Five days overdue. Prays baby doesn’t come on Bay to Breakers. Sciatica. Questions acupuncture to induce labor. Season One of Call the Midwife. Joyful; I’m going to be a mom! Six days overdue. Seasons Two and Three of Call the Midwife. Serenity; a natural birth will be a breeze! Seasons Four of Call the Midwife. Lots …
Tradition. TRADITION! Tradition? Thanksgiving is a holiday I have always spent with my dad’s family. And Thanksgiving is “my dad’s holiday.” My Aunt Sarah does Channukah and my Aunt Amy does Passover. (You can almost hear Tevya, snapping his fingers and curling his wrists.) The Thanksgiving location has changed over the years as my dad and stepmom …
There was an article last week in the NY Times called “The ‘Busy’ Trap” that I thought was perfectly insightful. Now, a week later, it’s just sort of haunting me. The author wrote: “Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial …
Sometimes we all need something bright and sweet and comforting during a hectic week. I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve just been consuming a steady diet of Acme bread… bread with pickled onions, bread with avocado and sea salt, bread with mozarella and rosemary agave nectar. All you do is toss 2 sprigs …
This week I have something unusual for you though very close to the heart of why I started this blog. My friend Sorayya is a video genius. And fortunately for us, she has begun video taping her grandmother cooking traditional Persian recipes. This blog really began as a way for me to connect food, traditional …
Hi friends! I am having a major computer issue – and it’s the last week of finals – so as soon as this is settled, I will post something new. Please keep stopping by and checking in or subscribing to my blog (on the right hand side) so that you can stay in the loop …
my jerusalem kitchen 