This bright green soup may resemble pea in it's color, but its chock full of the delicious spring flavors of leek zucchini and garlic - it's spring already, isnt it? I don't see any snow here in Jerusalem ...

Copper Penny Salad? Doesn't sound like something I'd want gracing my table. Of course, once I discovered it was made not of American currency, but of crisp, just-cooked carrot rounds and tender onions in a tangy, tomatoey dressing, I was sold.