Time flies …and I have been
having lots of FUN.
I didn’t realize how much fun
I was having until I sat down to write this! During the past several
months I have: taught cooking classes in my San Francisco studio kitchen;
taken students on Culinary Journeys through Provence, Tuscany and the Piedmont;
published my new cookbook, Cooking Confidence, Dinner Made Simple; celebrated
the first anniversary of my restaurant, Copita Tequileria y Comida; and
a few hundred other things. It’s been a crazy year!
Just when I thought I’d
traveled the globe, a trip to Israel changed everything. My husband, Joe,
and I booked the trip along with good friends and I was really looking forward to
my first venture to this part of the world. Joe had been there several
years earlier and I thought I was prepared for some of the incredible places
we’d visit, but I will tell you that Israel was one of the most exciting trips
I’ve taken in a long time.
I have to tell you just one story
about my travels, along with a few remarkable photos:
Driving around the Golan
Heights through some of the most beautiful landscape I’ve ever seen in my
life…. Cows grazing in the green grass, millions of wild flowers, rolling
hills and the most beautiful deep blue sky...I was speechless! This is one of the most important Israeli wine regions so I couldn’t pass
up a tasting at Golan Heights Winery. After wine tasting (especially two of my favorites,
Gamla Riesling and Yarden Katzin), you know how hungry you can get. We heard
that grass fed Golan Heights beef at Meat Shos in Qasrin was the best and what better way to balance the
alcohol than with a burger and fries? Can I tell you that it was the best
beef I have ever had? That wouldn’t be a lie.
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| cows of Bashan and Mt Hermon |
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| Moshe Basson! |
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| Spice mixes for chicken and fish |
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| village streets |
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| Aged t-bone |
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| cooks at the Culinary Workshop |
Hope you can get there soon!
Links to some of my favorite spots in Israel:
3 comments:
Wow! That was one great adventure, Joanne! Israel really is a great place to visit, especially for a chef like you. They have great flavors and spices out there. I totally envy you! Haha! I look forward to seeing you visit other culinary havens in this world. Ciao!
Austin Black
At dinner time we ate hummus at Jerusalem’s First Train Station again and shopped at the book sale. חבילות לחול
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