My TEDx Talk and a Family Recipe Blog Hop

Posted on Jun 29, 2012 | 24 comments Today’s post is all about one of my favorite food topics: family recipes. I recently had the honor of giving a talk at TEDxBGU at Ben Gurion University in Israel. The overarching theme of the event was communication, and I was one of nine speakers who touched on a diverse array of topics from contact improvisation to social media and revolutions, and from a sex therapist speaking about...
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A Year in Israel, a Year of Israeli Recipes

Posted on Sep 26, 2011 | 26 comments Today is my anniversary. Not my wedding anniversary (that’s in July, silly). It’s my Israel anniversary. Exactly one year ago today I boarded a plane with two suitcases and moved to a country I had never before visited. It was on the plane that I realized how little I knew about Israel, how little Hebrew I knew. I had taught myself the alef bet (alphabet) and how to count to ten, but...
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Salute Wine Festival

Posted on Sep 21, 2011 | 10 comments This past Wednesday and Thursday marked the fifth annual Salute Wine Festival in Be’er Sheva. Israel has no shortage of wine festivals and expos, but rarely do we get a taste in the South. With over 300 wineries in the country, Israel’s wine industry is rapidly growing both in size and international prestige and we were fortunate to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 wineries...
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Where to Shop for Food in Be’er Sheva

Posted on Sep 11, 2011 | 45 comments You may have heard about the tent protests going on around Israel right now. It’s being called the largest social protest in the country’s history. It all began in July when a woman named Daphne Leef pitched a tent on Tel Aviv’s upscale Rothschild Avenue in response to the lack of affordable housing. As with any successful movement these days, she started a Facebook page and...
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A Culinary Tour of the Negev

Posted on May 15, 2011 | 17 comments I’ve already mentioned what a delinquent blogger I’ve been. Well, I went on Israel Food Tours‘ culinary tour of the Negev with Ben Brewer over a month ago and I’m just now writing about it. Blame it on Pesach, if you like. Regardless, it’s as fresh in my mind as if it was yesterday. Living in the Negev I’ve grown to appreciate the desert in a way I never...
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Reflecting on a Year in Transition

Posted on Dec 30, 2010 | 3 comments I guess it’s pretty cheesy and cliche to do a post reflecting on my year, especially when this blog is only four months old. But it’s been a packed year, full of surprises and transitions. If you’d asked me a year ago if I thought I’d ever live in Israel I would have looked at you like you were nuts. Of course, I think I assumed I would still be in New York. Why would I...
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Wining and Dining in Be’er Sheva

Posted on Dec 5, 2010 | 0 comments This past Wednesday marked not only the first night of Hanukkah, but also the inaugural event of Wine and Dine B7 (B7 stands for Be’er Sheva for the uninitiated out there). Started by Boston transplant and Be’er Sheva resident Amir Katz, Wine and Dine B7 is aimed primarily at the Anglo community in Be’er Sheva. Katz is hoping to draw attention to the culinary treasures that lie...
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The Castle

Posted on Oct 31, 2010 | 4 comments Let me start off by saying that I’m not even sure this place is called The Castle. It may also be called The Fortress, The Tower, or something else entirely. The sign is in Russian and we were given no menus during our visit. Whichever the case I’m not the kind of person who can resist a restaurant that advertises good beer and looks like it was transported from the Middle Ages. It...
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Sushi in the Desert: Kampai

Posted on Oct 24, 2010 | 0 comments I knew when I moved to the desert of Israel not to hope for good sushi. Which is why I was pleasantly surprised by Kampai. This swank restaurant is a long escalator ride above the Aroma coffee shop at the Big with sweeping views of…well, the mall. What can I say, you don’t come to Be’er Sheva for the views. But the restaurant is elegantly appointed with dark wood, flowing, gauzy...
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Tapas at Ahuzat Smilansky

Posted on Oct 16, 2010 | 2 comments When I first heard there was a tapas restaurant in Be’er Sheva I couldn’t believe my ears. Sure enough, Chef-Owner Yariv Eitani worked in kitchens in Tel Aviv and Provence before deciding to open up a place in his home town. Although the restaurant was originally French that didn’t go over as well as he’d hoped and he switched to tapas; it’s still listed in many...
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