‘They allowed Hezbollah to bombard it’: With Israel’s north on the brink of war, a chef commits to the land he loves
’When the sirens go off, I get a glass of wine,’ said Erez Komarovsky
Israeli Cuisine
The Latest
-
Opinion -
Food These bodaciously herbaceous Jewish ingredients just might make you cuckoo for kuku
Fresh herbs are essential to a scrumptious frittata-like Persian specialty
-
Food Ivanka And Jared Eat At (Non-Kosher) Israeli Restaurant
Israeli food is the trend of 2018, it seems. (Just as it was in 2017, the crotchety old grump in me whispers.) Our cultural ken for hummus and sabich and tiny plates of salat only seems to be getting stronger. It seems even Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are not immmune. The Washington Post got…
-
Food Best New Israeli/Middle Eastern Restaurants In NYC
Here are the nominees for the Forward Food Choice Award for best new Israeli/Middle Eastern restaurant. Learn more about the awards and vote for your favorites here. Bar Bolonat The tireless Einat Admony hasn’t always had an easy ride — Combina, her tapas joint, shuttered fast — but she’s found her groove with Bar Bolonat,…
-
Food Star Chef Solomonov Named Israel’s New Culinary Ambassador
Chef Michael Solomonov can add a new honor to his multiple James Beard awards and foodie hosannas: culinary ambassador for Israel. In a partnership that launches this month, the Philadelphia-based, Israeli-born Solomonov and the Israel Ministry of Tourism are forming a culinary partnership “to champion Israel’s extraordinarily diverse and vibrant culinary landscape.” Translation: Solomonov will…
-
Food Top Israeli Restaurant, Rama’s Kitchen, Burns to Ground in Wildfires
An iconic restaurant in the Judean Hills burned to the ground on Friday, a victim of wildfires that have been ragiing across a large swathe of Israel since early this week. Related Rama’s Kichen, the 20-year-old restaurant in Nataf owned by Rama Ben Zvi and her family, was [featured] in Roger Sherman’s film In Search…
-
Food Mile End Goes Middle Eastern
Schwarma-Spiced Chicken Thighs with Hearts of Palm, Apricots, Roasted Patty Pan Squash and Preserved Lemon from Mile End’s new Middle Eastern menu. Photograph courtesy of Mile End New York’s Israeli food boom just got louder. The latest cannon blast is today’s announcement from Mile End Executive Chef Eli Sussman that beginning tomorrow night, he’ll offer…
-
Food Behind the Scenes of ‘The Search for Israeli Cuisine’
It was an overcast Monday afternoon in Tel Aviv’s beleaguered Hatikva neighborhood, and Chef Michael Solomonov was gamely accepting dish after dish at Bosi, a small-family owned restaurant, surrounded by cameras and sound men. Facing skewers of meat, a mounting stack of fresh flatbreads and a dozen salads including beet, several eggplant dishes, coleslaws and…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
- 2
Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
- 3
Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
- 4
News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
-
Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
-
Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
-
Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
