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Journalist Idan Hanin Remembers Summer Holidays at His Grandmother's Home

From Der Standard · () German

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  • Idan Hanin remembers eating fish fillets baked with tomatoes, vegetables and abundant oil during summer holidays at his grandmother's home.
  • He says the sauce created by slow cooking remains especially meaningful, although he has never recreated the original dish.
  • Hanin's father is now practising the recipe, as Hanin fears his grandmother may eventually be unable to prepare it herself.

For journalist Idan Hanin, the dish of his life is not defined only by taste. It evokes summer holidays spent at his grandmother's home, along with the ease and idleness of childhood.

His grandmother regularly prepared fish fillets with tomatoes, vegetables and plenty of oil, baking them slowly in the oven. Hanin especially remembers the sauce that developed during the long cooking process.

It is a simple dish, but I have never managed to get close to the original.

— Idan HaninHe described his unsuccessful attempts to recreate his grandmother's fish dish.

He calls the dish simple, but says he never managed to reproduce the original. He eventually stopped trying. His father, however, continues to practise the recipe, and Hanin hopes he can make the fish as well as his grandmother did.

The memory carries a quiet sadness. Hanin says he does not want to think about the day his grandmother will no longer be able to prepare it.

For the dish of my life, it is less about its taste than what it represents: holidays in the south, lightness and doing nothing.

— Idan HaninHe explained why the meal remains important beyond its ingredients.
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