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Pining for Fakus

June 30, 2012 by Abbie Rosner 1 Comment

Summertime – and fakus are in season.  Fakus are like a downy, zucchini-skinned cucumber but tangier, crunchier and more refreshing than your average cuke.  They are eaten raw, without peeling – their fuzz is as inoffensive as that of a peach.  I first encountered fakus in the “baal” vegetable field of friends – who grow … Read More »

Filed Under: Culinary Historian Tagged With: biblical food, biblical squash, fakus, fellaheen, foods of the bible, galilee, galilee foods, kfar manda, local foods, okra, tomatoes

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Abbie Rosner

I am a writer and baby boomer covering how the current "psychedelic renaissance" is transforming the ways we approach aging - individually and as a society. My book, Psychedelics and the ... Read More »

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