Okay, so last week was the “sophisticated chicken nugget,” and this week is, I guess, the sophisticated latke, made with chickpea flour, parsley, feta cheese, red onion and sumac. I found this recipe on Mark Bittman’s “The Minimalist,” and he calls it a “tortillita”—a Spanish pancake that he cooks with different fishes. Being deathly …

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In Jerusalem, everyone’s apartments have leaks. In Canada everyone goes on vacation to a cottage. Some things in life are this straight forward. News to me! After a few days spent tanning, canoeing and BBQing ribs, lamb chops and burgers with my fiance’s family “at the cottage,” none of us wanted to see meat when …

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Friday after Friday after Friday, I became used to a consistent routine: an hour at the market, a few hours for the challah, a few more hours for cooking & setting up Shabbat dinner followed by  25 minutes of scarfing down food. Great. Done. See you guys next week. Adam cleans up. A couple of …

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