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Mejadra Freekeh: In other words, a tasty lentil stew

Wednesday 26 Dec 2012 | 2 Comments
Filed under: Entrees, Side Dishes Tags: freekeh, lentils, onions

By: Danya Weiner When I was still pregnant I heard a rumor at my son’s preschool that one of the assistants at my was quitting and was looking to become a nanny. Being that I always really liked her, I immediately called her in hopes I was the first to “catch” her. Today, Hisin is my son’s nanny (together with another mini-friend, Ella). Not a day goes by that I am not thankful that she is in my life, she has the biggest heart I have ever come across. Beyond the limitless love she gives to my three sons, she spoils Oded and I with her amazing cooking straight from the authentic Arab cuisine. She has brought us fresh zaa’tar (hyssop) homemade by her sister, spicy pickled olives and many other little surprises which never fail to excite me. At least once a week I come home to find pots and pans filled with delicious stews alongside a perfectly chopped vegetable salad. Last Sunday I came home after a long (sweet) photo shoot, and I was in need of something savory. To my delight,...
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"44" Restaurant-Tel Aviv's Best Kept Secret

Wednesday 14 Nov 2012 | 3 Comments
Filed under: Entrees, Restaurant Reviews, Salads, Soups Tags: cilantro, Fish Sauce, Indonesia, peanuts, thai, Vietnamese

By: Danya Weiner Mine and Deanna’s birthdays are two weeks apart, and each year to celebrate, instead of buying gifts for one another, we go out to a nice restaurant. Come mid-October, just before our birthdays, we try to carefully decide which restaurant we want to treat ourselves to. We usually try to go with something culinary adventurous, that we can’t go to with our husbands, who are both culinarily challenged. This year we couldn’t decide where to go, and we almost decided to postpone the celebration due to the lack of plan. On the night we had planned to go out, I was strolling down the trendy “Nachalat Benyamin” street, when I recalled that I had done a photo shoot at a cool new restaurant called 44. I called to make the reservation and the hostess explained that they were having a special evening that night-a Vietnamese grill night-on the outside patio of the restaurant. Total karma. The night was amazing on all fronts. The food was divine, the music (live dj) was spot...
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Good ol' Chili

Sunday 13 May 2012 | 2 Comments
Filed under: Entrees, General, Main course Tags: masa harina

By: Deanna Linder Some things will always remain a mystery. God, how the pyrimads were built, and amongst other things, why Mexican food has not become popular as an ethic food in Israel. According to rational thinking, it should be a sure sell. Israelis love wrapped foods (in pita), tomatoes, onions and spicy food; all shared with the Mexican kitchen. But for some odd reason, every attempt at making authentic Mexican food has not lasted more than a few seasons. This has left me, a southern California transplant, where Mexican food and sushi are as close as it comes to regional cuisine, with major cravings for proper Mexican food. Lucky for me there is a company here called Tres Pesos, which produces Mexican products such as tortillas, salsas, etc. One of their products is called masa harina, which is very finely ground corn flour, used to make corn tortillas. This is the secret ingredient in this recipe and really gives this chili a much deeper flavor. You can find their products at...
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Peanut Sesame Soba Noodles

Saturday 24 Mar 2012 | 2 Comments
Filed under: Entrees, Main course Tags: cilantro, peanut butter, sesame oil, Soba

By: Deanna Linder It is known that human beings are creatures of habit. Psychology often explains this phenomenon as having to do with the brain finding comfort in the known, leaving room to discover new/different experiences. If that is the case than, for 12 years straight, my brain was free for lunch. Every day for lunch, I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, from the kindergarten through High School. Sometimes with crust, sometimes without; sometimes strawberry jelly, sometimes grape-but that iconic sandwich found its way into my lunch bag. This was definitely not the case of the lazy mom, which some of you may already be thinking. A month and half ago, checking my Facebook feed, I discovered something new. Apparently it was National (US) Peanut Butter Day. Getting nostalgic for my upcoming visit to the US, I thought it would be fitting to make a grown-up peanut butter dish and this one popped right into mind. These days I find myself trying to make my son a variety of different...
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Goulash

Thursday 12 Jan 2012 | 2 Comments
Filed under: Entrees, General Tags: beef, carrots, leeks, paprika

By: Danya Weiner A few weeks ago I shot an article for the Israeli culinary magazine, Al Hashulchan. The entire issue was on the foods of the different ethnic groups in Israel and the story I shot was on stews. The writer of the article, Ruth Oliver, came to my studio with eight pots full of deliciously cooked stews. I stared opening them up, one by one, and discovered amongst them: a pot of Mafrum (meat and potatoes), couscous with vegetable soup, a Persian meat and beans stew, stuffed cabbage and goulash. It amazed me how Ruth spoke of the preparation of these dishes with ease. It would’ve taken me days. That shoot reminded me of my love for home-cooked “grandma” recipes- the ones that have been in families for generations and are passed down grandma-mother-daughter (or the lucky son). My grandma didn’t pass down any recipes, but I wouldn’t mind being adopted by one willing to share hers. The week after the shoot I decided I would prepare goulash for a Friday night dinner for...
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