About Janna Gur

Let’s say you see a group of tourists sitting down for a meal in an obvious tourist trap. They happily peruse the menu and chat with the waiter, certain that a pleasant meal is in store for them. But you … Read More

If I know anything about anything, the restaurant where we just had dinner is about to become the hottest spot in Tel Aviv. The food was terrific, the prices are sweet, and a small crowd waited at the doorstep of … Read More

My grandmothers were great cooks, other than that you couldn’t find two less similar women. My elegant  paternal Granny Vera despised the kitchen (she preferred her piano), but when she was reduced to the need to cook she turned out … Read More

Every woman has different memories of her pregnancy. I just wanted to sleep. The constant drowsiness took over my thoughts and habits during these long nine months, and I craved coffee. Good, strong cappuccino, which I had discovered a few … Read More

Janna Gur, author of The Book of New Israeli Food, is guest blogging this week as one of Jewcy‘s Lit Klatsch bloggers. Janna’s book is a cookbook highlighting foods of the Jewish Diaspora. In Israel hummus is a religion. There … Read More