This past weekend found us at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel in Jerusalem. As the weekend comes to a close, the phrase that keeps screaming in my head is — how far the mighty have fallen. Ask people in the know about the Sheraton, and they will always start with Chef Shalom Kodesh and his staff [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Saved by the Dragon lady at the Sheraton Plaza, Jerusalem
Posted in Food and drink, tagged Jerusalem, Sheraton Plaza on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Terravino 2008 winners and losers
Posted in Kosher Red Wine, Wine, Wine Tasting on November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Friday found me at a wine tasting of the winners and some losers (in my opinion) of the most recent Terravino (Hebrew and English) wine contest. Terravino is a wine exhibit where wineries are given the opportunity to showcase their wines for a cost, and they get scored blindly by a panel of wine experts. [...]
Noya Restaurant and Galil Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Restaurant Review, tagged Galil Mountain Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Noya Restaurant on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week I am in Jerusalem and we visited a restaurant called Noya. It is in the area of Jerusalem that is starting to look like downtown Chicago – always under construction. Jerusalem is adding a new light rail system that will run from the City Center to the main bus station. However, it is [...]
Squash Risotto, Red Pepper Roasted Chicken, and Four Gates Chardonnay
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher White Wine, Wine, tagged Chardonnay, Four Gates Winery on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had no crowd this weekend so we went with a comfort food combination. The Risotto was simple to prepare, but only after having failed many times prior. I started making Risotto a couple of years back, but only the basic recipe – no extras. Since then, I have tried to add in squash, mushrooms, [...]
Ramon Cardova Rioja and Roasted Chicken
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Ramon Cardova, Rioja on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had a quiet weekend planned, so I roasted a small chicken by simply placing a rub of; garlic, paprika, black pepper, onion powder, and cumin over the chicken and let it rest over night. The next morning, I sliced onions and red potatoes and placed them under the whole chicken and we roasted it [...]
