Alice Waters
Israeli Firm Provides Drinking Water For India And Vietnam — From Air
TEL AVIV — An Israeli company whose technology made a splash at last week’s AIPAC conference has signed deals to produce drinking water — by extracting it from the air — in India and Vietnam, two countries that have long faced shortages. Water Gen inked an agreement last week with India’s second largest solar company…
Mixing Bowl: Pickled Tongue; Google Cooking Classes; James Beard Awards
The debate whether to boycott Israeli products at the Park Slope Food Co-op continues. [WNYC].
Mixing Bowl: The State of the Bagel, a Day With Alice Waters, G-20's Food Decision
As much of New York City mourned the closing of the Upper West Side location of H&H bagels, the quintessential New York bagel shop, the City Room took a look at the state of the bagel in 2011. Check out what critic Mimi Sheraton had to say.
Mixing Bowl: Mexican Falafel, MObama's Book, Rabbi Mints
Once you’ve made JCarrot writer Blair Nosan’s cream cheese, try making the bagels to go with the schemear, Serious Eats shows us how.
Terra Madre 2010 Was a Foodie’s Dream, But Where Were the Jews?
Have you ever been in a room filled with 5,000 farmers, activists, chefs and educators from over 150 countries? Until two weeks ago, I could never have imagined such an occurrence. However, having just returned from Terra Madre, the bi-annual international gathering of Slow Food International — a 10,000-member organization founded to counteract the rise in fast food — I can tell you it’s one amazing experience.
Mixing Bowl: Biblical Beer; Foodie Halloween Costumes; Croissants in Israel
• Beer might be the “in” drink of the moment, but it goes back as far as ancient Israel. The Biblical Archeology Review this month traces the bubbly drink’s roots in “Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?”.
Pastrami With a Side of Sustainability
In the world of Jewish food, the iconic deli and the sustainable food movement seem like strange bedfellows. But in a post-Alice Waters world such is no longer the case, at least according to an article by Julia Moskin, “Can the Jewish Deli Be Reformed?” in today’s New York Times.