I wait all year for the months of January, February and March – the rainy days with their dramatic skies and the sunshine that can actually be enjoyed. And of course, the green! Every spare patch of earth is bursting with some kind of eager plant-life. And so much of it is even edible. That … Read More »
A Galilee Beer Tasting
My 18 year old son is remarkably responsible about drinking and driving. He meets friends in pubs on the weekends and is appalled when I ask him if he drank alcohol. “Mom, I was driving!” he replies, incredulous that I even asked. Yesterday we happened to be out grocery shopping together and we noticed the … Read More »
Meat of the Poor
I just shared a very pleasant Saturday morning coffee with members of the Murad family in K. Manda. Um Malek was about to go off with a friend to gather mushrooms – today’s sun after yesterday’s rain make for optimal mushrooming. Since we are in the height of the edible wild plant season, I told … Read More »
Bread baked over fire
There is something about the Western Galilee that enchants me. The landscape is so rugged and pristine, and it seems like the spirits of Crusaders are still hovering in the air. There are villages here that are particularly isolated from mainstream Israeli life, and one of them is Fassuta. It is populated by Christian Arabs … Read More »
A Day in Deir el Assad
By happy coincidence, a friend invited me to join a cooking class she was going to, to be held by a woman living in Deir el Assad, an Arab village that is built into the mountains opposite Carmiel, in the Upper Galilee. And just as fortuitously, I happened to be free this morning, and able to … Read More »