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Food Hummus in Hanoi
Fresh produce on display at an outdoor market in Hanoi, Vietnam. JTA — Shahar Lubin earned his culinary chops in Israel and, later the United States, cooking his way through more than 20 restaurants, starting at the age of 16. Still, it was a leap when he moved to Vietnam and opened a restaurant of…
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Food Michael Solomonov’s Acclaimed Hummus Place Coming to New York
New Yorkers don’t have to wait much longer for Michael Solomonov’s superlative plates of hummus (like this one, from Dizengoff in Philadelphia). The New York branch is set to open next month. What does Philadelphia have that New York doesn’t? Michael Solomonov, for one thing. But that’s about to change. The James Beard Award winner…
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Food Israeli Restaurant Named One of World’s Best
Tel Aviv eatery Herbert Samuel was named one of the world’s best restaurants by a French publication. The French are opining on Israeli cuisine too. The debut edition of — a foodie ranking similar to the British World’s 50 Best Restaurants survey — gave nods to four Israeli eateries, says Jewish Business News. LA LISTE…
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Food The Year We Tasted Israel
Chef Michael Solomonov checks out meat grilling on skewers at Al Jenin restaurant in Nazareth. Until recently America looked down its nose at British cuisine, but now it seems that major food winds are blowing west from London. Remember the nose-to-tail movement, which started at London’s St. John at the turn of the last millennium…
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Food Proper Bagels in San Francisco and All the Weekly Dish
Handmade bagels at Shorty Goldstein’s. Now, chef and co-owner Michael Siegel can truly say everything’s made in-house at , his San Francisco deli. Goldstein finally rolled out Shorty Goldstein’s own bagels after months of experimenting. “Our bagels are more New York than Montreal,” Siegel told Dish. “Crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle. We…
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Food 12 Chairs Cafe Proudly Offers Israeli Experience — in Brooklyn
Shakshuka in pita, at the new branch of the 12 Chairs Cafe. Israeli-born chefs and restaurant owners in Manhattan usually try not to draw attention to their origins. It’s not that they are ashamed of their cultural background, but they tend to call the cuisine served at their establishments “Mediterranean” rather than “Israeli.” What can…
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Recipes Taste Testing ‘Modern Israeli Cooking’
Roasted garlic & apricot chicken garnered raves from a group of discerning dinner party guests. This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through…
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Forward 50 2015 Alon Shaya
An Israeli restaurant in New Orleans doesn’t sound like a recipe for success, but when chef Alon Shaya opened his namesake eatery, Shaya, on Magazine Street this past February 2015, he proved the doubters wrong. In May, he won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: South for Domenica, another of the John Besh Group…
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