Education jly icEdid xywd YourYour Jewish Jewish (Internet) Connection Connection! Brought to you by the Lifelong Learning Committee – Written by Linda S Trapasso Looking for Israeli Food? If someone asked you about Israeli recipe developer. She states that sential Ingredients That Define Israeli food, what would you say? What her blog Kitchen-Tested has made Cuisine at Eat Sip Trip. It can be comes to mind? Many people think a name for itself in the kosher food difficult to summarize the array of of falafel, hummus, za’atar, or foods found in Israeli cuisine. A pick>. Let’s take a brief tour of the bloggers is extensive, to say the least, typical Israeli meal can consist of Israeli culinary scene, where we’ll as well as worldwide. 12 or more different small plates, discover much, much more than The Spruce Eats covers recipes, each one originating in different falafel and hummus. cooking tutorials, and kitchen tips countries and with its own mix of A good and is part of The Spruce fam- spices, vegetables, tahini sauces, place to ily covering and grilled meats. Read the article start is at lifestyle to learn the ingredients most often Sher She topics. Its found in these dishes. Goes, a article on The Israel Forever Foundation NYC-based photographer/writer Top 10 Israeli cultivates personal connections to duo chronicling their adventures, Food Blogs has links to each blog Israel. Food is one way of achieving one of which happens to be Israeli with descriptions. You may need to that goal. The food and the 10+ Israeli foods to translate the blogs into English, but Bring the Tastes try. This article has much useful the photography is helpful. of Israel into Your information, such as Before You Go: ISRAEL21c is the publisher of an Kitchen article About Israeli Cuisine, Tel Aviv Food, online news magazine covering 21st includes reci- Jerusalem Food, and Northern Israel century Israel. Its article on Best Cook- pes for soups, Food. The authors suggest markets books for Israeli Food includes Israeli salads, main dishes, barbecue, and and restaurants to go to, as well as chefs and others, living around the desserts. You also can sign up to a list of must-try foods. globe, preparing Israeli-style food. receive recipes directly via email. Melinda, founder of and blogger Before you start your own Israeli At feedfeed, a crowdsourced digital for Kitchen-Tested.com, is a food food adventure, check out The Es- cooking publication and commu- blogger, food photographer, and nity, there is a wonderful list of Is- raeli food recipes curated by Meirav Gavish, a Tel Aviv local. She says, “I have a special interest in fresh, local food, and in the influence of cooking heritage and traditions from all over the globe on the Israeli cuisine.” Her list includes salads, appetizers, main dishes, and a few sweets. So time to get cooking! I’m going to see what I can add to my own cooking repertoire. Bete’avon!

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