The past few months have been pretty bad for expats here who get paid in dollars.  The value of our earnings has reduced by 1/4, so it has been like taking a 25% pay cut.  It might get even worse.  I fear we may be going back to a situation of the dollar being 1:2.5 [...]

Yesterday, Moon and I were having the craving for Mexican food.  So I went out and splurged a little on supplies, and then made tacos and chicken fajitas. …and of course, they were gooooooood. I’ve noticed that the pre-mixed Mexican seasoning is phenomenally expensive…something like maybe 50 grams for 22 shekels.  Prices are insane here [...]

Right now, I’m in the process of making a spaghetti dinner.  That means basically spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce, so garlic toasts, and maybe a salad.  Today though, I did something special and made garlic muffins. They’re basically a savory muffin/dinner roll recipe with some finely chopped garlic, onions, carrots, and herbs. Moon helped [...]