In hebrew, strawberries are called toot.  This year we wanted to make strawberry jam, and as it was nearing the end of the season back in early april, we went and picked up a bunch from the local market. [flickr id=”8662539759″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”] pretty straight forward jammin [flickr id=”8662540309″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”]   [flickr id=”8662540619″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”]       [flickr id=”8662540989″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”]   [flickr id=”8663639352″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”]   [flickr…

A long long time ago, lets say around last september, i found a kickstarter that really appealed to me.  if you dont know about kickstarter, its a website where if you have an idea, you can have people pledge money to you in order to raise a certain goal.  if you reach that goal, you get the money, and off you go.  if you dont make your goal, nothing happens.  So, if your kickstarter funds, then depending on how much you pledged, you in theory…

For orit’s birthday this year we had a private chef come in for the evening one night, and then had a big fondue party for her friends the following night.  I did not take a lot of photos of guests at the big party, as i was busy preparing fondue and crepes, just mostly of the food the first night when the chef prepared dinner for us.   The Table set beautifully [flickr id=”8525896722″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”] very first course [flickr id=”8524783205″ thumbnail=”large”…