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In this story, Noa, a chef in Tel Aviv, spends a day developing a new dish that fuses Israeli and Japanese flavors, fails several times, and eventually lands on something she didn't expect.

noaנוֹעָהNoa
avdaעָבְדָהshe worked
alעַלon
ha'manaהַמָּנָהthe dish
kvarכְּבָרalready
shloshaשְׁלוֹשָׁהthree (m)
shavuotשָׁבוּעוֹתweeks
ve'adayinוְעֲדַיִןand still
loלֹאnot
haytaהָיְתָהshe was
merutzaמְרוּצָהsatisfied (f)

Noa had been working on the dish for three weeks and still wasn't satisfied.

ha'ra'ayonהָרַעְיוֹןthe idea
hitchilהִתְחִילbegan (m sg)
mi'pgishaמִפְּגִישָׁהfrom a meeting
mikritמִקְרִיתaccidental (f sg)
beinבֵּיןbetween
tchinaטְחִינָהtahini
le'gevinaלְגְּבִינַתto cheese of
misoמִיסוֹmiso
be'yomבְּיוֹםon a day
she'boשֶׁבּוֹthat in it
nigmarנִגְמַרran out (m sg)
laלָהּto her
mashehuמַשֶּׁהוּsomething
be'hachanotבְּהֲכָנוֹתin preparations
le'sherutלְשֵׁרוּתfor service
ha'erevהָעֶרֶבthe evening

The idea started from a chance meeting between tahini and miso cheese on a day when she ran out of something while preparing for the evening service.

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