If there were ever such a thing as an “Israeli kitchen” this would be it. In a light-filled, spacious room in a German Templar building that has been revamped as part of the Sarona complex, one can slip onto a comfy bar stool and enjoy the culinary show of Ran Shmueli’s dizzying, captivating open kitchen….
“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…
Early Mercy, a new hotspoton Toronto’s hip King Street West, has been accused of copying art by Tel Aviv artist Amit Shimoni for its walls. Amit Shimoni’s Hipstory portrait series recasts historical figures as contemporary hipsters. Early Mercy made those portraits a prominent part of its décor – minus attribution to Shimoni, The Toronto Star…
Don’t look for fusion kreplach or molecular matzo balls at Mamaleh’s, which opened in Boston last week. The menu’s a mix of straight-up deli classics, from borscht and blintzes to latkes and noodle kugel. A pastrami knish is as experimental as the lineup gets; if anyone’s tried it, we want to hear from you. Do…
Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish in New York is taking the haute couture approach to bagels for its 10th anniversary. The Tribeca shop has unveiled 10 signature sandwiches from fancy Big Apple chefs. Think whitefish salad with jalapeño cream cheese from Marc Forgione or pistachio pesto with mortadella, taleggio and arugula on an everything bagel…
Hey, why the long “E”? Because the name of the restaurant is Ema — as in “mother” — and it’s finally open in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Chef C.J. Jacobson’s menu is inspired by his time in Israel as a professional volleyball player. Spicy hummus, lamb kefta kebabs, kebabs, fresh salads and house-made bread are…
New York’s Carnegie Deli has unveiled a new sandwich inspired by Fiddler on the Roof, whose Broadway revival has been a smash. The “If I Were a Wich Man” dresses corned beef and brisket (“from the butcher Lazar Wolf, of course,” according to the Carnegie website), with add-ons like “Tevye the Dairyman’s” Swiss cheese (“because…
The first thing that caught my eye when I entered the new Sababa restaurant in San Francisco was an old advertising poster for Jaffa oranges — showing an Arab orange vendor sitting on a blanket smoking a hookah with a fellow Arab who has ridden up on a donkey. It harkened back to a different…
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