We Are Already on Mars — and the Food Is Ready
The installation ‘Picnic on Mars’ by artist and designer Omer Polak raises serious questions about the culinary future that awaits us.
Picnic on Mars
In Two or Three Years, Israeli Garlic Could be Extinct
Researchers and farmers are warning that without immediate action, the bulbs will disappear.
Sabra (Prickly Pear) Compote
Chilled fruit soups originate in Eastern Europe and they were especially popular in Israel during the austerity era. This is a modern take.
Avocado Soup
Chilled fruit soups originate in Eastern Europe and they were especially popular in Israel during the austerity era. This is a modern take.
Brain-Style Zucchini
Like many other recipes from 1950s Israel, this one uses vegetables and eggs to stand in for meat that wasn’t readily available.
Chubeza (Mallow) fritters
These fritters are inspired by a recipe from the early 1960s book “The Folklore Cookbook – Delicacies for the Israeli Holidays.”
Güveç (Seasonal Vegetables Stew)
This seasonal vegetable stew is infinitely adaptable and also fitting for Passover when spring vegetables are just arriving in the markets.
Cabbage Schnitzel
This is a classic example of a meat-focused dish that was adapted to be vegetarian during the Tzena era, a time of austerity in early Israel.
The Mothers of Nutrition: What’s Hidden Between the Lines of One of the First Hebrew-Language Cookbooks
In the late 1940s, the Women’s International Zionist Organization published a cookbook to help new Jewish arrivals, but the book tells a much more complex story.
Watch: Reducing Food Waste in Israel
Catch up on ideas from a one-day conference for reducing food waste in local restaurants, farm houses, and packaging in Israel.
The Mars Pantry: What Would You Take to a Place Where Nothing Grows?
Next to the “Picnic on Mars” installation, currently on display at Asif, there is an evolving pantry. We asked prominent voices in food and culture, as well as visitors, to add one item they would take with them to Mars – one flavor that reminds them of their home, childhood, family or a place they wouldn’t want to part with. Hedai Offaim, a farmer, recipe writer, and owner of Ofaime in Jerusalem, chose pine nuts. Here, he tells us why.
In ‘Picnic on Mars’ Artist Omer Polak Imagines a Celestial Garden and Alternate Realities
A new installation at Asif allows us to escape into a digital park that’s both beautiful and apocalyptic.
