Pistachio Halvah: A Sweet Mystery for Goyim
Halvah is one of those deli staples, the square log in the refrigerator everybody walks by, scrunching up a face. To put this Middle Eastern dessert in western terms: a sweet made of ground sesame seeds and honey, sometimes with added pistachios, that has the texture of a very dry nougat and is light as air.
I love this stuff solo, but I admit it takes to vanilla ice cream like a champ. You lose some of that airiness, though. It gets sticky.) My favorite brand right now is the Al Wadi Al Akhdar from Indo-European Foods. You can buy it at The Souk in the Pike Place Market here in Seattle or go online to Indo European Foods.
September 18th, 2005 at 1:36 pm
Thank you, thank you for talking about ethnic foods! I’m a waiter and a jew. So many food and wine blogs seem to have no interest in anything other than straight european cuisine. Some of my friends won’t try Halva because it loooks weird. And I get sick of the French-idolizing crap out there. I feel like Jan Brady: All anyone can talk about is France! France! France!
You fucking kick ass. At this certain upper Eastside restaurant, we all read you and we’d all marry you.
Keep being you,
Brandi
September 18th, 2005 at 7:02 pm
Ditto on the Francophelia. I personally think we could use a moratorium on any book about an American in Provence…or Tuscany. But it’s just a reflection of the milquetoast traveler. Do you know how many people I’ve had to listen to go on and on about their lame tour group in Florence like it had never happened to anyone else? Nudnicks.