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Celebrated restauranteurs and chefs Steve Cook (left) and Michael Solomonov (right) speak to What Matters Now host Jessica Steinberg for this week's podcast (Courtesy)
What Matters Now podcast
Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook: The Israeli food we serve tells our story
By Jessica Steinberg
The pair of Philadelphia-based chefs discuss their Jewish identity and deep connection to Israel through the Sabra-inspired menus of their 18 restaurants, including flagship Zahav
Israelis sit at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 19, 2026, 6:12 pm
New ‘PTSD-friendly’ scheme aims to adapt Israel’s public spaces
Popular apps such as Ontopo for restaurant reservations and Easy business directory will add PTSD filters, with participating venues self-certifying
By Sue Surkes
Chef Moshe Basson flips a dish of maklouba at Eucalyptus on February 25, 2026. (Daniel Laufer)
February 26, 2026, 7:11 pm
Last service at Eucalyptus restaurant as a Jerusalem institution closes
Beloved restaurateur Moshe Basson, who put mallow and nettles on the menu, bids goodbye to nightly dinners, but says he will still forage for biblical farm-to-table dishes
By Jessica Steinberg
The redone bar area at Jerusalem's Jacko Street, one of the participating restaurants in the Israeli Culinary Festival, beginning March 27, 2024 (Courtesy)
May 16, 2025, 2:43 pm
Restaurants struggle as reservations plummet amid grueling war mood, rising cost of living
Online restaurant bookings have dropped by 30% this year, while high-end chef restaurants grapple with a steeper decline of more than 50%, according to online booking site
By Sharon Wrobel
Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh in New York City, March 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
March 19, 2025, 1:12 am
After tragedy, Supernova festival survivor opens Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC
Raif Rashed launches new eatery Taboonia following Oct. 7, finding comfort in the foods of his youth – and in the wave of Jewish and Israeli support that is pouring in
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wood oven-baked foccaccia at Noa Bakery, in the Jerusalem hills. (Courtesy)
November 15, 2024, 10:30 am
Craving pastries that won’t flake out? Head for the (Jerusalem) Hills
A selection of bakeries outside the capital offer a moment of peace and delectable baked pleasures
By Jessica Steinberg
The closed storefront of the Detroit Institute of Bagels in Detroit, Michigan, after staff walked out in protest of the store's new 'Zionist' owner, July 31, 2024. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 11, 2024, 1:43 am
A Jewish bagel shop in Detroit closes after staff walk out on new ‘Zionist’ owner
Tensions over perceived gentrification and the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict came to a head last month when workers publicly quit, making waves throughout the metro area
By Andrew Lapin
From left to right: Carmel restaurant partners Liron Hazan, Ronnie Benarie, Asaf Moaz, Yoav Schverd, in their Los Angeles, California eatery, May 2024. (Kelly Hartog)
July 5, 2024, 8:31 pm
LA’s swanky new Carmel eatery serves upscale Tel Aviv market fare, no added politics
Four friends focus on their love of the White City’s Carmel Market by bringing Angelenos gourmet spins on local classics despite anti-Israel spike after Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities
By Kelly Hartog
Israeli firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the Ima restaurant in Jerusalem, June 6, 2024. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
June 7, 2024, 12:55 pm
Fire causes ‘significant damage’ to renowned Ima restaurant in downtown Jerusalem
Seven firefighting teams take control of fire; no one found trapped or hurt inside
By Michael Horovitz
Or Shocron prepares treats for her cafe, ORYOSSS (Asaf Karela)
May 18, 2024, 10:56 am
Back from IDF reserves, TV chef reopens beloved Sderot cafe, giving terror just desserts
Or Shocron brings a little sweetness back to the war-torn southern city after serving her country for seven months following the Oct. 7 massacre
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
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
Nir Shohat. (Dafna Talmon)
March 2, 2024, 3:47 pm
Uprooted: Nir Shohat, 42, from Kibbutz Nir Am. This is his story
Nir Shohat, 42, restaurateur in Sderot and Yavne and father of three, evacuated to Tel Aviv ● This is his story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Moshe Basson foraging in the Jerusalem hills for his restaurant, Eucalyptus (Courtesy Moshe Basson)
February 12, 2024, 3:44 pm
Foraging Jerusalem restaurateur grasps the nettle, and the morel, to reopen after Oct. 7
Moshe Basson of Eucalyptus is ready to serve diners again for first time since war broke out, and his long-awaited book of recipes is out too
By Jessica Steinberg
A restaurant named 'October 7,' apparently celebrating Hamas's massacre in southern Israel, in the Southern Mazar district, south of the city of Kerak, Jordan, in a clip posted on January 24, 2024. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 25, 2024, 10:11 am
Restaurant called October 7 opens in Jordan, appearing to fete Hamas’s massacre
Offensive naming of shawarma joint follows recall of Amman’s envoy to Israel in wake of war in Gaza; owner says name unrelated to politics, but eatery’s social media suggests it is
By ToI Staff
The Times Square outpost of Eyal Shani's fast-casual restaurant, Miznon, is becoming certified kosher. (Ben Sales/JTA)
January 11, 2024, 4:05 pm
Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant Miznon is going kosher
Observant foodies are all wrapped up in the news that the famed gourmet pita restaurant is to be certified starting on Jan. 21
By Rachel Ringler
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