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Fast Forward A Jew And An Arab Opened An Ice Cream Parlor Together…
Two Israelis — a Jew and an Arab — have created a chilly partnership — through ice cream. Adam Ziv, from a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, and Alaa Sweitat, from the nearby Arab village of Tarshiha, created Buza Ice Cream in 2012. Five years later, the pair have five ice cream parlors…
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Fast Forward Conan O’Brien In Israel: ‘My Body Is 62% Hummus’
Conan O’Brien is consuming the good stuff. Or is it consuming him? Over the course of a week-long trip to Israel, where he’s shooting a travel special called “Conan Without Borders,” the flame-haired comedian has visited such hot Tel Aviv eateries as Taizu and Topolopombo in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and dined with…
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Food Jerusalem’s Hottest New Cocktail (Cinnamon Smoke Included)
The Garden Terrace on the roof of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem feels like another world, not a bad thing these days. The setting is enchanting, with rattans sofas and chairs separated by trees strung with fairy lights. It’s a beautiful place to relax and enjoy the cool Jerusalem night air. The wait staff…
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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…
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Food Breads Bakery Of Calgary? Israelis Introduce Western Canada To Babka, Shakshuka
They still have trouble pronouncing “shakshuka.” But Calgary locals have gone wild for an Israeli bakery and its exotic wares — think babka, labneh and even chopped liver. Sidewalk Citizen launched as a one-man bread-delivery service. Outgrowing its tiny rented kitchen, the bakery rehabbed a cavernous former mattress factory into a commercial cookery and dining…
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Recipes A Gal’s Gotta Eat — 4 Top Chefs On Feeding Wonder Woman
The gorgeous and arresting Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who proved her mettle as a hand-to-hand combat instructor in the IDF, immediately establishes a commanding presence as the star of Wonder Woman. But we never see our superhero sit down for some sustenance — there’s just no time. But at some point, a gal’s gotta eat….
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Recipes Shakshuka Worthy Of A Superhero
Chef Zachary Engel, chef de cuisine at Shaya restaurant in New Orleans, has said that he lacks “a-grandma-taught-me-everything story.” No matter. He was this year’s winner of the James Beard Rising Star award. The most important meal of the day for Wonder Woman, he said, is breakfast. “You can’t stress enough the importance of breakfast.”…
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Food Happy Fish In Jerusalem — Israel, Day 7
Today Teddy and I spent a solemn afternoon at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem. The experience is devastating — and essential. Even having been there before, I will need time to process the visit enough to write a description that might begin to do it justice. I’m thankful that the place…
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