tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49665159211250738802024-03-14T00:08:27.813-07:00Adam's ExperimentsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-71321984141363784512015-09-21T21:19:00.000-07:002015-09-21T21:19:02.245-07:00BIG FAT AMERICAN ROADTRIP PART I - Dallas and New OrleansSo over the past month or so, I've been travelling the US of A with M., my wife.
M.'s starting a prestigious Ph.D program in Chicago, and so we've decided that before we settle down in the Windy City, we should tour the country a little bit, meet friends and see what there is to see.
Our trip took us from Dallas to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi to Memphis, then St. Louis, a brief Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-26230879699169593662015-07-23T11:05:00.002-07:002015-07-23T11:08:07.263-07:00The Culture TripSo a piece I wrote got published over at TheCultureTrip.com. Head on over to read about ethnic street food, and let me know what you think!
The comments so far are kind of funny. The first commenter wrote "Beautiful food of Palestine..!" and someone commented on that and wrote "Beautiful food of Jewish Palestine." This is funny to me because the whole article is about food that is specifically Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-28739800673696898552015-07-12T14:18:00.001-07:002015-07-12T14:18:33.517-07:00KnivesOk, I guess this is officially a fetish now:
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-34638043830649051522015-07-06T10:59:00.005-07:002015-07-06T10:59:50.287-07:00About fucking time.This should have happened a LONG time ago.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-65856860902189322152015-06-15T12:44:00.002-07:002015-06-15T12:44:40.854-07:00Harvard's Science & Cooking Lecture SeriesJust found this video series by Harvard U - it's a collection of lectures on the science of cooking. Really interesting stuff!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-27341735123901793942015-04-07T07:22:00.000-07:002015-04-07T08:10:14.978-07:00The Kosher CheeseburgerI don't eat at McDonald's.
The only things their burgers fill me with is sadness.
Their meals are unsatisfying, and generally feel like a waste of bovine life.
It may therefore surprise some readers that once a year I make a pilgrimage to my local McDonald's and willfully order a McRoyal.
It may surprise you even more to read that that annual tradition is reserved for Passover, but hear me out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-62954507057177655962015-04-01T05:01:00.002-07:002015-04-01T05:05:12.495-07:00Cherry Tomato and Strawberry JamIt's the end of the strawberry season here in Israel, which is the perfect time for making jam. Prices are low, the fruit are beautiful and the farmers don't bother with pesticide.
Here's my take on red jam, in which I use hot chilis, ginger and tomatoes alongside the strawberries to achieve a more complex and somewhat surprising flavor. The resulting jam is sweet and at first feels like Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-32619862230788433642015-03-28T17:39:00.000-07:002015-11-18T05:33:59.379-08:00HaSovel
As I walk back to our apartment down Ibn Gvirol street,
making my way from the Reading parking lot to Rabin Square, I pass the HaSovel
pizzeria. HaSovel, roughly translated, means “The Sufferer” or “The One Who
Suffers”.
It is usually closed when I pass by since he does not keep
regular hours. On a good day, HaSovel opens at around 1 AM, and closes at five
in the morning. That’s HaSovel. He Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-20672594249451355922015-02-26T05:25:00.002-08:002015-02-26T05:25:36.445-08:00AMERRRIIIICAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!
'Muricah, you're monstrous. This video verges on the sublime.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-13368175210998534032014-07-27T06:11:00.004-07:002014-07-27T06:11:59.609-07:00Chef - The MovieSo my better half and I watched Jon Favreau's "Chef" yesterday. A lot has been written about it online already so I won't bore you with details, but it was very enjoyable - particularly, recognizing a lot of my personal mannerisms in the cooks on screen. (Is it good? Really? Are you sure..?)
Anyway, I left with a hankering for Latin American food.
Since I'm studying for a big exam, I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-90241292104283261842014-07-07T07:08:00.002-07:002014-07-07T07:32:05.476-07:00Faqus Salad
It's not often that I come across an ingredient that I've never heard of before, let alone one that is considered local.
Reading Alma's wonderful post on Jerusalem (Warning: Hebrew), I became intrigued with the vegetable she called "Faquz".
After some Googling, it appears that what Jerusalamites call "Faquz" or "Faqouz" and the rest of Israel calls "Faqus", "Arabic Cucumber" or "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-76015751652941539982014-07-01T05:28:00.000-07:002014-07-01T05:28:08.394-07:00Summer Ceviche
Hot town summer in the CityBack of my neck getting dirty and grittyBeen down, isn't it a pityDoesn't seem to be a shadow in the CityAll around people looking half deadWalking on the sidewalk hotter than a match head
I love this song, and this version especially. Something about it manages to convey the sweaty, humid fatigue of deep summer days and the throbbing aliveness of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-85965025566883956422014-02-23T13:15:00.001-08:002014-02-24T09:00:12.261-08:00Tel Aviv's Chinatown, Green Thai Curry and Plantain ChipsTel Aviv - the first Hebrew City.
At least, the first in a while.
While Tel Aviv's Hebrew character is certainly an important aspect in its description, it is also a City, with a capital C, which means a whole lot of things.
One of those things is diversity.
There is a considerable population of migrants in the country, and, happily for me, a large foreign community has formed in the southernAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-14067404258481966952014-02-16T23:12:00.000-08:002014-02-16T23:12:09.174-08:00A little somethin' somethin' to balance my previous postAs promised, a decisively non-vegan recipe to balance out my last post.
This little gem was sent to me by a very good friend, and this blog's future photographer.
We're working on an exploratory post that will be published sometime soon, but in the meantime, here's a link to a recipe that requires a dead marmot and a blowtorch.
If you're in Israel and know where I can procure food-grade marmotsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-38946493216267200392014-01-29T04:54:00.002-08:002014-01-29T11:43:23.977-08:00Vegan PancakesSomeone very close to me has recently turned Vegan.
Imagine my dismay. IMAGINE IT.
Is it imagined? Good.
Of course, your imagined dismay is probably much worse than my real dismay, because I'm looking at this as an opportunity to flex my culinary biceps.
No eggs or dairy?
Sure, pancakes aren't a problem!
Once you get the basics of this recipe down, you'll realize that even wheat is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966515921125073880.post-54049062967963736292013-12-19T06:13:00.002-08:002014-01-29T00:31:51.408-08:00Israeli Food Taboo and the new Vegan TrendIt seems like everybody here in Israel is going Vegan.
Much like the creators of Troll 2, I feel Veganism closing in on me:
Dominos Pizza chose to introduce their first ever Vegan friendly pizza to the Israeli market first (tried it, tastes like flavored melted plastic), Gary Yourofsky is hailed as a celebrity, with prime-time interviews in all of the major networks, sold out talks andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09332611770569319528noreply@blogger.com2