The Monster Mash

food philosophy, Food orders Tel Aviv, food, comfort foodMartin MelaverJune 13, 2021Etzlenu: Soul Food, Tel Avivslow cooking, friends and family, spicy cuisine, Philosophy of Food, soul food Tel Aviv

Idle Hands are the Devil's Workshop?

Pickling through Gemorrah

Hot Enough to Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk

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Blessed are the Cheese Makers

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Long, Day's Journey Into . . .

The Slow Food Movement in Fast-Paced Tel Aviv

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Is it a Bad Thing to go Through 17 Kilos of Tchina Paste in 3 Months?

(or, the Omnivore’s Dilemma resolved?)

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Hiding My Candy

So here I am, half a century later, linking the title of a book by an infamous Savannah drag queen to memories about quasi-forbidden fruit

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"Not Cheap, But Worth Every Penny"

A Meditation on one guest’s unsolicited review.

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Back, Jack, Do it Again

Who knew Steely Dan had philosophical chops?

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Kitchen Sink Cooking

The taste of Brunswick Stew for me is hardcore childhood Savannah: in-your-face, unadulterated, good-to-the-last drop goodness.

(Not so) Guilty Pleasures

I’ll take the scraped remnants from any of my dishes before anything. Hands down.

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Kitchen's Got A Squeeze Box

Daddy never sleeps at night.

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Shame on Me

Martin, a good friend of mine said last year, I’ve found a good source for sustainable packaging.

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"Buddy Can You Spare a Rib?"

I really have no business cooking this dish in Tel Aviv

Buns of Steal

Unheard of! A customer was actually offering to share his sourdough starter with me.

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My Comal

Sometimes, a lump of clay can be life-changing.

The Stall

And the things we find to stay busy

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Open Sesame

A Thousand Nights and One Night. That’s a fairly long time to be blogging every day. We will see how it goes.

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It's All Water Under the Cress

Our Watercress Soup is really artistry in motion. Most folks ignore it. I’m OK with that.

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Foods

Because, let’s face it, they just don’t have traction in Tel Aviv . . . at least not yet

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OPEN MONDAY — FRIDAY

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Sderot Chen 51 Tel Aviv, Israel
שדרות חן 51 תל אביב, ישראל

+972-54-236-0781
Martin@etzlenu.com