The Good Rabbi's Blog

Well, now it's Independence Day weekend, and I've finished the next course in my curriculum: Contemporary Cuisine. This is the class where we learn how to cook in manners that reflect modern consumer food tastes. This ranges from more health-conscious (heart-healthy, diabetic cooking, etc.) to vegetarian/vegan cooking, to the various fad diets out there.

So Saturday was the broadcast of the Live 8 concert. It promised to be quite an event, as the G8 conference gets underway in Scotland. The event was broadcast live from ten different countries (members of the G8). Celine Dion managed to cause quite a stir by not appearing live, but rather sending in a performance from Vegas (the actual U.S. portion of the concert took place in Philly). It was apparently a huge deal, as both of Celine Dion's fans were highly disappointed.

I made this recipe for my Baking & Pastry final, and it was pretty tasty if I may say so myself. The key to doing this well is to control the level of lavender. Lavender gets more and more powerful the longer it's in the mix, so it's a good idea to do random tastings to make sure you're not dropping the L-bomb.

Well, I've reached the point in my curriculum when I'm learning about computers. As you may have figured, I'm bored silly. I originally thought that this would be about restaurant management systems (you know, the computers that route your orders to the kitchen, keep track of inventory, manage food costing, etc.) but as it turns out, this class is about Word and Excel.

This is a recipe that comes from Sierra Leone. It's a stew that is based on a peanut (or groundnut, as it's called in many places) base. It serves 4 to 6 people, and is quite tasty...

A friend of mine recently pointed me in the direction of this article in the Washington Post. It looks like more people are starting to get my particular brand of Judaism. Also, for the record, the He'Brew beer (both the Genesis Ale, and Messiah Stout) is pretty good. Rock on!