Category: Travel

Shabbat Shopping at Shuk Mahane Yehuda

Ah, Friday.  After an aggressive schedule all week I was grateful for a late start and a half day of trend shopping on the agenda.  Friday is, after all, the

Jerusalem, Ūršalīm: Ramadan Kareem, Ramadan Mubarak

It seems fitting that I share a post about the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem on this first night of Ramadan, a month-long observance filled with blessings.  The traditional Arabic greetings

Yerushaláyim, al-Quds, Jerusalem: The Christian Quarter

Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University, Michael Zank, teaches a course called Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination, and on his website you can find 26 maps of

Hot Day in Jerusalem? Cool Down and Take Five

Oooof.  Jerusalem was hot! Well, it was the end of July and the peak of summer heat after all, so it was to be expected.  We enjoyed clear and sunny

Jaffa Gate

The ancient city of Jaffa, situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, is a port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world.  If you speak with one

TerraOlivo 2010 Announces Results

The Olive Oil Times has just published an exclusive  article of my coverage of the Competition and Congress at TerraOlivo 2010.   You can read it here, “Israel Hosts TerraOlivo

TerraOlivo, Day #3 – All in Good Taste

I was mighty impressed by the coordination of the TerraOlivo 2010 program.  Moshe Spak, the organizer introduced me to Leo, who was in charge of the samples and set up.

Israel Welcomes TerraOlivo 2010

Earlier today an international jury of 18 certified olive oil judges began the 3-day process of blind tasting 189 extra virgin olive oils from 14 countries.   I’m at the

Olivaria – Spanish Olive Oil, part 3: So Many Oils, So Little Time

Alimentaria in Barcelona devotes about 6,000 square feet to olive oil in the pavilion called “Olivaria”, and in the very back were several banks of long high tables for the

Olivaria – Spanish Olive Oil, part 2 Olive Juice and Other Ideas

We’re at Alimentaria Barcelona, the mega trade show for food and wine held in Spain each year, and as I walked through the 6,000 square foot olive oil showcase called

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