PICKLES, HOT SAUCES & PESTO | 47 MORAN WRITES: As an adult – I started to cook since I liked to eat a lot. I lived in Tel Aviv and eating out was expensive. So I started to learn how to cook. I started with the simple stuff –salad, pita with schnitzel and continued to the more complicated stuff – Burekas, stir-fried food, biltong. And then I started inventing my own stuff (See “Moran’s Chinese burekas or Israeli egg-rolls” on page 143 in A Potpourri of Memories. The first time I invited friends for a full cooked meal – I made onion soup. I always remember Mom’s story of the first cooked meal that she made in Israel (see Louise’s Chocolate Mousse on page 206 in A Potpourri of Memories). So when I invited some friends over for a Saturday dinner, I wanted to be well prepared. I started to cook in the morning, taking note to finish all the little things - so nothing would be left for the last minute. By 15.00 everything was ready; friends were invited for 20.30. By the time everybody came most of the food was either overcooked or burned! Today – I cook by recipe recommendation. I read the recipe (mostly only the ingredients section), and then start cooking and replace half the ingredients. My favorite cooking method is to start frying onions – and then look to see what there is in the kitchen. I can start making a stir-fry and it will be a soup by the time I finish. Since I was a kid, food was an important part of my life. And I think that the introduction of A Potpourri of Memories describes it so well. I always tell people that my Mom wrote a cookbook – so we would read the stories of our history. Till today – my family is united around food. If it is cooking or eating eat. We do it together (mostly the eating). Cooking and eating is probably our favorite hobby. Eilat, 2016, Itamar’s barmitzvah
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