A story of starch, political will, and mistaken identity. With apologies to Linda Richman, the big-haired, Yiddish-spouting yenta that Mike Myers brought …

Meaning “salad” and served at most meals, salatim are Israel’s connective tissue. When it comes to eating and cooking in Israel, I’ve …

No restaurant in America has brought Israeli cooking to the front burner more than Zahav in Philadelphia. A decade in, a co-owner …

A writer searches for the golden euphoria of toch, a potato-bread recipe lost in a family’s history. I grew up hearing stories …

The commander of an Israel Defense Forces mess hall is not a man to mess with. He was a tall, sad man …