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I’m a sucker for apricots. Also for sesame but that’s a different story. Anyway, I really like apricots since I was a kid, and I loved an apricot cake my mom used to make. So… I just made one. Came out great. Here’s the recipe. 150g very soft butter 1/2 cup milk 4 eggs 1 … Read more
Yazdi pita or bread apparently originated from Yazd, a city in Persia, now Iran, that to my understanding developed really good bread over a few thousand years. I saw a bakery making it in a hundred-year-old stone oven and immediately made it in a six months old toaster oven. I kind of winged it, but … Read more
My mother is a Holocaust survivor. Her story, as unique and terrible as it is, is unfortunately one of so many. My mother’s entire family was murdered by the Nazis. The only survivor other than my mother was her uncle. When troubles in Europe just began, her uncle was “crazy” enough to immigrate to Israel … Read more
Originaly posted on July 24 2014 This is true today as it was almost ten years ago. Or even more so. – minor typos /text corrections from the original. I’m calling all peace-seeking residents of Gaza. Know your enemy. It should be obvious. Hamas, as we now clearly know, does NOT want peace. If the … Read more
A friend asked me “what would Trump do right now?”. Here’s my answer (and then some). Trump would not get into this situation. But if you asked… IThis is what I think should be done: Get the US to the highest level of oil/gas production ever. Supply oil/gas to Europe. Suffocate Iran and Russia by eliminating the … Read more
There has been and still is a lot of confusion, misinformation and ignorance with regard to the facts and the situation in Israel. This post will try to present facts and will be updated if needed. Practical and civil comments are more than welcome, and any fact-based corrections will be immediately corrected. Updated Nov 6. … Read more
I would like some economist to calculate the amount of time spent by people on trying to get customer service from companies and government agencies. Then extract how much of that is done during work hours (mostly because that’s when customer service is available). Then calculate how much money this wasted work time cost the … Read more
