Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Food on Oct 3rd, 2008
Back in January, I took a friend to the open food market in the Hatikva neighborhood of Tel Aviv, a run-down area near the Central Bus Station that used to be the home of Jews from Iraq and Yemen but of late has also seen a lot of Russian immigrants and foreign workers. We were [...]
Posted in Prophets on Sep 16th, 2008
Last week in our Green Prophets in Focus Series, we interviewed our resident Eco-Mum Sophie Ohana.
This week, our focus is on Hamutal Dotan, our expert on all things culinary and delicious. Hamutal is currently working as a web editor in Toronto and aspires to be a full time writer.
Read about Hamutal’s thoughts on sustainable food, [...]
Posted in Food on Sep 8th, 2008
There is something so profoundly compelling about a dish named buckle. Just think of it: buttery golden batter, giving way - buckling - under the weight of juicy, jammy, slightly caramelized hunks of fruit. A buckle is more exuberant than a plate of muffins, yet more modest than a cake. Serve it with coffee in [...]
Posted in Food on Aug 19th, 2008
If you’re going to shell out the extra shekels for organic food, you’re want to be confident that you’re getting the real deal.
Personally, I think the price of organic food is worth paying, whether you’re buying it for selfish reasons (taste, avoiding nasty chemicals and GMOs) or altruistic ones (treading lightly our small country) and [...]
Posted in Food on Jul 30th, 2008
Zucchini flowers, or squash blossoms (for culinary purposes these are interchangeable), are one of those off-the-supermarket-beaten-path ingredients you tend to find only at farmers’ markets or fancy restaurants. (Or Italy, though that doesn’t really help most of us all that much.)
This elusiveness means that if you do come into a supply - either because you’ve [...]
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Jul 25th, 2008
“Make sure to place your organic waste in the buckets outside and please use our shampoo and soap when you shower so chemicals don’t enter or gray water system,” my hostess explained to my family as we first arrived in Amirim. I immediately felt at home.
We’ve been covering lots of eco-tourism tips and organic [...]
Posted in Business & Technology on Jul 24th, 2008
Israel’s fastest-growing supermarket chain is the upscale Tiv Taam, where customers can browse shelves of international beers, pick through extensive cheese selections and even purchase pancetta to include in their gourmet dishes at home. At Hinnawi, a Yafo-based butcher with a branch inside the shopping mall in Ramat Aviv, customers can choose between 17 kinds [...]
Posted in Food on Jul 24th, 2008
Ful medames; ta’miyya; bissara — fava beans have given rise to iconic dishes across the Middle East. Egyptian cuisine is unimaginable without them. They’ve been a staple in the region for about eight thousand years, and were one of the first plants cultivated for food. Most often, they are used in their dried form: rehydrated [...]
Posted in Food on Jul 11th, 2008
One of the great joys of eating seasonal, local food is the unabashed, seam-bursting happiness of eating something you haven’t seen since the last harvest. It’s the kind of excitement which comes from deprivation - food is always tastier when you’re hungry, and strawberries always sweeter, juicier, strawberrier, when you’ve not had them in [...]
Posted in Food on Jun 19th, 2008
I was so anxious on Monday as I awaited word of delivery of my very first Israeli community supported agriculture (CSA) delivery to its drop spot in Tel Aviv. I was nervous, not because I thought the vegetables wouldn’t be good or because I was unsure if I was getting a good deal (the [...]
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