Next time you want to make a fresh fruit salad, consider adding dried fruit to the mix. On a recent trip to Miami, both News Café and Big Pink sprinkled raisins on their editions of fruit salad. The raisins added a new element of taste and texture to the chunks of watermelon, pineapple, strawberries, grapes, [...]

I recently ate (and drank) at The Russian Vodka Room. Salmon roe and eggplant caviar were wonderful but I was most impressed by the horseradish-infused vodka. The spicy shot is ideal to accompany salty Beluga, Ossetra, and Sevruga. Horseradish Vodka would also make a lovely Bloody Mary, adding an extra bit of punch into an [...]

I must have walked passed the Holyland Market about a hundred times without realizing the gems that it has in store. I wasn’t aware of the unique and delicious food with which Israel is brimming. In the real Holy Land, I fell in love with halloumi cheese, labane cheese, bourekas (a savory puff pastry), and [...]

The final evening of my journey, I dined at a restaurant known for a Sephardic specialty, Shakshuka. Served piping hot in a fry pan, Shakshuka is a steaming mixture of stewed tomatoes, onion, and sunny-side up eggs. Paprika and chilis add kick to the dish and pita bread on the side operates as the ideal [...]

The market in Tel Aviv is dotted with stands to purchase a variety of dried fruits, nuts, and seeds. The assortment is like nothing that I have seen before, and what surprised and delighted me the most was the array of golden raisins. From small and tart to inch-long juicy ones, I must have counted [...]