Dates

I love palm trees. I think they are beautiful and I like to hear the sound of wind brushing against the fronds.

I also like dates, which is fortunate since when we are in the Middle East dates are part and parcel of our diet.

One of my favorite sweet snacks is to simply slice open a date, remove the pit, and stuff the date halves with walnuts.

And dates are a biblical food. In fact, when the Bible refers to honey, in most cases it is referring to date syrup!