Margaret Eby
By Margaret Eby
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Food Roadside Gourmet: Da Falafel King
Da Falafel King Honolulu, Hawaii What to Order: Sabich, hummus and pita chips Unlike many on this list, Da Falafel King morphed not from a brick-and-mortar location to a truck, but from a food cart within the Waikiki Trade Center Plaza to a bright blue minibus. Yanir Josef and his wife run the hulking vehicle,…
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Food Roadside Gourmet: Moses Falafel
Austin, Texas What to Order: Falafel with Fixings, Baklava Former Israeli Air Force technician Shmuel Haviv keeps the menu at Moses Falafel simple: He serves soft and chewy pita filled with crispy falafel, drizzled with hot sauce and topped with hummus, cucumber salad and pickles. Haviv parks his falafel trailer on the Jewish Community Center’s…
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Food Roadside Gourmet: Taim Mobile
New York, N.Y. What to Order: Falafel Sandwich with all the fixings Husband and wife team Einat Admony and Stefan Nafziger named their tiny West Village falafel stand Taim after the Hebrew word for “delicious,” and it’s hard to argue with them. The Taim stand turned into a roving falafel joint on wheels, doling out…
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News Jewish Food Trucks Hit the Road
When culinary historians look back at the first two decades of the 21st century, they’ll no doubt conclude that this was the golden age of food trucks. Brightly colored trucks with kitschy names roll out onto the streets of cities across North America each day, dishing out delicacies like artisanal ice cream sandwiches, snacks from…
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Food Roadside Gourmet: Rolling Reuben’s
In honor of a century of mobile Jewish-American fare, we selected the stand-out Jewish food trucks from all over the states (and Canada, too). Read the article here and check back for more delicious trucks. Atlanta, Ga. What to Order: The New Yorker The Deep South isn’t exactly swimming in corned beef, so when Rolling…
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Food Roadside Gourmet: Caplansky’s Deli Truck
In honor of a century of mobile Jewish-American fare, we selected the stand-out Jewish food trucks from all over the states (and Canada, too). Read the article here and check back Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for more delicious trucks. Caplansky’s Deli Truck Toronto What to Order: Smoked Meat Sandwich with a pickle Thunderin’ Thelma is…
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Food Roadside Gourmet: New York on Rye
In honor of a century of mobile Jewish-American fare, we selected the stand-out Jewish food trucks from all over the states (and Canada, too). Read the article here and check back Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for more delicious trucks. San Diego, Calif. What to Order: Corned Beef Hash Burrito, Classic Knish “Have a nosh day”…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Goes ‘Black Swan’ for Dior
All that grueling ballet training has served Natalie Portman well. Not only did she get an Oscar for her performance in “Black Swan,” a role that required her to train as a ballerina for eight hours a day, but now she’s landed a Christian Dior campaign that pays homage to her turn as a haunted…
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