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Recipes Bestia’s Roasted Cauliflower With Paprika Aioli And Soft Herbs
SERVES 4 AS A SIDE I love cooking with cauliflower because it can handle anything: anchovies, chiles, olives—pretty much any strong, forceful flavors. Cauliflower is on every single menu in Israel, always roasted or fried, and whenever we put it on our menu, it’s the most popular vegetable we serve. Nothing else comes close. Which…
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Food Climate Change Is Affecting Olive Oil Production. Will There Be Another Hanukkah Miracle?
According to tradition, a small olive oil jar was used to light the menorah in the Second Temple in Jerusalem for eight whole days, after the Jews had successfully risen against their Greek-Syrian oppressors. Even today, many people still light their Hanukkah menorahs with olive oil candles. It is no coincidence that the tradition of…
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Food Is Toronto Home To The World’s Best Falafel?
Could the world’s best falafel come from a former industrial building on a quiet street just north of downtown Toronto? I’m already waiting for blowback from that statement, but the herb-infused, bright-green orbs I had at Parallel looked, tasted, and smelled like no falafel I’ve experienced anywhere. Some backstory: I’d set out to write about…
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Food How To Cook The Ottolenghi Way
“One person’s idea of cooking simply is the next person’s culinary nightmare.” This according to Yotam Ottolenghi, the Israeli-born, London-based chef and cookbook author whose vegetable-and-spice-forward recipes — in popular books including “Plenty” and “Jerusalem” — are widely considered to be as delicious as they are complicated. What, then, does Ottolenghi know from cooking simply?…
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Food Attention, New Yorkers: Fairway Is Now Carrying These 15 Israeli Products
On a muggy October morning, I trekked over to the Fairway Market in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for a breakfast event with representatives of 15 Israeli companies who offered samples and information about their products. The promotion, called “Taste Israel: A World of Flavors,” was presented in the Fairway café overlooking the waterfront. The products will…
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Recipes Michael Solomonov’s 5-Minute Hummus With Quick Tehina Sauce
Makes about 4 cups (4 servings) For the Quick Tehina Sauce 1 garlic clove Juice of 1 lemon 1 (16-ounce) jar tahini 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 to 1½ cups ice water For the Hummus 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed Make the tehina sauce: Nick off a piece of…
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Life The Ultimate Jerusalem Food Crawl: Mahane Yehuda’s Most Tantalizing Must-Eats
Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Shuk is a vibrant market by day, and a party, live music and a bar scene by night. There’s unparalleled exuberance, history and character to this market, which was established at the dawn of the 19th century, went through many upheavals, and an eventual revival. The nonchalant elderly men play backgammon in…
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Food Israel’s Most Underrated Food Destination
Crowd source on Facebook about kosher eateries in Haifa, and you’re likely to hear crickets chirping. Haifa is known for its co-existence: an exemplary display of what more peaceful times could look like throughout the entire country between Arab and Jew. Haifa is the place to go to see the meticulously landscaped Bahaii Gardens, from…
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