The market in Tel Aviv is dotted with stands to purchase a variety of dried fruits, nuts, and seeds. The assortment is like nothing that I have seen before, and what surprised and delighted me the most was the array of golden raisins. From small and tart to inch-long juicy ones, I must have counted five kinds at a single stand.
I bought as many as I could, but nibbling on long bus rides and an even longer plane ride didn’t leave too many to share with my Manhattan friends.
Happily, Dean & Deluca has a fantastic type of golden raisin. It resembles—in taste and appearance—the longer, juicier Tel Aviv raisin. The D&D raisins hail from California, as most of ours do in America, but this variety will transcend you further than the West coast.
For me, sinking my teeth into a few as a snack, adding them to a stew, or sprinkling them on yogurt brings me to hustling streets of the Holy Land.
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