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Food How Ashkenazi Food Became Trendy in Israel
The story begins with a plate of tongue, which may terrify people nowadays but its tenderness and delicate flavor were once favored by children and adults alike. We ate some at Cafe 48 in Tel Aviv after two or three other courses. One of them was a divine sweet cornbread with sour cream and red…
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Recipes Israel’s Four O’Clock Meal
In the afternoon you become somewhat hungry and restless, and can’t find anything to revive yourself. Lunch has been consumed and forgotten, and you haven’t started preparing supper, so you open the refrigerator or the pantry, but find only vegetables and canned food that don’t meet your growing need to bite into something tasty and…
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Food The Best New Place To Eat in Northern Israel
Until recently, if you told someone you were going to visit Acre (known by most Israelis as Akko), you would probably have been asked, “What happened, did you lose something there?” or would have received a recommendation to try the delicious hummus at the Hummus Said restaurant. The northern coast city was the capital of…
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Food What Is Israeli Cuisine?
The word cuisine is typically used in conjunction with great cooking traditions that are centuries old — French, Chinese, Persian. But, increasingly the term “New Israeli Cuisine,” is appearing in newspaper articles and on food blogs. Is Israel old enough to have its own cuisine? And, with such a large immigrant population, could a single…
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Food Klezmer Inferno Offers a Rockin’ Blend of Disco and Jewish BBQ
You might think wearing polyester on the first day of July would be a big mistake, and normally you would be right. But on Monday night, leisure suits, sequins and tube socks were all on proud display as Philadelphia’s most-popular “modern Israeli” restaurant, Zahav, kicked off its fourth-annual Down the Shore. This year’s disco-themed event…
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Food Good Listening: Israeli Food Maven Janna Gur
As a food editor I enjoy a good story as much as anyone. But, what I love most is getting to eavesdrop on a conversation between people who really know what they’re talking about when it comes to food. On this week’s episode of “Taste Matters,” a podcast hosted by James Beard VP Mitchell Davis,…
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Food Assaf Granit Is Changing Jerusalem’s Food Scene
On every plane that touches down in Israel, there is inevitably a group of people who head straight to the Kotel — no matter the hour, they feel they haven’t arrived in the Holy Land until they pray at the wall. I save the Kotel for later and make a pilgrimage straight to Shuk Machaneh…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Weekend Desserts, Harrods Goes Kosher
New Israeli food is taking over New York. [New York Magazine] Planning a swanky wedding in London? Harrods is now catering kosher simchas! [Jewish Chronicle] Three words: Smores Ice Cream. [Food52] Incase that doesn’t suit you, here are 20 other desserts, perfect for Memorial Day celebrations. [Serious Eats] Smithsonian Magazine just released it’s annual food…
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