Food

I missed peach season!

כ' בתמוז ה'תש"ע (July 2, 2010) Food

In Israel, most fruits are available only in season. I understand that this is due to how small our country is and how expensive it would be to import fruits all year long, but damn, it’s extremely annoying. I don’t have freezer space to store all the strawberries I want to eat from about March, [...]

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America in 140 characters or fewer

ו' באדר ה'תש"ע (February 20, 2010) America

Last month I went to visit America for a couple weeks and I recorded the entire trip on the Twitter. Here are all my tweets, from the minute my vacation began to when I got back home. Sorry they’re in reverse order – I can’t find a tool that will export them from first to [...]

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Just give me gas

ט"ו בשבט ה'תש"ע (January 30, 2010) Customer Service

Tuesday: I returned home from vacation and, without delay, went grocery shopping and cooked meals in advance so I could prepare them for dinners in the coming days. Wednesday: In the middle of preparing my dinner, the gas went out. Damn it. I called the gas company, Paz Gaz (that’s right, English speakers, an Israeli [...]

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Chicken Shnitzel

י"ז בכסלו ה'תש"ע (December 4, 2009) Aliyah

Read it and weep, people. Here I am in The Atlantic, holding forth on one of my favorite topics: chicken shnitzel. My contention is, and has been on many occasions, that chicken shnitzel is the authentic Israeli cuisine because it is the only notable dish invented by Jews in Israel that’s culturally accessible to all [...]

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Marie at Cafe Sonia

כ"ג באב ה'תשס"ט (August 13, 2009) Food
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Leeor at Cafe Sonia

כ"ב באב ה'תשס"ט (August 12, 2009) Food
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Worship

כ"א באב ה'תשס"ט (August 11, 2009) Food
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Extra buttery popcorn

ט"ז בסיון ה'תשס"ט (June 8, 2009) Food

Why was I not in the room when someone figured out that the best way to make extra buttery popcorn is first to make popcorn and then add extra butter? The sparks must really have been flying that day. Imagine the other ideas those people must have gone through before reaching the correct one: the [...]

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My first job: food service

ח' בסיון ה'תשס"ט (May 31, 2009) America

I worked at a sports-themed sandwich and ice cream restaurant called Varsity Scoops and Grille in Germantown, Maryland. I earned $4.85/hour and then got a raise to $5.00. I started working there in approximately May 1997 and lasted through August 2007. It wasn't that bad; I ate a tremendous amount of hot dogs and cookie [...]

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Alpha's Meat Store

ו' באייר ה'תשס"ט (April 30, 2009) Food
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