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Welcome to a new series on Nun Bet called John Eats Israel. In this series, I’ll be sharing with you about my culinary experiences both good and bad in Israel. בתאבון! (I don’t know how to get the exclamation point in the right spot - grr!)
First up is a cute, little restaurant on the edge […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting next to a friend at a dinner party. Knowing that I am from North Carolina, she shared with me about the time she spent in the Tarheel state. She recalled an occasion when she was invited by a local family to go out for barbecue. At the […]

On Friday evenings Yaacov’s family gets together to have dinner. Sometimes his mother makes delicious traditional Georgian foods with an Israeli flair. Other times we go to Abu Gosh and eat at the Abu Gosh Restaurant. Abu Gosh is full of good restaurants but we like the Abu Gosh Restaurant the best. Alex, the manager, […]

I think that it was about 80 degrees here today. I am not sure exactly. It’s 10:00 and it’s 61 degrees F. Winter returns tomorrow with highs of 51 and rain.
Yaacov and I went to a nature park with our friend David and a nice girl that he’s dating. There were ruins of Roman waterworks […]

I just tried to upload some pictures but “Hello” (the picture software) is acting funny, so I’ll have to try again later.
I woke up today to the sound of sleet and rain outside. I actually got out of the bed at 6:00 and went to turn the hot water on. We have to turn it […]