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Capers offer much more than a tasty addition to a recipe
Published: 29 May 2025
Last updated: 31 July 2025
The pop of pickled caper buds with fish or pasta is only one of the ways this plant has to surprise us.
In this video, from our Plants of the Bible series, Australian-turned-Israeli Elly Waller shares the unexpected beauty of the caper bush at Neot Kedumim, Israel's Biblical Landscape park.
Marlo L Newton is an enthusiastic historian and Jewish educator. She is Head of Philanthropy at The Alfred Foundation, Melbourne.
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Hilary31 July at 07:13 am
You know those bushes that burst like weeds out of the Kotel? They are not weeds, they are caper bushes, a realisation that quite delighted me.
Simon30 May at 03:07 pm
🙏 👌