Kadma Winery Judean Hills

Judean Hills Wine Festival 2019

The 21st Judean Hills/Mateh Yehudah Wine Festival The 21st annual Judean Hills Wine Festival kicks off on Thursday, 5 December 2019 with a large event at Park Mini Israel featuring tastings from around 30 local wineries. The event will also have food stalls, live jazz music and wine […]

Steak Machneyuda Non-Kosher Jerusalem Restaurant

8 Israeli Restaurants Join the World’s 50 Best Discovery List

Similar to the Michelin Guide, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranks world-class restaurants in many countries but does not include any restaurants in Israel. The guide does however have a Discovery section which now includes seven bars and restaurants in Tel Aviv and one in Jerusalem, all of which […]

Terravino 2019 Awards

Toasting the Best of Israeli Wines at TerraVino 2019

Last week the 14th TerraVino Israel competition took place at the Cramim Spa Hotel in Kiryat Anavim near Jerusalem. I was honored to be invited to witness the judging process of the competition, which involved the blind tasting of over 600 wines and spirits by 40 wine judges […]

Balagan Akko Market Lux13 Haifa

Lux Haifa – Traditional Local Arabic Food with a Modern Twist

A mini-break in Haifa gave me the opportunity to try some of the wonderful local Arabic restaurants that the city has to offer, particularly Lux Haifa. Those who are familiar with El Marsa in Akko will not be surprised that Chef Alaa Musa has created a restaurant that […]

Desserts-Eataliano Dalla Costa-Haifa

Eataliano dalla Costa – Italian Arabic Fusion on the shores of Haifa

Eataliano dalla Costa combines traditional Italian cuisine with touches of the local Arab-Galilee cuisine.  The spacious restaurant is located on the upper floor of a beach-side building, overlooking the sea. The central feature of the restaurant is an open kitchen with a large taboon oven in the middle. […]