Every year I more or less patiently wait for the blackberry season to start. I get excited when the first berries begin to ripen and then suddenly the whole bush explodes. This year I it hasn’t been easy keeping up with the berries. I made several jars of jam, next came a huge portion of […]
Beans and Zucchini on the Summer Table
Unlike last year when we could hardly keep up with the garden, this summer season has been off to a slow start. It rained a lot, and I had to replant a lot of things. Then it got hot and the plants couldn’t take the sudden temperature change, especially when the temperatures dropped again. But […]
Summer Hiking: Alpstein
Finally all the rain and unseasonably cool weather passed and on the first weekend it was actually sunny and dry we laced up our hiking boots and headed to the mountains. There are several places on my “must hike to” list and going to the Fählensee has been on it for quite a long time. […]
Ode to Artichokes
My love affair with artichokes began when I was very small. I can’t remember a time I didn’t eat them. I remember pestering my mom to make them and it was a treat when she did. She’d marinate them and we’d scratch our teeth along the leaves, olive oil dripping down our fingers. The heart […]
Girona, Spain
Girona is known to have one of the best preserved Jewish ghettos in Europe and I was happy for a chance to explore it. When the chance arose to speak at a conference in this beautiful city, I jumped up and grabbed it. Not only did I learn a lot in the workshops I attended, […]
Ireland
This spring, I finally fulfilled my dream of traveling to the Emerald Isle, where we spent two wonderful weeks exploring as much as possible. Ireland: what to see, where to go? Our list got longer and longer the more we immersed ourselves in guidebooks. We flew to Dublin, from there drove to Northern Ireland and […]