Discovering hidden treasures in Downtown Haifa

I had the honor to be invited on a food tour of Downtown Haifa (The Lower City) by Jessica Halfin, CEO of Haifa Street Food Tours and ambassador of #TheNewHaifa.  Jessica invited a group of 20 journalists, food bloggers and others related to the industry to visit a […]

Opening up Jerusalem

At the end of November Open Restaurants held their inaugural Jerusalem festival with four days of culinary events including workshops, tours, talks and other food related activities for children and adults.  Some of the highlights included a dessert workshop with the pastry chef of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, […]

Mix and Match at The Culinary Workshop

Although I missed most of the fun events surrounding Open Restaurants Jerusalem as I was abroad, I got back just in time for what turned out to be an incredibly unique and fun event, Mix and Match at HaSadna (The Culinary Workshop) hosted by mixmaster Doron Yakobovitz.  As […]

Open Restaurants come to Jerusalem – November 22-26 2016

For those that haven’t heard of Open Restaurants, think Open Houses but for restaurants – the restaurants open their doors for visitors to poke around their kitchen and see where the magic really happens.  The concept was developed in Tel Aviv four years ago and has since expanded […]

Delicious Fish near Ashdod Port

Pescado in Ashdod has been included in a few lists of the best kosher restaurants in Israel (Haaretz and Mako) but I was slightly skeptical as sometimes restaurants are included in these lists either because they have good PR or there are fewer good places to choose from […]