“it’s Complicated”- Anise!! what did you THINK i was going to say?!!

I can hear it already- a deafening roar of outrage and offense, at the very mention of the dreaded word- “Anise” !! Well, sorry guys, but I am compelled to try to clear the wrongly slandered name of the sublime Anise!! First of all, you might not be aware of this, but “All Anise Is [...]

My Precious Knives!!!!

Well, I guess I don’t need to point out that I am not a typical girl- I mean, I love shoes, and don’t mind a nice session of vicious gossip with my friends (99% of whom are a bunch of cooks- Men cooks I might add) but that’s about the end of the similarities between [...]

Rice Papers- part 2- the yummy, greasy part!!

Ok!!  I admit it- I’ve been  little lazy in posting this part 2 of Rice Papers- But I have a good excuse! It’s the holidays here, and, I must tell you- I made the mistake of drinking RUM last night, and well, you know how that can end- And it doesn’t usually end in being [...]

2009 Oyster Season starts now! eat! eat! eat!

If there’s one thing I simply cannot get enough of- it’s oysters!! The season has just started this week, so I thought, what better time to write about the celestial joys of the noble Ostreidae ?!   First of all- I find it a crying shame that many people here in Israel have never tried [...]

Vietnamese Feast in tel-Aviv!!

Before I start to get into a load of verbiose detail, (you know, the way I like it- ) I would like to say that Vietnamese food happens to be one of my absolute favourite cuisines on the Planet-  It’s supremely delicate, full of freshness and lightness, is technically demanding, aesthetically beautiful, yet relies first [...]

Night at shuk ha’Carmel! see you Monday!

Guys- I think it’s very symbolic that my very first blog post coincides with the fact that this Monday is the very first time that Shuk ha’Carmel is starting the Night Shuk- and I will be at Monterey Bay Aquarium– MAKING SUSHI! and pouring sake! and having fun with one of my best friends, Moshe.. [...]