Insights into various aspects of the local food scene.
Brunch is beyond a tradition in Tel Aviv — it’s a culture. Every self-respecting restaurant offers a breakfast menu, which invariably includes “Israeli breakfast” — generally speaking, some form of eggs, a leafy or chopped vegetable salad, assorted white cheeses, a few other spreads, some bread, coffee and/or fresh juice. …
For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a side project, and it’s finally been published. The whole thing started after I noticed a few lonely bunches of white asparagus at the Carmel market, as if the sellers were testing the waters to see if anyone would buy. This …
I’m off to the United States for the rest of the month, so what better time to write about an herb that grows primarily in the Galilee?
Black coffee in Israel gets its distinctive taste from cardamom, that spice you put in pie. It can be either ground with the beans, or added as an afterthought. Coffee with cardamom (cafe im hel) is also known in Hebrew as “mud coffee” (cafe botz). It’s the type of thing …
