What if Japanese food fused with Jewish food? That is exactly what Shalom Japan is! Married couple, Sawako Okochi and Aaron Israel, are the chefs and owners of Shalom Japan where they fused together their cultures, like ramen matzah ball soup or sake kasu challah. Enjoy!
Read moreWatch as we taste the best donuts in Jerusalem just in time for Hanukkah… not that Israel sells Donuts everyday of the year. Israel only sells Donuts for the 6 weeks leading up to Hanukkah and we tasted the best of the best: From the Donuts at the shuk to the gourmet donuts at Roladin. […]
Read moreIsraelis kind of love America. They love to visit America, they love to move to America, they love to live and work illegally in America while trying to sell you shit out of mall kiosks, etc. Yet, they often have a distorted understanding of American traditions and customs – chief among them is the holiday […]
Read moreEver wanted to make potato latkes with the arguably the most famous DJ in the world. Well, now is your chance. DJ Marshmello is the 5th best DJ according to DJmag and is now taking the cooking world by storm. Watch this incredible tutorial from the Billboard topping artist about how to make the best […]
Read moreThe nice people at Unpacked Media released a Jewish Food video that very nicely acknowledged the existence of Jewish food that did not originate in Europe. This is a good thing, and is more and more becoming the norm because, well… middle eastern Jewish food is waaaaay tastier than food originating from the impoverished and […]
Read moreWhen the place you buy vegetables at is also the place you party at… It’s like imagine dancing and getting drunk at Whole Foods. That would be weird, but in Jerusalem, it actually works out pretty good. Pretty, pretty good. See, many people visit Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market – it is after all Israel’s largest […]
Read moreOur friends at Jewlicious put together an awesome instructional video and recipe for authentic Shakshuka. It may not be fast, but it is delicious and unequivocally authentic. There are no extraneous ingredients, no pretentious reinvention, just good, honest Jewish-inspired, North African yumminess. Visit Jewlicious for the full recipe.
Read moreAlicia Wilbur is pretty much the only female, Jewish enologist or wine scientist from Herzog Wineries . Jay Buchsbaum is a well-known Wine Educator from the Royal Wine Company. Together they taste four late harvest wines from California: Late Harvest Clarksburg Chenin Blanc, Late Harvest Monterey County White Riesling, Late Harvest Orange […]
Read moreWhat’s with all the cheese on Shavuot thing? Shavuot is the holiday that commemorates “Zman Matan Torah” – the time when the Jews received the Torah from God at Mount Sinai. Prior to this, Jewish law wasn’t codified. That means that Jews didn’t keep kosher because there were no kosher laws. Thus, as soon as […]
Read moreWhat makes this Chocolat Soufflé particularly Israeli? Because it was made in the state-of-the-art culinary facilities at the Eilat campus of Ben Gurion University for starters! The recipe is simple and a gluten free departure from most soufflé recipes, but after the shoot, I ate it and it was delicious! The Culinary School, in conjunction […]
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