Stovetop Roasted Eggplant…on a hubcap. One (of the many) cooking skills that I have yet to master is the perfectly roasted eggplant. Read More »

Parking in Tel Aviv – Big Changes Coming Our Way Parking for Tel Aviv residents is about to change – drastically! Beginning March 1, 2012 residents will pay 25% of the regular price (rather than the current 50%) in Achuzot Hof parking lots. 3 additional parking lots will be available for “close to home” parking. Read More »

 Learn Hebrew in Tel Aviv…A Food Tour. Guy Sharett loves what he does. The multi-talented linguist, teacher, writer and tour guide teaches Hebrew in a most unusual but practical way. Through street signs and graffiti. If you are in Tel Aviv for a short visit why not take one of his tours. Read More »

Valentine’s Day Gifts from Israel Tel Aviv based jewelry designer Ben Proctor has created a few pieces for Valentine’s Day. Sold on Etsy under Ben’s line Benati, the pieces are simple, tasteful and made in Israel. For a limited time only the hamsa pictured below will be shipped for free. Read More »

“Pashut” means “Simple” in Hebrew Looking for an usual gift from Israel for that special toddler (or adult) in your life? Look no further than the corner of of Hashomer Street and Nahlat Binyamin at the biweekly Tuesday and Friday craft fair where Read More »

Winter Watermelon – It’s Yellow-Orange Are you longing for the tastes of summer during the cold Israeli winter? The new yellow-orange watermelon will bring your taste buds back to the sweet fruits of summer. The new fruit is a joint venture between farmer Itay Gal from Moshav Ein Yahav in the Arava Desert and the Hishtil Nurseries. Read More »

The Sound of Music – Bet Tzvi Library Theater Take your family before the 26th of January to see The Sound of Music at the Ramat Gan Theater. This is a production by the Sifriya (Library) Theater, a professional theater giving performance opportunities to graduates of the Bet Tzvi Theater School. Read More »

Gourmet Catering Delivered to Your Door So you’ve invited friends over for either cocktails/appetizers/dinner/dessert but you just realized that you won’t have a minute to shop or prepare anything in the 3 days. Read More »

WOW – Chocolate Festival at Iceberg Ice Cream One of T in Tel Aviv’s favorite ice cream shops, Iceberg, will be tempting us with 12 new flavors until the 2nd of January with a WOW Chocolate Festival. The new flavors can be purchased in cones (19 NIS for a regular, 25 for lg., only 15 for a kiddie size) or by weight (82 NIS per kg). Read More »

Road Trip…..Paris More like an air trip to Paris from Tel Aviv. I hadn’t been to Paris in about 20 years…seriously one of the greatest if not the greatest city in the world to visit. Read More »

Israfood 2012 The annual Israfood “food show” begins on Tuesday the 29th ends on the 1st of December at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds. This is a chance to see what’s new in the Israeli food industry. Some years are better than others as importers display the items that will soon hit your local supermarket’s shelves. Read More »

Call for Recipes, Photos and Art for New Israeli Cookbook Tel Aviv based publisher Lunch Box headed by Ofir Vardi is publishing a new cookbook in English of easy to prepare kosher recipes. They are accepting photos, works of art, illustrations, graphic pieces, recipes and the like documenting the Israeli culinary experience as you see it. Read More »

“Yafo Tel Aviv” – Haim Cohen’s New Restaurant Anyone who’s ever watched Chef Haim Cohen on television has felt that they’re actually sitting down with the chef in his kitchen as he cooks. He’s just such a nice guy and makes his viewers feel like a guest. Read More »

Bike Ride Around Tel Aviv 2011 It’s was hard to find a car on the streets of Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur but the number of bikes on the streets continued (sadly) to grow. Read More »

Master Chef 2 Israel – The Winner Is….. You could feel the tension in the air as the 3 contestants squared off in the kitchen Saturday night. The three finalist were soon narrowed down to two after Emanuel (the pilot) prepared his version of the traditional Arab dessert dish “kanafeh”. Read More »

Master Chef Season 2 The finals of Israel’s version of the hit British series Master Chef airs Saturday night.  The 3 male contestants were featured in a one hour special last night that gave the audience a little insight into who they really are. Read More »

Slideluck Potshow comes to Tel Aviv Slideluck Potshow is a culinary art event that has been held to date in approximately 40 places around the world. The event consists of 20 multimedia presentations by various artist and a potluck meal and brought by the guests. Read More »

Inside Job: Street Art in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv is home to an endless amount of bare walls on dilapidated buildings. And we have our fair share of street art and graffiti. Read More »

Haj Khahil Restaurant The Haj Khahil family has been in the restaurant business for some 40 years and recently opened their new flagship restaurant on the northern side of the clock tower square in Jaffa. Read More »

The Magic Flute in Ganei Yehoshua This Thursday night (the 14th of July) the Opera in the Park show takes place in Hayarkon Park. This year’s show is a performance Mozart’s Magic Flute. T in Tel Aviv strongly suggests taking public transportation to the park as some 100,000 people showed up for last year’s performance of Carmen. Read More »