Summer Eating

Summer is the time for luscious fruits and foods. What a treat to stroll through any market or even the local supermarket and see the cornucopia of colours. I think I would be happy to live on grapes and watermelon alone! While Israel is not often thought of as a gourmet capital I believe it is. As the country is so small, the distances between the orchard to market is minimal so the freshness doesn’t have time to be squandered in transport. Being a country of immigrants with each group bringing rich culinary traditions wonderful eateries reflecting a myriad of cultures exists, yours for the picking!

Ira Ginsburg designed my new “I love Israeli Foods” apron and dish towel which reflects the wonderful eclectic variety of yummy dishes we all eat on a daily basis. Someone remarked, “but are they Israeli”? Well, we adopted them from lots of places over the years; Kube soup from Kurdistan, to Gefilte fish from eastern Europe to watermelon and Bulgarian cheese from Greece! Why not work your way around all the foods on the apron, but perhaps not all on the one day... :-)

Here is one of my favorite summer salads, so quick and tasty – takes just 5 minutes and is always a hit.

Barbara's super and simple mushroom salad:

Ingredients:

1 punnet of mushrooms

A handful of chopped parsley

A small onion chopped finely

Method:

Slice the mushrooms, or leave whole if they are small, and put in a bowl,

Mix with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste

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