Freekeh - The Green Wheat of the Middle East

Freekeh


Maybe you have heard of freekeh, but I hadn’t; that is until I went to Israel. My friend turned me on to it and with a name like freekeh I guess turned on is apropos. I googled it on the web and came up with quite a few articles about it but I guess I haven’t gotten out much since 2009 which is when these articles started showing up on all the health food blogs. Oh, what is it? It

El-Ajami and Hummus

Hummus and Tahini from El-Ajami









I’m back! Israel is such a grandiose small country with people and scenery and food and stories and one can never get enough. There are few places in this world that can match it- at least in my experience. It is possible to taste hospitality and I can assure you I did and on a grand scale. Whether you are Christian or Jewish or Moslem it is a

World Peace Cookies

World Peace Cookies




I’m so excited I can feel my heart pounding. Something I have wanted to do for so, so long is finally happening. Thanks to two parents that decided to give me an especially nice, very meaningful, most awesome, generous and loving birthday/Hanukah gift rolled into one I am going to be taking a trip far, far away. (I like those double adjectives, don’t I?)  I bought this