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Food Is Trader Joe’s ‘Bamba’ The Real Thing — Or A Brilliant Rip-Off?
News broke recently that discount and prepared-food emporium Trader Joe’s is now carrying Bamba, Israel’s most iconic snack food. There was so much excitement across the internet about the news that I envisioned my local Trader Joe’s having to add a weekday bouncer. (Yes, they often have a weekend bouncer. Yes, this is Brooklyn.) For…
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Food ‘In Search Of Israeli Cuisine’? Now You Can Find It On Netflix
With this week’s Netflix release of award-winning filmmaker Roger Sherman’s documentary “In Search of Israeli Cuisine,” interest in Israeli food — already trending in the U.S. — can only increase. The film just hit Netflix in the U.S. and Israel, as well as Amazon and iTunes. “In Search of Israeli Cuisine” is a food-lover’s tour…
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Recipes How To Make Easy, Delicious Za’atar Chicken — When You Don’t Have Any Za’atar In The House
It’s true. I made one of my favorite easy dinners — chicken with the Middle Eastern spice blend za’atar — even after discovering that I didn’t have any za’atar left. And even with the added time it took to make my own mixture (of course I’m going to tell you how), the chicken pictured above…
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Food New Yorkers Experience The Ultimate Israeli Brunch
A day after attending James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov’s Israeli brunch, part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF), I’m still too full to type much — so my pictures will have to tell most of the story. First, there was a basket of beautiful little bourekas, flaky pastries filled with…
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Food Finding The Best Bourekas On The Planet
It’s an unforsaken hour and I’m flying over the Atlantic Ocean towards Tel Aviv in August. The dinner cart is making its way down the aisle, knocking elbows and dispensing hot mini pitas. I order the chicken. The answer to any question about what you’d like to eat on a plane should always include the…
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The Schmooze Sorry, Gal Gadot — It’s Time To Admit That Israeli Chocolate Is Disgusting
Israel: a land flowing with milk and honey or, more literally, a land filled with cranes and beautiful, shirtless youths. Israelis and Jewish Americans are immensely proud of Israel’s accomplishments, specifically its junk food, for good reason. We describe Bamba, Aroma ice cafe, and bagged “shoko” as food of the gods. But sometimes, enthusiasm for…
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Food Yotam Ottolenghi’s New Dessert Book Has The ‘Sweet’ Smell Of Success
A new book by Yotam Ottolenghi is cause for celebration. And when the book in question, from the author of such wildly popular cookbooks as “Plenty” and “Jerusalem,” comes out with a tome devoted entirely to dessert, well, it almost feels like we should declare a holiday. Not a national one, mind you, but one…
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