We visited the state-of-the-art Culinary School at Ben Gurion University’s Eilat campus where the staff and students helped us create this delicious, ready to make concoction. It contains ingredients typically found in Israel like Oranges, Halva and Semolina – as well as Maple Syrup for an exotic touch. Of course you can replace the Maple […]
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Just in time for Passover, the fine folks at React added a new segment to their People vs. Food series. In this clip, they take a group of cute and innocent kids and subject them to Gefilte Fish. Among many Ashkenazi Jews, Gefilte Fish is an obligatory part of all Sabbath and holiday meals. Some, […]
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Since as early as 2008, Ben & Jerry’s in Israel has been producing a Kosher for Passover Charoset flavored ice cream. Charoset is one of the food items traditionally placed on seder plates by Jews around the world. The Ashkenazi variety is typically a paste made up of apples, nuts, wine and cinnamon meant to […]
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A short comedy mockumentary about Hamentaschen addiction and the trail of destruction that it leaves behind. The film focuses a some of the addicts and the problems they face with their addiction, also on the organization Save Our Hamentaschen and the challenges they face in providing counsel and support for Hamentaschen addicts. Shot in Melbourne, […]
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Yup. The Soup Nazi from Seinfeld visited Israel and did an ad for Pepsi. Larry Thomas, the Emmy nominated actor who portrayed the Soup Nazi on the show, visited 50 legendary Tel Aviv street food joints – because presumably, eating street food makes you thirsty and Pepsi is all about quenching thirst. Or something. Props […]
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You have got to love Emmy’s commitment to international junkfood. In this 6th video dedicated to Israeli snackfoods, Emmy eats such beloved snacks as Egozi, grilled flavor Bisli, Tim Tam etc. as well as weird stuff like spicy tinned tuna spread and an actual can of cholent . Of course many of the […]
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Israel is funny with the doughnuts. For most of the year, there are no doughnuts in Israel. No doughnut shops, no coffee carts selling doughnuts, no cops munching on doughnuts, nothing. But then, one month before Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated in part by the consumption of oily foods, Israel witnesses a veritable explosion of doughnuts! […]
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A latke is a fried potato pancake, often consumed by Jews on Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle of oil – the Maccabees wanted to rededicate the Temple after conquering the Greeks. In order to do so they needed sanctified oil to light the Menorah but only had enough oil to last one day and it […]
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Hannukah means another holiday video by the Maccabeats. It’s as inevitable as Christmas envy, Matzoball parties and latkes vs. sufganiyot debates. This year the a capella boys from Yeshiva University do a parody of “Shut Up And Dance” by Walk the Moon, while sharing their latke recipe. Here’s an actual latke recipe you can use […]
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The YidLife Crisis boys went to New York to nosh at the annual Workmen’s Circle Taste of Jewish Culture Street Fair. And what does Jewish culture taste like? European treiff apparently. I mean I wouldn’t be so offended if they had called it the Ashkenazic Culture Street Fair – but everything on sample seemed to […]
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