Marzipan hats

June 30, 2010 - 4:45 AM by · 2 Comments
Filed under: Business, design, Food, General, History and Culture, Immigrant Moments, Israeliness, Life 

Marzipan Fendi, as worn by Miss Italy

So I’m wondering, did Carla Fendi see this creation when she was recently in Israel for Nabucco?

This marzipan Fendi hat was created by Judith Zer-Aviv, a Swiss-born, Israel-raised pastry chef. Zer-Aviv, known as Yud, went into the baking business after a long career in marketing, high-tech and venture funds. After first studying pastry art at the Tadmor Hotel School, she then studied with various pastry chefs in Europe, and then opened Yud Creative Pastry, which emphasizes design and perfection in pastry and confectionery.

What Yud loves about her new profession is that it allows her to combine her artistic abilities and return to her Swiss roots and memories, which involved her grandmother, who was a wonderful cook. And to bring it full circle, she participates in national and international culinary competitions, including the Italian Club Arti e Mestieri, which invited her over last January to participate in the “Delicious and Famous” show. She had to choose an Italian fashion designer, and create wearable garment or accessories made of food stuff. Yud chose The House of Fendi, and created a bucket hat, a bracelet, a clutch bag, and glasses made of Marzipan and chocolate.

Back home in Israel, Yud Creative Pastry is a training center teaching pastry and food art classes. She also hosts culinary trips through Israel. Btw, if you want to check out a marzipan museum, there is one in Israel. And if you just like the word marzipan, there’s always the famous Jerusalem bakery that makes beloved chocolate rugalech.

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Is there a chef in the house?

December 26, 2008 - 10:50 AM by · 2 Comments
Filed under: Food 

Nothing fishy about this

Nothing fishy about this

My daughter’s boyfriend is studying at the Tadmor School of Cooking in Tel Aviv.

Less than a year out of his army service, he’s pursuing his love of cooking and having a great time doing it. Now, he’s a very nice guy, but what really endears him to me is that whenever he stays over when she’s on a break from the army for a day or two, he takes over the kitchen to prepare feasts for all of us based on the recipes he’s learning in his classes.

The kitchen looks like a hurricane ripped through it, as he never just prepares one dish – it’s always something like lightly breaded Salmon filets with sauce of dried tomatoes, basillicum and onions, with a side of thyme-spiced, broiled sweet potatoes. The aromas are intense, and the flavors more than meet the expectations.

Israel’s developed some world class chefs in the last few years, and I think we may have another one in the works. I’ll continue to be his guinea pig, so to speak, any time.

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