Certain that Jewish cooking wouls alleviate my symptoms, I ordered our lunch from Keton on Dizengoff at 1, and saw that the charge immediately came off my card.  But the food didn’t arrive,  After a few hours (2 1/2), following a few complaints, an elderly man showed up with the food still edibly warm.  

I think it did make a difference – the heltzl, the tsimmes, the cholent, the chopped liver, chicken soup, spaezele,  knishes, goulash, and the rest.  And such big portions!

To my knowledge Keton is the only place left to get Jewish food in Israel.  And I’ve almost stopped cooking that stuff entirely.  But it really is good.  

Kasha may be the best of the bunch – overcooked, lightly salted, with shmaltz – you can’t get a better dish.  Oh, yeah, you can call it buckwheat, and cook it with olive oil and onions and vegetables, but it’s still kasha, and it still fills your stomach with a good feeling.  People say it’s too rich for the hot climate, but I could feel every grain attacking individual Corona viruses, improving my mood with each bite.

And don’t get me started on chopped liver.