This holiday week was far too long. Far, far too long. No, I didn’t have a holiday. I worked throughout the festival of freedom. C’est la vie. Frankly, although I was a little pissed about it all, I think I managed to be adult. I did holiday-esque things. I met up with friends. Many of [...]
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Kissing the sea on the lips
Posted in Food, Food Review, photography, random, Restaurant Review, Restaurants, tagged Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Basta Tel Aviv, Carmel Market, Food Food Photography, France, French Oysters, Gravette, Huître plate, Israel, Léon-Paul Fargue, Lewis Carroll, Life Random, Oyster, oysters, photographs, photography, photos, Seafood, Tampopo, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Restaurants, The Walrus and the Carpenter, video on April 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I could not resist. Many know that for the past year or so I’ve been a de facto vegetarian. I do believe it’s OK to eat meat – I simply do not want to consume the hormones and antibiotics that swim in our meat pool. I’m for healthy happy animals. Regarding seafood, I’ve been on [...]
My Life in Color
Posted in photography, random, tagged Art, Coffee, fish, Flowers, food, Food Photography, Israel, life, Organ Grinder, photography, photos, random, shells, Tel Aviv on March 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
To spice things up, here are some random and lovely things I see and photograph on my phone. Enjoy!
Forever and a day
Posted in photography, random, tagged apartment, blogging, buddhism, Bus Bomb, Cats, Cheese, coffee cup, Eating Animals, Firefly, FlashForward, food, Food Photography, Golan Heights Winery, Graffiti, herbs, House Hunters International, Israel, Jaffa, Jonathan Safran Foer, life, meditation, photography, photos, random, Suicide Bomb, Surgery, Tel Aviv, Terrorism, vegan, Vegetarianism on June 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »
It’s been forever. I know. Since I’ve written I have: Created a wonderful wine tasting for a food bloggers’ dinner Meditated until my butt and thighs and back no longer hurt from the experience Discovered my sister’s grilled cheese sandwich press (sizzling behind me at the moment) Returned to vegetarian tendencies given up ten years [...]
Not Your Mamma’s Casserole
Posted in Food Review, photography, Restaurant Review, Restaurants, Salads, tagged couscous, food, Food Bloggers, Iraq, Israel, Israeli restaurants, kubbeh, Middle Eastern cuisine, Morocco, Neve Tsedek, photographs, photography, photos, Restaurant Review, Restaurants, stew, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Restaurants, Tunis on March 19, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Cumin, chick peas, chicken & lamb. Eggplant, coriander, courgettes & couscous. The second of the Anglo Food Blogger’s dinner I’ve attended was held last night at Casserole (3 Linenblum, Neve Tsedek), a trendy yet down-to-earth kosher restaurant specializing in real Middle Eastern cuisine, specifically stews and kubbehs (meat-filled semolina dumplings either boiled or fried) from Iraq, Tunisia, and Morocco.
Princely Cheese on a Pauper’s Pay
Posted in Food Review, photography, random, tagged artisanal cheese, Bleu des Basques, Brie, Brunost, Camembert, Cheese, cheesemonger, cooking, Cristal, Epoisse, Extra Oud Goudsa Kaas, food, Gouda, gourmet, gourmet cuisine, Hinnawi, Iranian Caviar, Israel, life, Michelin Stars, Monty Python, oganic, photos, pleasure, random, super aged Gouda, Tel Aviv, Unpasteurized cheese, video, wine, Wine and More, Wine tasting on March 6, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Because even though I paid through the roof for a few hundred grams of three cheeses — I could never have bought the finest bottle of Champagne for that amount. I couldn’t have snagged any fois gras. No truffles. No Michelin-starred filet mignon. Because folks, this is what this cheese is — the very best in the world. My $30 bought me 2-3 days worth (if I’m lucky) of a ride in a Porsche.
Totally Tel Aviv
Posted in photography, tagged Art, beauty, Israel, life, photo, photographs, photography, photos, random, Tel Aviv, Tourism, walking on February 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I took a very, very long stroll on Friday afternoon after my lovely croque-y brunch. How long? I walked from the very north to the very south of Tel Aviv. Here are some snapshots. This city is so pretty. In the right light. These are the best photographs of the day.
Quintessence of Croque
Posted in Food Review, photography, Restaurant Review, Restaurants, tagged bistro, brasserie, cooking, croque madame, croque monsieur, Dizengoff Street, Eggs, food, French Fries, Gilad & Daniel, Gilad and Daniel, Jerome K. Jerome, life, photography, photos, random, Restaurant Review, Restaurants, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv cafe, Tel Aviv Restaurants, Three Men in a Boat on February 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The best croque monsieur on this side of the Mediterranean. Best croque madame, if we’re being technical.
I discovered a bistro less than a ten minute walk from my house. It’s a tragedy it’s taken me this long to find it. Gilad and Daniel located at 300 Dizengoff (corner of Yehezkiel just north of Nordau) is the closest thing to a real French brasserie I have ever seen in Israel.
Here’s the story of my first meal.
Peppers – Stuffed
Posted in photography, Recipes, Vegetables & Fruit, tagged bell peppers, cooking, food, life, organic, photography, photos, quinoa, random, Recipe, red lentils, red peppers, stuffed peppers on February 18, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The monster peppers I received today were sweet, not spicy. I went ahead and stuffed them all. Because of an embarrassing situation that has ensued (we’re out of gas — can you believe it — and we can’t figure out which gas company is ours — stupid, stupid), I had to make something 100% in [...]
Chip-Chip-Cheree
Posted in photography, Recipes, tagged Chips, cooking, food, French Fries, Fries, Frites, Home Fries, life, photography, photos, Potatoes, random, Recipe, Scotch, Spuds, TV, Valentine's Day on February 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The overabundance of organic-ness combined with Valentine-monotonousness led to these. Home made chips. Or fries. Or wedges. Whatever you call them.
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