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Homemade Granola Bars

Thursday 11 Apr 2013 | 3 Comments
Filed under: Breakfast Tags: granola, tahini

I have a fetish for supermarkets. When I visit a different country, one of my most favorite activities is to visit their local supermarket. For me it’s one of the most practical anthropological studies one can conduct. I just got back from a recent to Los Angeles, and besides family and friends, shopping and food, supermarket shopping is one of my favorite pastimes in the city. My recent anthropological studies show that supermarkets in LA (mainly Trader Joes, Whole Foods) have perfected a technique to sell food which appears to be almost homemade, and packaged in a way that looks extremely healthy. This outer appearance of their products makes A. the shopping experience so much more delightful and B. gives you the feeling (erroneous or not) that what you are eating is actually healthier for you. Back to Israel. I really do love my life here (sans the major missing the fam), and what I’ve come to appreciate is that my quality of life here is on par if not exceeding the quality of life...
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The Best Banana Bread

Wednesday 31 Oct 2012 | 2 Comments
Filed under: Breakfast, General, Sweets Tags: banana, chocolate chips, walnuts

Deanna and I disagree over and over again in regards to recipes we post on the blog. Deanna likes classic recipes-finding the absolute best recipe of something classic to post. I, on the other hand, always say to her “so, where’s the catch here?” “what makes this recipe special/different?”. She usually gets annoyed with me and tells me that not every recipe needs a special twist. Actually, Deanna’s right. When I think about the recipes I use over and over and over again, I understand that those recipes tend to always been classics without any sort of manipulation. I know that it is our responsibility to provide our readers with the best possible recipe for a food we love. It was this reason which led me on a search for THE best banana bread recipe. I’ve been making banana bread for years now, but I still haven’t found the perfect recipe-not too dry, not too oily, not too sweet. In light of our extremely popular Carrot Cake post, I decided to go back to the amazing book...
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Lemon Poppy Scones

Monday 13 Feb 2012 | 1 Comment
Filed under: Breakfast, Sweets Tags: lemon, poppy seeds

By: Danya Weiner I had a grandmother who lacked the sense of smell. Needless to say, her cooking skills were lacking. My memories of lunch at grandmas are generally pretty negative ones. For some reason though, when I think of scones, I think of that grandma, and am reminded of the positive memories I have of her. I don’t come from a genetic heirloom of wonderful cooks and sometimes I find myself nostalgic for something I never had-my grandma’s cooking (who didn’t know how to cook). When I decided to prepare scones for the blog, I wondered why I hadn’t made them up to now. They are so easy to prepare, and they turn any Saturday morning into a classy one. For me they provide the only positive memory of my Grandmas cooking. One of the most important things to know when preparing scones is that they are best fresh out of the oven. These are not the type of baked good to make ahead of time; they are at their best 5 minutes out of the oven and as the day goes on they are likely to turn...
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Halva and Chocolate Cake

Thursday 22 Dec 2011 | No Comments
Filed under: Breakfast, Sweets Tags: chocolate, halva, yeast

By: Deanna Linder In the opening sequence of one of my favorite movies, Amelie, there is a sequence which portrays the main character’s (Amelie) likes and dislikes in a very sensory fashion. One of her likes, dipping her hand into a sack of dried beans, is depicted in such a way that you can almost feel the feeling yourself. One of my likes, in Amelie fashion, is getting home from the supermarket, opening up and smelling a package of fresh yeast. It’s a bit odd, I know, but I love the smell of fresh yeast. What is even better is the smell of a house after baking with fresh yeast-and this cake does the job beautifully. A yeast cake may sound a bit difficult, but it’s really easy to make. The filling I used here contains halva spread, which can be found in Middle Eastern markets or online here. You can swap the filling halva spread, halva and chocolate with a variety of substitutions: -melted butter, cinnamon and sugar -nutella and ground almonds -melted chocolate (any kind of...
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Saturday Morning at the Beach and Borscht

Wednesday 9 Nov 2011 | No Comments
Filed under: Breakfast, food photography, Soups Tags: beets, borscht, vodka

By: Danya Weiner Last Saturday I woke up at six in the morning and looked at the sky. After a stormy night, the white clouds and rays of sun signaled to me that my plans to join a group of men for their breakfast on the beach were still on. I know it may sound like some weird plans for a married mother of two but there is an interesting story behind it. A few weeks ago I asked my uncle, Josie, about to tell me all about his “Saturdays on the Beach”. For years now I know my uncle has been meeting with a group of his friends, all men, on the beach in Herzilya every Saturday and having a feast. I decided it was time to see what this was all about. Twenty eight years ago- yes 28!- a guy named Gideon Ackerstein sat on the beach after a run and had a snack of pickled herring with two of his friends who lived in Herzilya. Gideon knew my uncle from work and he asked him to join along one day, for a shot of vodka and some pickled herring after a run. They started making it a weekly habit,...
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