Category Archives: Cuisine

The Corona Chronicles – Whatever Happened To Spring?

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

The beginning of the week saw the official start of Spring, with the vernal equinox. Tonight, we will be moving the clocks forward one hour, thus heralding the official start of Israel Summer Time. The weather, however, does not seem … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Behind Us At Last?

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

It’s been a while since I last posted. Since then, we have had a General Election (with no clear-cut outcome), celebrated Pessach (Passover), Independence Day and Lag b’Omer, witnessed a national tragedy at the Lag b’Omer celebrations on Mount Meron, … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Bagpipes and Banana Bread

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

In my previous post, if you remember, I wrote about the changing partners within the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party (aka the National Religious Party), and expressed the opinion that it was, as the airlines put it, “not final”. How … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – COVID, Cotillion, Computers and Cake

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

It’s hard to know really, where we stand with regard to the pandemic. On the one hand, more than 2 million Israelis have already received the first dose of the much-vaunted Pfizer vaccine, administration of the second dose is well … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – We’re Not Yet Out Of The Woods

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Shimona from the Palace

I hate it when people say “I told you so” but – I told you so. A month since the government gradually started to ease the lockdown restrictions here in Israel, and a fortnight after they rashly allowed schools to … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Loosening Up

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Shimona from the Palace

As the number of COVID – 19 patients continues to fall, Israel is gradually moving out of lockdown. I wish I could be sure that the decrease in new cases was not merely due to a drop in the number … Continue reading →

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(Not Quite) The Hostess With The Mostest (Yet)

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Shimona from the Palace

My regular readers have, no doubt, been asking themselves where I could have disappeared to. Yes, I know I shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition, but it sounds less awkward than “have been asking themselves to where I could … Continue reading →

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Calories and Candlelight – Chanucah in Israel

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Shimona from the Palace

Tonight is the first night of Chanucah, the Feast of Lights, when we remember how the Maccabees and their tiny army took on the might of the Greek Empire – and won. About 2,200 years ago, the Seleucid king of … Continue reading →

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Candles and Calories

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Shimona from the Palace

Tonight is the first night of Chanucah, the Feast of Lights, when we remember how the Maccabees and their tiny army took on the might of the Greek Empire – and won. But that’s not what we are celebrating when … Continue reading →

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The Hostess With the Mostest

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Shimona from the Palace

A few years ago, I started a Shavuot tradition of hosting my family for a buffet lunch. A buffet, because my apartment is too small to host large numbers of people to a sit-down meal, and lunch, because it gives … Continue reading →

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