It is more than twenty years since we left the city. This is a serious chunk of time, longer than the years we spent living there. Yet we still think of Jerusalem as our home. Not home in the sense of the place that you conduct your daily life or constantly return to. In fact, Jerusalem is our home almost against our wills. It is our home because it defines us, whether we like it or not.

Just-poached vegetables show off their natural attributes, and taste fresh and light in a way you never get with roasting or frying.

You dont need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.

A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.

Some heat, some spice and plenty of citrus are the building blocks of many north African fish dishes.