Where Do Taxi Drivers Eat?
Kobi Rubin is a taxi driver and ‘The Tasting Meter’ columnist at Ynet where he shares his special talent for finding the best restaurant deals on the road. We asked him to share eight of his favorite spots.
Matan Choufan
Four Questions About the Desert
With rising global temperatures, population growth, and shrinking fertile land, a growing number of scientists believe the desert could hold the answers to a looming food crisis.
How Writers and Musicians Helped Create the Myth of the Israeli ‘Workers’ Restaurant
From Yossi Banai’s ode to Azura to Meir Ariel’s ‘Etzel Tzion,’ writer Neta Halperin paints a literary portrait of these restaurants in Israeli society.
How Israeli Chefs, Bartenders, and Startups Are Taking on Food Waste
These creative approaches to fighting food waste from Asif’s annual program prove that conscientious and sustainable eating doesn’t have to be ascetic.
ANINA Will Make You Forget Everything You Know About Ready-Made Meals
With beautiful, nutritious pods made from local ingredients, ANINA Culinary Art is working to combat food waste.
With a Hoe and a Microscope: Are Truffles from the Golan Heights About to Conquer the World?
The Israeli startup Ilsar identified one of Israeli agriculture’s most significant advantages; just try to stop it now.
The Unsung Workers’ Restaurants of Tel Aviv
Filipino kare-kare, Vietnamese pho, Chinese baozi, Sudanese kisra and Eritrean injera — these are just a few delightful dishes served at the restaurants owned by and for Tel Aviv’s foreign workers. Over the last decade, dozens of restaurants offering generous portions of delicious home-made food at accessible prices opened in the south of Tel Aviv. So how come few people outside of the communities they serve have heard of them?
Workers’ Meals in Photos
As part of the exhibition “Home Away from Home Away From Home: A Tribute to Workers’ Restaurants,” the photographers Dan Perez and Ilya Markus set out to document workers in Israel during their lunch break.
What Is a Workers’ Restaurant in Israel?
We asked chefs, academics, and food writers for their definition of an Israeli workers’ restaurant. Here’s what they had to say.
From Cooperative Restaurants to Google Dining Rooms
What do the stories of workers’ restaurants tell us about Israel? Cultural anthropologist Nir Avieli takes a look