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Chef Raz Shabtai celebrating his Michelin star at Mutra in Florida on May 28, 2026. (X/Screenshot/Hen Mazzig)
May 29, 2026, 1:43 pm
Miami chef earns first Michelin star ever for kosher restaurant
‘Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories,’ says Raz Shabtai, whose restaurant, Mutra, is also the first anywhere to get a 2026 Michelin star
By ToI Staff
A stop on a culinary tour of the north run by Tel Aviv's Asif Institute in 2025. (Courtesy)
September 11, 2025, 10:47 am
10 months after Lebanon war, culinary tours aim to help local eateries
Program by Tel Aviv’s nonprofit Asif Culinary Institute brings groups to northern Israel, which has lost nearly a quarter of its food businesses following conflict with Hezbollah
By Jessica Steinberg
Nelia and Gregory Shaver of Grineli Cheeses, their boutique cheesemaking business that they opened in the Golan Heights on October 6, 2023, the day before the October 7 Hamas attack (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2025, 7:28 am
As winds of war die down, Golan gears up for long-awaited return of tourists
With Hezbollah licking its wounds and Syria no longer a threat, businesses are hoping Israelis will again flock to land of lavender farms, glamping, wineries and artisanal cheese
By Jessica Steinberg
Dagan Peleg (left), Tom Carbone and Yaakov Benacot (right) of Be'eri Dairy on June 27, 2024, still in recovery from October 7 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 17, 2024, 5:01 am
Be’eri’s boutique cheesemakers carry on, without Dror Or’s ‘golden hands’
Dairy originally established to make yogurt and labneh for kibbutz eventually became accomplished in artisanal cheeses, only to be decimated by the Hamas attack
By Jessica Steinberg
Olivia Ostrow sits in the kitchen of her namesake Ostrow Brasserie, a kosher French restaurant in Miami. (Courtesy Salar A - Miami Creative Agency)
April 10, 2024, 9:26 pm
Chef serves up kosher French food off the beaten path in Miami
Olivia Ostrow dishes up duck confit, beef Bourguignon and truffle and artichoke risotto in a space where diners won’t have to fear running into their child’s Hebrew school teacher
By Sara Liss
Nurit Hertz will host foraging tours and plant-based meals in her Matat home during the Israeli Culinary Festival, March 27-April 12, 2024 (Courtesy Eden Saada)
March 22, 2024, 10:51 am
At culinary festival, chefs focus on home cooking under shadow of war
Israeli Cuisine Festival, rescheduled to end of March from November, brings diners to favorite restaurants, markets and kitchens for home-cooked meals
By Jessica Steinberg
Musician and chef Adi Weinberg (right) cooks with evacuees from the Gaza border communities at Tel Aviv's Asif on March 17, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 21, 2024, 4:08 pm
‘Kibbutz Tel Aviv’ evacuees cook up some solace in culinary workshops
Displaced residents from Gaza border communities share a meal and their stories as they peel and chop
By Jessica Steinberg
Performing at Apollonia Park during Sukkot 2023 (Courtesy Mano Grinspan)
September 29, 2023, 4:32 pm
Outside of the sukkah, festivals of every kind abound in Israel
An array of musical, theatrical, artistic, culinary and historical events livens up the country during Sukkot 5784
By Jessica Steinberg
Stylist Nurit Kariv sets this table with pieces from Nu, her home brand collection that includes a tablecloth designed with her own watercolors (Courtesy Nu)
September 7, 2023, 2:46 pm
This food stylist sets the table according to her clients’ personalities
Working with artisans to create ceramics and table linens for clients, Nurit Kariv launched Nu, her own home brand
By Jessica Steinberg
People shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in central Jerusalem on July 7, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2023, 10:46 am
Mahane Yehuda marks 100 years with more bars, fewer cucumbers and tomatoes
As the beloved Jerusalem food market celebrates its centennial, its vendors and caretakers aim for balance between culinary pursuits and nightlife
By Jessica Steinberg
Meat and Board is one of many popular meat stalls at KosherPalooza. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
June 30, 2023, 3:51 pm
Thousands of kosher food lovers turn out for the first-ever Kosherpalooza in NJ
After the industry-centered Kosherfest’s termination, a new festival for consumers sees a surge of civilian foodies noshing on gourmet delicacies like charcuterie and steak tartare
By Jackie Hajdenberg
An exhibit about home cooking restaurants opened January 22, 2023, at Asif Culinary Institute of Israel in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy, Dor Kedmi)
January 29, 2023, 10:24 pm
Israelis’ love for homemade hot lunch at center of new exhibit
‘Home, Away From Home, Away from Home’ looks at local culture of home cooking restaurants at Tel Aviv culinary institute Asif
By Jessica Steinberg
Restaurant OCD Tel Aviv won the award for best restaurant in the Israeli Kitchen Awards 2022 (Courtesy OCD Tel Aviv)
January 3, 2023, 1:25 pm
Kasha popcorn, shakshuka tartlets spoon up Israel Kitchen Awards
2nd annual culinary excellence event recognizes Michelin-starred Assaf Granit and Uri Navon as best chefs, along with host of inventive kitchens celebrating Middle Eastern cuisine
By Jessica Steinberg
From left: Brod goreng, corn fritters and negi latkes. (Screenshot from YouTube/Beqs Kitchen/Rosita Goldstein/Jeremy Freeman via JTA)
December 24, 2022, 5:51 am
4 Hanukkah recipes from across Asia that mix local cultures with Diaspora traditions
Some Jewish communities on the continent are said to go back millenia, while others stem from more recent arrivals – but they all have their own delicious take on Jewish cuisine
By Jordyn Haime
Deli authority Sy Ginsberg at the Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, Michigan, September 13, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
December 3, 2022, 4:22 am
Deli tycoon Sy Ginsberg talks nosh-talgia, dishes on future of Jewish-style eateries
After starting at Detroit’s iconic Lou’s in 1960 at the age of 15, the Motown restaurateur’s eponymous brand now distributes over 150,000 pounds of meat a week nationwide
By Yaakov Schwartz
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