Fast forward nearly a century from the onset of Tel Aviv's cherished food markets, where vendors yell out produce prices with a force as strong as Gordon's manic matkot players and saftas scan stalls for the cheapest tchotchkes. Where the bottoms of shoppers' sandals are tomato seed stained. Where fresh fish smells permeate from side streets. Where afternoon pedestrian traffic gives midtown Manhattan a run for its money...
Calling all gluten free guys and gals: Brace your flour-fearing selves! Springtime in Israel is GF heaven. Buds are blooming in the Galilee. Tel Aviv's sun feels oh-so-sweet. AND, every market shelf, counter, and crate is abundant with chametz alternatives. Gluten free pretzels, cookies, , crackers, bread, cereal...you name it. Your makolet's (Hebrew for 'grocery store') got it.
Although Tel Aviv’s Shuk Levinsky, or Levinsky Market, spans a modest six blocks, the food-filled street is the ultimate intro to authentic Israel. Far from your sterile grocery shopping experience, the immigrant-owned mom and pop stores that line Levinsky are void of rules and politesse. If you’re too shy to ask for a small-spoon-sample at your local ice cream shop, Levinsky will turn your timid world upside down.
Having recently planted roots in Tel Aviv’s romantic Neve Tzedek, the first Jewish neighborhood built outside of Jaffa’s walls, Delicious Israel founder Inbal opens the doors to her new private home for those excited to embark on an intimate exploration of Israeli cuisine.
Starting this week, we've decided to kick off the hunt for Delicious Israel's 2014 Hummus Hotspot award winner. Having opened its doors in 1937, we thought it would be appropriate to kick off our search at the grandfather of Tel Aviv's hummus dives, Shlomo & Doron.
Delicious Israel's Nicole Small visits Tel Aviv's Cafe Xoho to experience the café’s first-ever private dining event in order to introduce a new addition to their menu, Papa G’s Pasta.
