I think I can say, unequivocally, that there is no more refreshing drink than limonana – Israeli mint lemonade. It starts off with the delicious refreshingness of homemade lemonade, then kicks it up a notch by adding fresh mint, for a doubly cooling, extra thirst-quenching glassful of rejuvenation. It cools, restores …
“Fress” is a word that takes me straight back to childhood. It’s a word my grandparents used – one of the handful of Yiddish words that remained in their everyday vocabularies. There was only one kind of fress, and that was a good fress. A generous, convivial, delicious meal, or …
At the end of last year we took a foodie tour of the Levinsky market in Tel Aviv, and one of the highlights for me was the vegan malabi. Malabi is traditionally a dairy dessert, but this one was made with coconut milk and was creamy, sweet and delicious. I promised …
The best way to discover a place is to eat your way around it, right? And although I’ve spent a lot of time in Israel over the years, Tel Aviv is a major city where I haven’t really lived, worked, or even explored. So on our last trip, at the end …
Visiting Israel as a child, I remember only two kinds of coffee – botz (Turkish coffee) or a local brand of instant coffee called Elite. The former is a very strong, dark brew, made by repeatedly boiling coffee grounds (often with a lot of sugar) before pouring out into small cups and …
About a week ago I was in town and needed to buy some fruit and veg. I nipped into the nearest grocers, which happened to be one of Cambridge’s fabulous Middle Eastern shops. But when I got to the till, my purchases didn’t quite come to £5, which was the …
Between school and university, I spent the year in Israel with a group of like-minded people from Habonim-Dror. We were based on a kibbutz, and each of us was ‘adopted’ by a kibbutz family for the duration of our stay. It was a great way to feel welcomed and part …
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