Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden dish is inspired by many of the symbolic foods eaten on Rosh Hashana and the story of the garden. According to Talmudic rabbis, Rosh Hashana falls on the sixth day of the creation of the world when humans were made.The conflicting notions of beauty, sins and judgement were unleashed in the Garden of Eden. Humanity was created, sinned and judged. As a result of human’s actions, the pains of the world–violence, death– were exposed.
Mr Ha’s apples, La Cienega farmers market
Apples and honey: as I launch Neesh Noosh just days before Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, I thought it would be appropriate for my first entry to be a simple dish. Rosh Hashana (head of the new year) celebrates the creation of the world. We are about to enter the Jewish year of 5775 for the world. What does a plain dish of sliced apples, dipped in honey, have to do with the awesomeness of the creation of the world? And why the seductive fruit that played a pivotal role in the future of the world and humanity?
The simple answer to all of this is that apples and honey are eaten at Rosh Hashana meals after saying a prayer, that asks God for a sweet year.
Neesh Noosh 