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People buying food ahead of Rosh Hashanah in Jerusalem on September 16, 2025 (Rachel Alroey/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 10:18 am
39% of food produced in Israel last year thrown away, annual report finds
Households dumped NIS 10,785 worth of food ($2,915) on average in 2024, study says — 13.3% less than 10 years ago; 15% rise in cost of living since war’s start partly driven by waste
By Sue Surkes
Shoppers and supermarket staff seen at the new branch of a Mahsanei HaShuk chain in Katzrin, on the Golan Heights, on November 22, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 3, 2025, 1:57 pm
Along with soaring prices, Israel rings in 2025 with economic reforms, but will they work?
With a few behemoths dominating imports of food, cosmetics and other products, changes are intended to lower costs including by boosting competition; experts have their doubts
By Sue Surkes
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
Artist Meydad Eliyahu in his 'Copper Wing' exhibit at CACR Ramle through October 2022, part of the city's efforts to bring more art to the mixed Arab-Jewish city. (Courtesy: CACR)
September 28, 2022, 12:10 pm
In Ramle, copper art and a canoe ride reveal a complicated past and present
From market to mosque to underground melodies, a rich history mingles with the complexities of the modern mixed Jewish-Arab city
By Jessica Steinberg
ILLUSTRATIVE — Cooks wrapping airline food in foil in a commercial kitchen. (iStock/Kondor83)
July 2, 2020, 7:05 pm
Mass layoffs in offing at El Al firm that made 40,000 kosher airline meals a day
Food company Tamam has suspended operations; has produced food for decades for Israeli and foreign flights at Ben Gurion Airport
By ToI Staff
Michal Klimberg (left) and Shir Halperin partnered together to create Make Eat, a shared cooking space for small-scale food manufacturers (Afik Gabay)
July 27, 2019, 12:21 pm
Former candy factory gets set to let small chefs bust out of their home kitchens
Licensed and fully kitted out, co-cooking space Make Eat wants to make artisanal food producers’ dreams come true
By Jessica Steinberg
Vendors take a break in Amsterdam’s Waterloo Square Market, October 25, 2017. (Huub Zeeman/Flickr/via JTA)
November 11, 2018, 8:41 pm
Is this the last stand for Amsterdam’s Jewish market?
The Waterloo Square bazaar, established in 1893, is a cultural melting pot that survived world wars and economic downturns — but the latest municipal changes may spell its end
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Tamar Friedman Wilson
June 28, 2018, 2:26 pm
Tamar Friedman Wilson
Are food prices really going down in Israel?
With imports and local subsidies, Minister of Finance Kahlon aims to leave more in your pockets than chump change
Dr. Shakshuka feeds Phil Rosenthal in 'Somebody Feed Phil.' (Netflix)
February 2, 2018, 9:54 pm
‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ creator discovers love of Israeli food in new series
In Tel Aviv making his Netflix documentary, ‘Somebody Feed Phil,’ Phil Rosenthal finally found what his parents’ Jewish cooking had lacked — flavor
By Tracy Frydberg
An aerial view of the Acre harbor (Israel Tourism/CC BY-SA 2.0)
August 13, 2016, 12:50 pm
Port city of Acre is making a comeback, one acre at a time
With a luxury hotel and plans to revitalize the harbor area, one of the world’s oldest settlements is undergoing a modern-day renaissance to the benefit of Arabs and Jews
By Jessica Steinberg
Unilever's cornflakes brand (YouTube screenshot)
July 28, 2016, 10:45 pm
Food producer in hot water over salmonella in cornflakes
Unilever recalls cereal boxes, accused of trying to hide the discovery of contaminant from the media and public
By ToI Staff
Heinz tomato ketchup (YouTube screen capture)
August 20, 2015, 9:06 pm
Heinz no longer qualifies as ketchup in Israel
Competitors prove product doesn’t have minimum tomato content, Health Ministry forces re-branding as ‘tomato seasoning’
By Gabe Friedman
Tel Aviv's Carmel market. (photo credit: CC BY Mendocino Girl2005, Flickr)
October 18, 2014, 11:13 am
Israel cited in culinary mag’s travel awards
Tel Aviv receives two ‘outstanding’ marks as a destination for food aficionados. Jerusalem, El Al also get mentions
By Itamar Sharon
Adele Yellin is in the process of overhauling Los Angeles' Grand Central Market even as she seeks to retain its charm. (Anthony Weiss/JTA)
October 11, 2014, 6:31 am
In downtown LA, an old market becomes grand again
97-year-old Grand Central Market is a rising hotspot — with a little help from a ‘new school’ Jewish deli
By Anthony Weiss
Cows in Israel.
August 6, 2014, 9:01 am
How bad is beef for Earth? Scientists have number
Producing beef is 10 times as environmentally costly as chicken, pork or dairy, says Israeli-American research
By Andrew Tobin
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