Friday, January 27, 2017

CAARI Cooks!

CAARI COOKS!   This afternoon 27 January,  we visited the Dan Gourmet  Cooking School where the Dan Hotel Chain trains its chefs, located in south Tel Aviv.  With aprons and recipes we prepared our Italian Dinner!  What fun and tastes good too! We are the CAARI Chefs of the Future!


Marcia and Marilyn at the Entrance of Dan Gourmet
Vic and Sharon eating the fruits of their labor


Joseph & Anne in their new aprons

CAARI pays attention to Chef Elad

Chef Elad teaches CAARI How to cook an Italian dish

Marcia, Hariet and Rosalie pay careful attention to the chef

Mark impliments what Chef Elad taught!

Barbara, Anne and Mary prepare tomato sauce

Arlene & Marilyn prepare tomato sauce

Mark & Elaine prepare tomato sauce

There can never be too many cooks in the kitchen

Who says too many cooks in the kitchen?

Sonya enjoys the CAARI cooking session

Elad demonstrates to CAARI some cooking tips

Sheila & Paula succeed in producing pasta dough on the first try

Preparing pasta from scratch

Connie successfully rolls pasta from flour and water dough

Arlene and Marilyn show their skill at preparing pasta from scratch

Sharon, Vic and Sonya display their pasta dough

Rosalie succeeds in rolling her own pasta dough

Arlene shows off her labor waiting for cheeses and tomato sauce

Chef Elad inspects Marks dough

Some people used surgical masks to prevent the spread of germs in the kitchen

Salad that CAARI prepared

Sharon, Sonya and Barabara discuss the cooking lesson over wine


Some of the baked goods CAARI produced

Marilyn demostrates how to drink wine with her meal

Chef Elad offers Foccacia to Arlene and Marilyn



Community Service at the Rehab Center

The first group to leave the hotel in the morning for their community service assignment is Sheila, Paula, Arlene and Mark!  They work at the central medical center in Tel Aviv. They need to be at the Rehab Center early to prepare the trays and serve breakfast to the patients.  CAARI is greeted with smiles and  a good morning in various languages - Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish and even English.    The breakfast is not like the hotels food, but the patients are happy to be served and cared for by these 4 devoted participants.  Yael, the head nurse, is so grateful for CAARI's assistance every year and always looks forward to the CAARI's participation!










Touring Day - January 25 - from ancient ports to pioneer villages

King Herod knew how to build - this is an amazing place - not to mention great location!  CAARI toured Caesarea with Neil, our walking encyclopedia!

Many of us had been there before and we were amazed at the new areas that had opened up.  We also got a chance to see the workers restore areas around the ancient port built originally by King Herod the Great between 22-9

Then on to the Zichron Yaacov - for lunch, shopping therapy and a tour of the Ahronson House and the intriguing story of the NILI spies!  Dinner at one of our favorite restaurants - Aresto.  Another great CAARI day of touring The Cararea Port, Zichron Yaacov and dinner as the sun set over the Mediterranean.

Why Build a Port 2000 years ago?


The 1st theater in Judea & Samaria



Vic and Sharon enjoy Casarea

CAARI tours Herod's Palacial mansion at Casarea







Mark takes a bath




Marcia and Jeff show off the CAARI rain coats

Restored Zichron Yaacov

Lunch in Zichron


Elaine and Mark enjoy the Mediterranean sunset