Is there such a thing as Israeli food? The good news is that filmmaker Roger Sherman went looking and came up with a mouthwatering documentary, “In Search of Israeli Cuisine,” which opens in Manhattan at the Angelika Film Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on March 24. Perhaps less good news is that there doesn’t seem…
Rooster Soup Company has a lot in common with other restaurants from Michael Solomonov’s Philadelphia-based restaurant group CooknSolo: Haute comfort food, cool décor and general lack of attitude. But unlike its siblings, including hotspots Abe Fisher, Dizengoff and Zahav, Rooster Soup Company won’t earn CooknSolo a cent. Instead, the eatery’s profits will benefit Broad Street…
This hummus is hot. Dinner at Dizengoff, which opened at Manhattan’s Chelsea Market in May, has become one of the city’s hottest tickets, reports Gothamist. Michael Solomonov’s counter-only spot hosts monthly suppers with Emily Seaman, Dizengoff’s chef. Related There’s another one in December, which you can book online — if you’re lucky enough to get…
I may have to skip my usual yogurt-and-fruit breakfast tomorrow morning and head to Nolita, where James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and company are setting up a pop-up Federal Donuts at Chef’s Club on Mulberry Street. Federal Donuts is part the Philadelphia-based Cook N Solo group, which includes Zahav, Abe Fisher and Dizengoff —…
Michael Solomonov hasn’t opened a restaurant in Pittsburgh — yet. But a new kosher place there is using his recipes. Eighteen, opened by the owner of local Judaica shop Pinsker’s, serves everything from ice cream to sushi. But the draw has been Solomonov-inspired dishes such as shakshouka and hummus, all cribbed from the chef’s cookbooks….
“First of all, it’s all delicious,” Mimi Sheraton said of the beautiful Middle-Eastern spread set before us at Dizengoff NYC — when we finally paused from our avid eating long enough to assess the situation. “Earthy, exotic, a very different flavor palate from what we think of in this country as Jewish cooking.” The estimable…
It’s rare for New Yorkers to have restaurant envy. Isn’t everything we could possibly want to eat right here? But ever since I became aware of what Chef Michael Solomonov is cooking up in Philadelphia — at Zahav, Dizengoff, Percy Street Barbecue, Abe Fisher and Federal Donuts — I’ve been reckoning with an ugly tinge…
Cooking is a creative outlet for me— as much about developing beautiful flavors, aromas, colors and textures as about getting dinner on the table. While I know it’s not like that for everyone, it seems to me that there’s a strong connection between art and food in general. Certainly many of my friends who are…
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