Israeli Food
The Latest
-
Food ‘EatWith’ a Local in Israel, Courtesy of a New Website
There’s nothing like dining with a local when traveling. A homecooked meal is often a welcome reprieve from a week of restaurant dinners and the insider tips you can glean from someone who lives there beat any tour book. If you’re not lucky enough to have friends or family in Israel (or even if you…
-
Food Q&A: Changing the Idea of Mediterranean Fare
Israeli-born Chef Shlomi Biton insists his Lower East Side hotspot Mezetto, which opened in October, is not a Middle Eastern or Jewish eatery. But its small plates — meze — bear those imprints, along with Balkan, Moroccan, and Sephardic flavors. Mezetto’s menu also reveals the influence of Biton’s rigorous studies at Le Cordon Bleu in…
-
Food Life Beyond Tahini
Charred eggplant sashimi resting on a bed of local desert tomatoes? Crispy calamari that “dances” with yogurt and preserved lemons? Seared veal sweetbreads with Ethiopian tahini? No, thanks. Bring on the dim sum! While Israeli food has come into its own as a delicious and distinct cuisine in the past decade, even the most patriotic…
-
Food Mixing Bowl: Nate Silver’s Burrito Blog, Reubans
Take a tasty tour through New York’s Holyland Market for Israeli staples from amba to za’atar. [Serious Eats] Healthy, fall ingredients like carrots, quinoa and caraway seeds combine to re-imagine the traditional kugel four times over. [The New York Times] Ever tried a vegan Reuben before? Locali, a “conscious convenience store” in Los Feliz, Calif.,…
-
Recipes Culinary Dreams of Israel — Interrupted
I’m going to be honest with you. I signed up for Birthright mostly because I wanted to spend ten days eating Israeli food. When I found out I was chosen for a summer 2012 trip, my daydreams were filled with visions of pistachio-studded halvah, mounds of falafel, juicy shawarma, and creamy hummus. You could say…
-
Recipes Shabbat Meals: Israeli Potluck
Growing up in a small Jewish community in the Northwest, Shabbat in my family was celebrated with Kiddush, an occasional family dinner and a loaf of challah if we were not too late stopping by a local bakery that knew what this braided treat was. My experience bared little resemblance to the Shabbats of my…
-
Food The Kosher Rachael Ray Heads to Israel
Jamie Geller is often called the “Kosher Rachael Ray.” But she wasn’t always a domestic goddess — or even kosher! After a successful career as a journalist and television producer, Geller got married and realized that she was “a disaster on wheels in the kitchen,” as she says. Since learning her way around a stove,…
-
Food Mixing Bowl: Kosher Olympics; UN Chef
Incase you didn’t get enough of this already…more on kosher food options at the Olympics. [The Daily Meal] Kutsher’s Tribeca might “knishify” the Upper West and East Sides of Manhattan. The team is talking expansion. [Grub Street] David Lebovitz finishes he tour of Israel in Tel Aviv. Food porn ahead. [David Lebovitz] Daryl Schembeck, the…
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
