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Wednesday, May 6. 2009

Jerusalem of Gold ... Loaves

We rented an apartment in Jerusalem, an accommodation I strongly recommend over a hotel if you can manage it.  It was a little tricky with our cab driver (who spoke only Hebrew and Polish) getting there, but much more relaxed and vastly cheaper than a hotel.  The apartment we rented was on Emek Refraim, an attractive yuppie shopping district with great coffee (which I was thrilled about); if you're interested in renting it, contact me.

Anyway, when we arrived, the community center on Emek Refriam was having a street fair, including delicious Arab breads.   Pictured above is the cooker for traditional bedouin "crepes", which are then filled with yogurt, onions and spices.

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Tuesday, May 5. 2009

Markets of Frankfurt

Near the center of Frankfurt is the Kleinmarkthall, a charming little covered market with all sorts of food vendors.  It's much smaller than the ones in Florence or Sao Paulo, of course, but has plenty for the food tourist.  One warning, though: there's very little cooked food sold in the Kleinmarkthall, so unless you're renting an apartment, you'll be mainly looking and not buying.

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Monday, May 4. 2009

Frankfurter Food

Germany gets a completely undeserved poor reputation for its food.  I've been to Germany several times now, and I'll tell you that German cuisine is definitely worth exploring.  Tastes good, too.  Frankfurt makes sure you know it's about the food from the moment you exit the main train station; above is a vegetable seller set up just inside the station.  As you can also see, it's white asparagus season.

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Saturday, April 4. 2009

Barrel Tasting at Vincent Arroyo, Calistoga

While my wife got her spa treatment, I indulged in my own relaxation exercise: I went wine-tasting.  If you have a chance to go out wine tasting from Calistoga, I recommend that you do it the way I did: on a "cruiser" bicycle rented from the Calistoga Bikeshop.  They'll even call ahead and make appointments at the "appointment only" wineries for you.  There's little traffic in the farm country around Calistoga, and on a bike you don't have to worry that much about how much wine you're consuming.  Also, the scenery is incredibly beautiful (above, cherry trees back a field of trimmed grape vines swimming in wild mustard).


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Friday, March 27. 2009

Portuguese Cheese in Santa Rosa

"On our way up to Calistoga, we'll get cheese."

"What?  Sonoma Jack?"

"No, silly.  Handmade artisan Portuguese cheese. In Santa Rosa."

"In Santa Rosa?"

"Yeah.   There's this little cheese factory there run by some folks from the Azores.  They make one cheese, but apparently it's really good."

"In Santa Rosa?"

"Yes, in Santa Rosa."

"Huh.  What's the cheese called?"

"Hmmm ... let me see.  'Queijo cheese'."

"Dear, 'queijo' means 'cheese' in Portuguese."


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