Cafe Liz
Kosher vegetarian recipes from my kitchen in Tel Aviv
About
Welcome to my kitchen in Tel Aviv.
I like fresh food and my own cooking, I read the ingredient list on everything I buy, and I get excited by outdoor markets, cooking stores and cute dishware. In real life, I'm an editor and an economist.
Cafe Liz is what my friends call my kitchen. There's no actual restaurant in Tel Aviv named Cafe Liz ... yet.
Yes, that cauliflower matches my shirt.
Find recipes that are vegan, parve, dairy and more
I'm not actually vegetarian, but my kitchen is. All recipes on my blog are kosher and almost everything is vegetarian. Vegan, parve and dairy recipes are tagged accordingly. If something is tagged both parve and dairy, for example, that most likely means there are two recipes in there, or two equally good variations of one recipe. Likewise, some things are tagged vegan because one of the recipes or one of the variations is vegan. As a side note, while everything vegan is parve, not everything parve is vegan -- parve means neither dairy nor meat, and can therefore include eggs, honey and even fish products.
Recipes that are kosher for Passover, Ashkenazi-style or Sephardi-style, are also tagged accordingly. Things that contain no chametz (grains) are listed under the Sephardi Passover recipes; while things that contain neither chametz nor kitniyot (legumes, legume derivatives, rice, etc.) are listed under the Ashkenazi Passover recipes. For the sake of simplicity, I did not include most recipes that could be easily altered to suit Passover.
A quick explanatory note about kashrut (if you keep kosher, then skip this paragraph): Kashrut, meaning kosherness, doesn't refer to a specific cuisine, it refers to specific preparation methods that observant Jews have practiced over the centuries. The most basic tenants call for separating milk and meat, and not eating animals including pigs, shellfish, bugs and birds of pray, among others. Plus, dishes that touched milk cannot be used on meat, and vice versa. The full set of rules gets much more complicated. However, my basic point is that if you're looking up a recipe in order to serve food to a friend who keeps kosher, the fact that the recipe is kosher doesn't mean the food necessarily will be. You're best off coordinating with said friend.
What else can you find here?
Aside from recipes, I also have posts discussing various aspects of local food culture, including unusual products and vegetables as well as restaurants. I also write travel posts when I get a chance to take a vacation.
Where does all the content come from?
The recipes are all my creations, unless I state otherwise. I frequently cite my source of inspiration. All the photography is mine as well, taken with a Canon Rebel XT. Most of my photos are achieved by shooting in daylight, and then touching up the colors in Photoshop. In restaurants and stores, though, I frequently use my phone's camera.
I'm thrilled if you want to use my recipes, but please cite me and link if you want to use any of my content on your blog; please ask (and receive) permission before reprinting anywhere else.
If you liked a recipe so much that you want to publish your own variation entirely in your own words, then legally speaking, you don't need my permission, but I'd love to hear about it. This article provides an excellent explanation about recipe copyright (under U.S. law).
You can contact me here.
Navigating the site
One great way to find recipes is through my photo-based archives , where you'll find thumbnails of all the dishes on this site. Hovering over a given photo will give you the name of the dish.
Or, on my post index page, you can find an alphabetized listing of all my posts.
Featured posts
Cafe Liz has been featured on Tastespotting and on Saveur.
Technical stuff
The site runs on the Wordpress.org platform and is hosted on a private server. The graphic design is based on Borja Fernandez's theme Pool; I've developed lots of technical stuff on top of that. The plugins I use include AZ Index, Clean Archives Reloaded, Comment Email Responder, Configurable Tag Cloud, Get Recent Comments, Raw HTML Capability, Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, and most importantly Akismet, since I've gotten nearly as much spam as page views (!!!). Akismet blocked nearly all of it.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Tal for lending me server space, and Eitan for the technical support and the constant willingness to do the dishes.
And, of course, my mother, for inspiring many of my recipes, as she keeps noting in her comments.
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It I started cooking again, these would be some tasty dishes to try. I need you to be my personal chef. I can provide room and board, plus a small stipend.
Comment by Lorraine — November 24, 2008 #
What a fantastic website/blog! Very inspiring and you must be an extremely creative person. I will keep an eye with this place.
Comment by Kiku — November 17, 2009 #
Hi,
Cool. Where in the carmel market is the guy that sells Thai stuff? Does he have morning glory greens?
Just back from Thailand and I have such a yen…
Shabat Shalom,
Adam
Comment by Adam — December 11, 2009 #
Hey Adam, I’ve seen two stands that sometimes have morning glory. One is on the main market street, pretty much smack in the middle, and if you’re coming from Allenby, he’ll be on your left, a few stands after the guy selling grilled meat sandwiches and yelling “delicious” on Fridays.
The other is on a side street. Again, if you’re coming from Allenby, it’s on the parallel street to the right of the market street. If you’re walking down the main market street, you turn right between the cheese-seller and the greens stand, across from the bedding store, and pass through the meat shops until the next street. The stand is across from “Eli Dagim” and is always busy with Asian shoppers.
Good luck!
Comment by Liz — December 13, 2009 #
I love this blog, Liz. Lovely, original food ideas (that patterned spaghetti was breathtaking) and beautiful photos. I’m just…totally jealous.
Mimi
Comment by Mimi — December 24, 2009 #
Thanks, Mimi! Looking forward to meeting you.
Comment by Liz — December 24, 2009 #
I found your blog via Mom in Israel. Lovely recipes. I’ll most certainly come back.
Comment by Ilana-Davita — December 29, 2009 #
Hi Ilana, thanks for stopping by!
Comment by Liz — January 3, 2010 #
I found your blog while searching for loquat recipes. You’re recipes look inspiring, so I’ve bookmarked you for future searches. Can’t wait to try out some of your creations!
Comment by chris — March 12, 2010 #