing I have ever tasted. They are rarely fried and American hot sauce is never used. Instead they are drenched with Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce. This is crime against both Buffalo and Thailand. I wouldn’t dare to try to replicate authentic Buffalo wings for several reasons. The most important being that I’m not so into deep frying since I’m no longer twenty one (it was a very good year) and my metabolism isn’t what it once was. These “oven fried” wings are hot, sweet, salty and sticky and are about as foreign to Buffalo as Guam.
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10/15/10
I’ve had a life long love affair with carrots, but my relationship with kohlrabi only goes back 13 years. My first taste of kohlrabi was either at Mordoch, a small Kurdish lunch joint near Machane Yehuda, Jerusalem’s open air market or possibly at the now defunct Korea House in Jerusalem’s city center. What was this small white incredibly crunchy vegetable before me? Is it a radish? Can’t be, it tastes sort of like cabbage. I asked what it was and was told kohlrabi. I assumed that kohlrabi was a Hebrew word since it sounded silly and had never heard of it. I was further confused when I couldn’t find it in my English-Hebrew dictionary. I don’t recall how I finally figured everything out but soon after kohlrabi became a household winter staple.
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04/27/08
Dear Arcaffe, Nearly every morning on my way to work I stop at the Jerusalem branch for a cup of coffee. I am always satisfied and your employees are always very pleasant and make a customized outstanding cup of coffee. However today, I am sad to say, I had a bad experience. I received my [...]
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02/12/08
During the second intifada Israel let in a massive amount of foreign workers in order to fulfill the work that Palestinians from the West Bank performed. Now that the Palestinians are back at work, the government is trying to crack down on foreign workers. This includes restaurant workers. Chefs included. In 2007 the government granted [...]
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12/21/07
Back when I lived in Jerusalem I used to hit Mordoch in the Machaneh Yehuda market every Friday for a nice big hearty bowl of kubbe soup. Since moving to Modi’in, I go once every couple of weeks for lunch and certainly not as often as I would like. Now that winter has rolled in [...]
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11/29/07
We received an olive tree sapling as a housewarming gift four years ago. Today, I discovered the very first olive. That made me very happy.
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11/14/07
I just got back from an unbelievable meal at Sake Bar Hagi, an unassuming Izakaya on 49th street. You wouldn’t expect to find such an authentic joint so close to the always overbearing Times Square. The food was ridiculous. Just amazing. Uber-authentic Japanese food and not a piece of sushi to be found. We chowed [...]
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11/11/07
I went back to Starbucks today for my green tea latte. I pulled up to the drive thru speaker and ordered with confidence this time. Me: “One tall green tea latte please with an extra shot!” Barista: “Extra shot? Of what? There are no extra shots in a green tea latte!” Me: “Oh. I’m confused. [...]
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11/05/07
Pastilla’s are always big hits at Moroccan restaurants. It’s a delicious combination of savory and sweet flavors that is pretty much unlike anything I had eaten before. I really enjoyed it and decided to tackle it in my own kitchen. I was very happy with the results, but as you read on, you’ll see that [...]
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11/02/07
The municipality of Modi’in did something uber-cool this year. There are dozens of palm trees lining the boulevards of the city which every two years produce thousands and thousands of delectable dates. This year the Department of Gardens and Landscaping of the city harvested the fruits and offered them to city residents for free. Ziva, [...]
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