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[narrator] Funding for
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In Search of Israeli Cuisine
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is provided by...
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[speaking Hebrew] I want
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to eat something grilled,
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something special...
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Do you want me to set
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a table for you?
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I don't need a table,
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just laffa (bread)
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or something.
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[Mike Solomonov] I've been here
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before, I know the treatment
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that you get
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when you sit down.
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I said, "You know,
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I just wanted something
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really, really small to eat."
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And this is what you get.
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You get 17 salads
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plus hummus.
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This is known as
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a Yemenite grill restaurant.
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Notice: Yemenite,
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Palestinian, Iraq,
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Moroccan, Moroccan.
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This is Russian,
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the carrots are from Europe,
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the beets are from Europe.
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These are sort of Eastern
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because of the turmeric.
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Turkish, Moroccan,
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I don't even know... Greek?
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How many countries are
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represented in one place?
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I was born in Israel,
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and I was
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raised in Pittsburgh.
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My family moved back to Israel
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when I was around 15,
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and I stayed here
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for one year
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and went to
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a boarding school.
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Moved back to the States,
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attempted college,
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failed miserably,
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moved back to Israel,
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and got a job cooking here,
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and fell in
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love with it.
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So we're getting the Jerusalem
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mixed grill right now.
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This is like old-school
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street food at its best.
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[chatter]
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Mm!
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Then I moved
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back to the States,
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went to culinary school,
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started cooking
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in Philadelphia
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and cooking
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European sort of food,
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like French and Italian
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and more refined cuisine.
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And then, my brother
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was killed here, um...
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ten years ago.
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And I think that what happened
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subconsciously is
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I started cooking
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more Israeli cuisine
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and, I think, attaching myself
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to the country and the culture
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and the food
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are things that have kept,
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you know, kept me going.
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It's got lemon juice,
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it's got zucchini,
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celery, Swiss chard,
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semolina dumpling
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stuffed with beef.
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In 2008, my business
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partner Steve and I
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decided to open
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an Israeli restaurant,
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and the big question was,
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what is Israeli food?
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Will it work?
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So we have cilantro,
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parsley, mint, onion, okay?
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So I can come here
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and bang some pans
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with some chefs
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and learn some new
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recipes and secrets
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and appreciate
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this country more,
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because every day,
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every minute that you're here,
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you're exposed
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to something new.
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-[Mike] Mm!
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-[Steve] All right.
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Pretty good, man, huh?
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Little bit more, eh,
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salt, more pepper,
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-and it's perfect.
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-Good. Thanks a lot, brother.
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[Mike] It's about
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tasting new things,
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and talking about history,
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this rich, abundant history,
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and conflict
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and turmoil, as well.
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The mission is to show Israeli
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cuisine in its entirety,
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and to show
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Israeli culture,
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and the complexity
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of things here,
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but also the beauty
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of things here.
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Tel Aviv is
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the New York City of Israel.
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It's the center
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of new Israeli cuisine.
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It's the most modern
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and most secular city,
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unlike Jerusalem,
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which is the most religious.
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Most people don't know
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that most Israelis
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aren't religious,
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and don't observe
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kosher dietary laws.
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Tel Aviv is the place
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where chefs want to be.
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[Meir Adoni] I think
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the biggest dream of every cook
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is to open
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his own restaurant.
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And then after year one,
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you're like, "This is
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the worst idea
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I've ever had
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in my life," right?
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Let's talk about
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what you do here.
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What do you make?
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[Adoni] We are taking
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universal techniques.
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We start from the French
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techniques, we study
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the Spanish cuisine,
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but we are bringing it
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to our plates in our way.
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And what that means
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is, like, local products--
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like goat cheese from Israel
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and olive oil from Israel
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and local fish and local lamb.
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What we find that
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is the best in Israel,
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that's what we're going
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to put on the plate.
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What is amazing
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in Israel,
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I think it's the only
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country in the world
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that so many cuisines
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came here together.
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And you have, like,
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more than 150 different
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cuisines that came.
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And all of them,
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of course, Jewish.
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And what we are trying
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to do here is to take
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those traditional Jewish dishes
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and, like, play with them.
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[Ruthie Rousso] When I talk
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to people outside of Israel
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about Israeli cuisine, people
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tend to laugh about it.
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I've been asked
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so many times,
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"What is exactly
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Israeli cuisine?"
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And actually,
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people even question
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if there is
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Israeli cuisine.
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Yes, there
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is Israeli cuisine.
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Yes, there is
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an Israeli kitchen.
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It is so complex.
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It is so diverse.
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And this is why it is
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hard to define it,
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not because
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it does not exist.
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Israeli cuisine
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is a nonexistent idea.
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We're too young
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to have our own cuisine.
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That would be just,
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eh, ridiculous,
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to claim that in 65 years,
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we've managed
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to recreate our cuisine.
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[Janna Gur]
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It's not a cuisine yet.
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It's perhaps a nascent cuisine,
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a baby cuisine;
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but a very
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precocious baby.
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It's a combination
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of what we have here,
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of local terroir
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of Palestinian cooking,
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and of our immigrant baggage,
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which we brought
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from our grandparents,
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who basically come
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from all over the place,
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and that's
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what makes it special.
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We're going to make
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some traditional Turkish food,
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stuff from
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my grandmother's house.
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Your family is from
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Turkey, 100%?
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No, my dad.
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My mom's family
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comes from Poland.
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-We're just gonna render
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and sort of caramelize--
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-Right, exactly.
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Beautiful. So, how do you take
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traditional Israeli cuisine,
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food that I grew up with,
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my grandmother's food,
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how do you turn that
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into something modern?
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We're more flexible
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because this culture
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is younger,
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and it allows you to maneuver
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and change things from the base.
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I mean, when you have a culture
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that is 1,000 years old,
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then it's difficult
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to change it.
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For example, Jewish food will be
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very difficult to change, okay?
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Every time you change
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the seasoning of the chicken--
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God forbid you should have
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not-traditional chopped liver.
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Right.
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My grandmother's
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Bulgarian.
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She would make boreka
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dough with margarine.
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And she would do it because
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they had no access to butter.
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We all know that
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margarine sucks,
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that butter beats up
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margarine in a fight...
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[both chuckle]
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...and that margarine
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is terribly unhealthy,
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and because
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we're not poor immigrants
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living in a tent
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for two years,
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we can afford butter.
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What do I do?
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Do I make it with butter,
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or do I make it
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with margarine?
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-You make it with butter.
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-Butter.
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You can't make the dough
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-exactly like your
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grandmother, right?
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-I cannot.
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You can't add
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that special ingredient
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of caring that she used,
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but you can add the butter
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that she couldn't use.
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You're making your
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grandmother's dish right now,
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and it's obviously
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more than just food, right?
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I used to have borekas
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on the menu at Zahav,
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and after
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my grandmother passed away,
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I just didn't want
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them on there anymore.
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I didn't want
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people to handle it.
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I didn't want restaurant people
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coming in and judging it.
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I'm eating all of
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this right now.
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( laughs )
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-Hmm.
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-It feels like home.
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[Solomonov] My relationship
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with my grandmother--
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I mean, I didn't
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speak Hebrew.
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Our conversation wasn't that
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great, it wasn't that rich.
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You know, it wasn't strained.
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I mean, I loved her,
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but we just didn't have a lot
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going for us, you know?
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But the borekas were
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something, in a weird way,
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that brought us together.
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She was a fantastic woman
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and a great cook,
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and she would make
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these pastries.
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That, quite honestly, was her
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way of doing something for me.
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I was 19, not a particularly
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high point in my life,
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and I couldn't
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find a job anywhere
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because my Hebrew
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was terrible.
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I really was skill-less.
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So I walked down
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the street looking for a job.
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I looked into this bakery.
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They've got trays and trays
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and trays of these borekas,
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these borekas that
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my grandmother cooked for me,
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that I grew up
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with and loved.
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So I stumbled in, asked them
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if they needed help,
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and they gave me a job.
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It was mostly
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scrubbing sheet trays
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and being yelled at
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in many different languages
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that I didn't understand,
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and eventually I learned how
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to make pastries there.
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And then I got a job
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cooking up the street
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for 30 cents more
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an hour, maybe,
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and that was it!
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So here they are.
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Safta Mati's borekas.
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These borekas smell
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like her kitchen.
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[Rousso] Many years ago,
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it was completely different.
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People were ashamed of
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presenting
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their grandmothers' cooking...
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mainly because
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of Israel's history.
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People wanted to come here
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and become Israeli.
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They didn't know
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what Israeli meant,
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but they just knew it's not
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what they were at home.
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So they wanted to adapt
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a new identity,
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which meant they had
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to erase their old identity.
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[Gil Hovav] They were
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speaking Yiddish and Russian
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and Arabic and French
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and Turkish and,
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eh, Ladino and whatever,
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but not Hebrew.
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My great-grandfather
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was Eliezer ben-Yehuda.
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He singlehandedly revived
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Hebrew about 150 years ago.
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At the time, Hebrew
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was completely dead,
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just like Latin today,
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and it was his vision
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that Zionism
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would only come
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with a language.
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[Gur] All these young pioneers
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during the early Zionist era
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wanted nothing
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to do with the diaspora,
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neither the language
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nor the foods
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that reminded them
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of years of persecution
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and discrimination,
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all the things that they
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were running away from.
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[Offaim] They looked
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at their fellows in Europe,
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Europe of the end
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of the 19th century.
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The Jews, most of them
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were living in poverty.
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They were outcasts
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of society.
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They lived in small
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villages in the dirt,
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and they said,
427
00:12:31,668 --> 00:12:34,212
"We don't want to
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be those Jews."
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[Rousso] It was
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looked down at--
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people who were looking
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like immigrants,
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who were cooking or dressing
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or talking like immigrants.
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Everyone was looking up
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at whoever looked Israeli,
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whatever that meant.
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It had to be local.
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You had to be tougher.
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[Offaim] This is a new Jew.
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It is a strong,
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masculine Jew who's not afraid,
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who carries weapons,
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who protects himself.
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No one will be able to make
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a pogrom with the new Jews.
447
00:13:05,535 --> 00:13:08,079
You know, when you get lost,
448
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when you're navigating
449
00:13:08,079 --> 00:13:09,956
in the army,
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and you get lost,
451
00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:12,333
they tell you one thing.
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"Go back to the last place
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you knew where you are."
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And the last place we knew
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where we are is Eretz Israel.
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And this is why
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my ancestors have decided
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to make the long way
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from 19th-century Europe
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to Eretz Israel, and they
461
00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:30,393
didn't want to come here
462
00:13:30,393 --> 00:13:33,812
dressed in black
463
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reading their holy scriptures,
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and wait for
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God to help them.
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They wanted to be
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in charge of their own fate,
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of their own destiny.
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And in order to do that, they
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needed to provide the first
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and foremost thing that people
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need in order to survive: food.
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[restaurant chatter]
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I had
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00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:12,769
a very clear vision
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as to what I wanted
477
00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:16,230
to do in my restaurant,
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00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:21,528
and my vision was that
479
00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:21,528
the experience should be whole
480
00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:24,030
and the food,
481
00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:24,030
the ingredients,
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00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:26,491
the way we touch the food,
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00:14:26,491 --> 00:14:28,868
the way the food is
484
00:14:26,491 --> 00:14:28,868
served on the table,
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00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,454
the plates, everything
486
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,454
has to be part
487
00:14:31,454 --> 00:14:34,165
of the experience
488
00:14:31,454 --> 00:14:34,165
of nature.
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00:14:34,165 --> 00:14:37,418
The fact that the place is
490
00:14:34,165 --> 00:14:37,418
open, that you can smell,
491
00:14:37,418 --> 00:14:41,005
that you can feel, that you
492
00:14:37,418 --> 00:14:41,005
can see, that you can hear.
493
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:44,384
So I started learning
494
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:44,384
traditional dishes
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00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:46,969
of local Palestinian cuisine
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00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:49,764
and of southern France cuisine
497
00:14:49,764 --> 00:14:53,852
that have very similar
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00:14:49,764 --> 00:14:53,852
geographical conditions
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00:14:53,852 --> 00:14:56,896
and have very
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00:14:53,852 --> 00:14:56,896
similar ingredients,
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00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:59,482
and many similar techniques.
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00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:03,737
[Solomonov]
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00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:03,737
You cannot get more local
504
00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:06,113
than foraging for wild
505
00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:06,113
herbs in the hills
506
00:15:06,113 --> 00:15:07,948
right near the restaurant.
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00:15:07,948 --> 00:15:11,703
I do this every week
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00:15:07,948 --> 00:15:11,703
just before we start to work
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00:15:07,948 --> 00:15:11,703
at the restaurant.
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00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:15,498
In the summertime,
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00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:15,498
I can find sumac,
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which is a very
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00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:19,126
important spice for
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00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:19,126
cuisine around here.
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00:15:19,126 --> 00:15:22,505
It's acidic
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00:15:19,126 --> 00:15:22,505
in a very specific way.
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We can use it as
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00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:25,592
a bouquet garni for stocks.
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00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:29,220
Marinate lamb with it,
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00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:29,220
which is what we're going
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to do for this lunch.
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And when you get it fresh,
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it's very, very different.
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[ben Zvi] I don't
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00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,184
use ingredients
526
00:15:35,184 --> 00:15:37,729
that cannot grow here.
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00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:40,732
For example, I love
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00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:40,732
coconut milk,
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00:15:40,732 --> 00:15:43,693
but coconut milk does
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00:15:40,732 --> 00:15:43,693
not enter my kitchen,
531
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because it takes people's
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00:15:43,693 --> 00:15:45,945
consciousness
533
00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,740
to the beautiful
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00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,740
beaches of Thailand.
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I want them here
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00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:51,785
in this land with lamb,
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with olive oil,
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00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:55,747
with basilicum, with tomatoes.
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00:15:55,747 --> 00:15:57,582
And we're very lucky
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00:15:57,582 --> 00:16:00,752
to have our own organic
541
00:15:57,582 --> 00:16:00,752
vegetable gardens
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00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:03,463
where we grow
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00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:03,463
a lot of our vegetables.
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00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:10,887
This is the lamb rack.
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00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:14,181
The lamb has been growing
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00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:14,181
around those mountains,
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00:16:14,181 --> 00:16:16,183
and it is organic as well.
548
00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:18,227
We picked the sumac,
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00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:18,227
rinse it,
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00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:20,980
then rub it all in
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00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:20,980
and start cooking it.
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00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,858
-So just right in here?
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00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,858
-Yeah, right in there.
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00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:27,987
This is awesome because
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00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:27,987
the lamb is from here.
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00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,030
Olive oil from here.
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00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:32,158
The lamb probably
558
00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:32,158
grazes on...
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00:16:32,158 --> 00:16:33,451
On sumac.
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00:16:33,451 --> 00:16:35,369
Well, yeah, I mean,
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00:16:33,451 --> 00:16:35,369
it's vegetation...
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00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:38,456
So we're really
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00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:38,456
trying to get this
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00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:38,456
as local as possible.
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00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,835
[ben Zvi] You should
566
00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,835
understand that
567
00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:44,253
it's a very small country,
568
00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:44,253
so for Israel,
569
00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:47,757
two hours' drive is
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00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:47,757
the other side of the world.
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00:16:47,757 --> 00:16:51,469
If we have to get ingredients
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00:16:47,757 --> 00:16:51,469
one hour from here, for example,
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00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:53,805
we don't have fish here,
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00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:53,805
we are in the mountains,
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00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:57,141
so for many years, I didn't
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serve fish in the restaurant
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00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:58,893
because I said, for fish,
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00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:01,395
I have to travel
579
00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:01,395
to the port in Tel Aviv.
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00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:02,939
It's 45 minutes from here.
581
00:17:02,939 --> 00:17:04,649
It's not local.
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00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:10,488
Then I understood that I can be
583
00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:10,488
a little bit more flexible,
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00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:13,825
and we started
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00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:13,825
serving also fish.
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00:17:13,825 --> 00:17:16,536
But this is
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00:17:13,825 --> 00:17:16,536
the farthest we go.
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00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:22,249
We are going to start
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with a bit of cream
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00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:22,249
of sweet potato.
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00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:23,292
Beautiful.
592
00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:25,879
This is steamed daikon.
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00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:28,840
Beautiful, and this is
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all from here, or no?
595
00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,133
Yes, of course. And leeks.
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00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:34,387
Every single bit
597
00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:34,387
of this plate
598
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,556
is all within five
599
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,556
kilometers away.
600
00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:38,808
Except for this salt,
601
00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:38,808
which is sea salt.
602
00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:40,601
That's the only thing
603
00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:40,601
that's exported.
604
00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:42,937
I brought this
605
00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:42,937
from the Dead Sea!
606
00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:42,937
No, that's a joke.
607
00:17:42,937 --> 00:17:44,898
Still working on that.
608
00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:46,482
-Help yourself.
609
00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:46,482
-I'm doing it.
610
00:17:55,199 --> 00:17:56,242
Mm!
611
00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,668
[ben Zvi] When I opened
612
00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,668
my restaurant 18 years ago,
613
00:18:05,668 --> 00:18:07,670
I was very exotic.
614
00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:10,965
Talking about local
615
00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:10,965
ingredients was very exotic.
616
00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:13,593
Now, even if you have
617
00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:13,593
a restaurant in Tel Aviv,
618
00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:15,135
you talk about
619
00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:15,135
local ingredients.
620
00:18:15,135 --> 00:18:17,013
Even if you have
621
00:18:15,135 --> 00:18:17,013
a restaurant in Tel Aviv,
622
00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:20,099
you drive half an hour,
623
00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:20,099
you are in a farm
624
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:23,019
and you can buy
625
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:23,019
your local ingredients.
626
00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:53,173
[Uri Jeremias]
627
00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:53,173
I love Akko.
628
00:18:54,341 --> 00:18:55,843
It is a very special city,
629
00:18:55,843 --> 00:18:58,220
one of the oldest
630
00:18:55,843 --> 00:18:58,220
cities in the world.
631
00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:02,016
You've had your restaurant
632
00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:02,016
for 25 years,
633
00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:05,478
which is more than an eternity
634
00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:05,478
in the restaurant world,
635
00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:07,981
but you've also been
636
00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:07,981
in Akko this entire time.
637
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:10,524
I remember the moment
638
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:10,524
I started cooking,
639
00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:12,610
everybody
640
00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:12,610
that I knew in Israel
641
00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,320
would talk
642
00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,320
about your restaurants.
643
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,407
First of all, you work
644
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,407
with local materials.
645
00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:22,620
We have so many
646
00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:22,620
kinds of local fish--
647
00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:26,457
the sea bream,
648
00:19:22,620 --> 00:19:26,457
the gray mullet, the grouper.
649
00:19:26,457 --> 00:19:28,292
Beautiful fish.
650
00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:32,130
My cuisine does not
651
00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:32,130
belong to any section.
652
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:36,050
I cook only things
653
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:36,050
that I like to eat.
654
00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:38,845
I never learned cooking, I've
655
00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:38,845
never worked in any restaurant,
656
00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:41,097
so I'm doing
657
00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:41,097
my own thing.
658
00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:44,391
Here we have
659
00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:44,391
beautiful shrimp.
660
00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:47,061
Wow, are these shrimp
661
00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:47,061
all from here?
662
00:19:47,061 --> 00:19:48,395
Yeah, these
663
00:19:47,061 --> 00:19:48,395
are all local.
664
00:19:48,395 --> 00:19:50,314
What kind
665
00:19:48,395 --> 00:19:50,314
of shrimp are those?
666
00:19:50,314 --> 00:19:51,899
This is tiger.
667
00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:55,153
-This is blue sailor.
668
00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:55,153
-Blue sailor crab?
669
00:19:55,153 --> 00:19:59,615
Yeah, and the blue sailor
670
00:19:55,153 --> 00:19:59,615
is an excellent crab.
671
00:20:02,326 --> 00:20:04,704
-So sweet.
672
00:20:02,326 --> 00:20:04,704
-Ah, unbelievable.
673
00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,956
Wow! Yeah, I've never had it.
674
00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,956
It's still moving, too.
675
00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:09,542
Amberjack, rabbitfish.
676
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:10,668
Right.
677
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:10,668
Little groupers?
678
00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:12,419
Yes. This is
679
00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:12,419
the red shrimp.
680
00:20:12,419 --> 00:20:13,546
Okay.
681
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,799
It has this
682
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,799
unbelievable sea taste.
683
00:20:21,095 --> 00:20:24,140
-Wow.
684
00:20:21,095 --> 00:20:24,140
-Ah, fresh anchovies.
685
00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:25,265
Beautiful.
686
00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:27,434
You see,
687
00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:27,434
we take the skin off.
688
00:20:27,434 --> 00:20:28,561
Yeah.
689
00:20:30,521 --> 00:20:33,315
And you put just
690
00:20:30,521 --> 00:20:33,315
a touch of salt on it.
691
00:20:33,315 --> 00:20:34,984
Here, tell me when.
692
00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:37,904
[speaking Hebrew]
693
00:20:39,530 --> 00:20:43,534
-Goddamn it,
694
00:20:39,530 --> 00:20:43,534
that is so good.
695
00:20:39,530 --> 00:20:43,534
-Anyone wants to try?
696
00:20:43,534 --> 00:20:46,204
Oh, my God,
697
00:20:43,534 --> 00:20:46,204
that is so good.
698
00:20:46,204 --> 00:20:50,290
Sometimes things
699
00:20:46,204 --> 00:20:50,290
are so ingeniously made
700
00:20:46,204 --> 00:20:50,290
by the Creator,
701
00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:52,752
we don't have
702
00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:52,752
to add too much.
703
00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:01,385
[Solomonov] Oh, wow.
704
00:21:01,385 --> 00:21:03,804
First of all,
705
00:21:01,385 --> 00:21:03,804
you fry it shortly,
706
00:21:03,804 --> 00:21:08,768
and then you put
707
00:21:03,804 --> 00:21:08,768
the coconut milk on top.
708
00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:10,853
You close the lid.
709
00:21:10,853 --> 00:21:13,898
When you close the lid,
710
00:21:10,853 --> 00:21:13,898
it is like steaming.
711
00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:16,984
-Right.
712
00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:16,984
-Yeah, so it's baking, steaming,
713
00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:20,279
-and frying at the same.
714
00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:20,279
-So a three-part--
715
00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:22,073
you're doing three
716
00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:22,073
types of cooking
717
00:21:22,073 --> 00:21:24,491
for almost three minutes,
718
00:21:22,073 --> 00:21:24,491
and that's it, right?
719
00:21:24,491 --> 00:21:26,827
That's it, and then you
720
00:21:24,491 --> 00:21:26,827
add the apples.
721
00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:29,956
And the apples are sour,
722
00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:29,956
and this is chili.
723
00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:31,665
It's hot.
724
00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:35,044
So when you eat the chili,
725
00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:35,044
and then you eat the apple--
726
00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:37,213
You're ready to go
727
00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:37,213
for some more, right?
728
00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:44,011
Mm, man.
729
00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:44,011
That is delicious.
730
00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:50,226
So my question to you is
731
00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:50,226
what is Israeli cuisine?
732
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:53,479
It is a very hard
733
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:53,479
thing to say,
734
00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:55,648
because Israel is built
735
00:21:55,648 --> 00:22:00,611
from something like
736
00:21:55,648 --> 00:22:00,611
187 representatives
737
00:22:00,611 --> 00:22:01,988
-from different countries.
738
00:22:00,611 --> 00:22:01,988
-Right.
739
00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:05,074
All these things
740
00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:05,074
have influence,
741
00:22:05,074 --> 00:22:07,660
and until 15 years ago,
742
00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,996
we made Moroccan food,
743
00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,996
pulao from Persia...
744
00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:12,414
pulao = rice
745
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:15,709
...and then the last 15 years,
746
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:15,709
we make a local mix,
747
00:22:15,709 --> 00:22:18,754
which is Israeli food.
748
00:22:22,091 --> 00:22:24,969
[Gur] In the '90s,
749
00:22:22,091 --> 00:22:24,969
everything kind of happened
750
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:27,888
at the same time,
751
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:27,888
almost the same time--
752
00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:30,724
the wine, the bread,
753
00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:30,724
the olive oil.
754
00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:32,601
Olive oil!
755
00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:36,438
It's the symbol of the state
756
00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:36,438
of Israel, olive branches,
757
00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,983
but most Israelis,
758
00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,983
especially of European origin,
759
00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:41,359
didn't know the first
760
00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:41,359
thing about olive oil.
761
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,280
When Israel was
762
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,280
founded a few decades ago,
763
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,907
that was a really
764
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,907
a hard, tough situation.
765
00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:48,742
The country was poor,
766
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,495
the country was just
767
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,495
building itself,
768
00:22:51,495 --> 00:22:55,373
so food as a lifestyle
769
00:22:51,495 --> 00:22:55,373
was nonexistent.
770
00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:58,919
And the cookbooks of the time
771
00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:58,919
are very, very efficient,
772
00:22:58,919 --> 00:23:02,422
like how to save money,
773
00:22:58,919 --> 00:23:02,422
how to use leftovers,
774
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:05,676
how to make cheap, healthy,
775
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:05,676
and nutritious food.
776
00:23:05,676 --> 00:23:07,178
That's it.
777
00:23:07,178 --> 00:23:09,429
Up until the late '70s,
778
00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:13,059
Israelis ate horrible food,
779
00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:16,812
and it wasn't because they
780
00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:16,812
were not talented in cooking.
781
00:23:16,812 --> 00:23:20,316
It was because, first of
782
00:23:16,812 --> 00:23:20,316
all, having fun was a sin,
783
00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:24,028
and secondly, most Israelis
784
00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:24,028
were not well-to-do,
785
00:23:24,028 --> 00:23:26,404
so they did not
786
00:23:24,028 --> 00:23:26,404
know what to look for,
787
00:23:26,404 --> 00:23:28,032
or they could not afford
788
00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:30,326
what they remembered
789
00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:30,326
from the old country.
790
00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:35,248
In the '80s, there
791
00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:35,248
was an economic boom.
792
00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:40,127
People started traveling,
793
00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:40,127
people saw that outside,
794
00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:42,838
it's lovely, and there
795
00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:42,838
are good restaurants,
796
00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:46,508
and food is being celebrated.
797
00:23:46,508 --> 00:23:49,762
They came back
798
00:23:46,508 --> 00:23:49,762
from abroad and said,
799
00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:54,308
"We don't want this stupid,
800
00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:54,308
modest life kind of bon ton.
801
00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:58,271
We want to have great wonderful
802
00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:58,271
time like Europeans,
803
00:23:58,271 --> 00:23:59,939
Americans, and so on."
804
00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:02,733
Said, "Well, we want
805
00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:02,733
to enjoy life, too, you know?"
806
00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:08,030
When people
807
00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:08,030
went abroad, they realized,
808
00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:10,741
well, it isn't so bad
809
00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:10,741
to like food,
810
00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:12,701
and Jews can
811
00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:12,701
like food, too,
812
00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:14,745
and we don't have
813
00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:14,745
to feel guilty about it.
814
00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:18,165
And a lot of the young
815
00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:18,165
chefs went abroad,
816
00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:21,459
and when they came back,
817
00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:21,459
they started restaurants.
818
00:24:23,587 --> 00:24:29,509
Nowadays, Israel,
819
00:24:23,587 --> 00:24:29,509
I think I may even say,
820
00:24:29,509 --> 00:24:32,138
is one of
821
00:24:29,509 --> 00:24:32,138
the leading forces of,
822
00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:36,474
of the new cuisine in the world,
823
00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:36,474
because it combines
824
00:24:36,474 --> 00:24:39,103
so many aspects
825
00:24:36,474 --> 00:24:39,103
of new cooking,
826
00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:43,316
because it has so many
827
00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:43,316
people coming from India,
828
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:46,360
or from the States,
829
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:46,360
or from Morocco,
830
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,487
or from Russia or Tunis
831
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,487
or France, etc., etc.,
832
00:24:49,487 --> 00:24:52,450
and making something together.
833
00:25:19,059 --> 00:25:21,061
[Solomonov] You're a chef,
834
00:25:19,059 --> 00:25:21,061
and you've been
835
00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:24,440
a successful chef
836
00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:24,440
for as long as I've cooked.
837
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:29,153
Most people associate a lot of
838
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:29,153
modern Israeli cooking with you,
839
00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:31,780
and what you do,
840
00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:31,780
and how does your ancestry
841
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,825
play a part into
842
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,825
the food that you cook?
843
00:25:34,825 --> 00:25:37,161
The family of
844
00:25:34,825 --> 00:25:37,161
my father arrived here
845
00:25:37,161 --> 00:25:40,664
in 1907 from Syria and Iraq.
846
00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:45,127
They arrived
847
00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:45,127
with donkeys to Jerusalem.
848
00:25:45,127 --> 00:25:49,631
My story with food
849
00:25:45,127 --> 00:25:49,631
started when I was 12.
850
00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:52,592
I needed to cook
851
00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:52,592
to my family.
852
00:25:52,592 --> 00:25:56,472
My mother was sick,
853
00:25:52,592 --> 00:25:56,472
and I discovered that
854
00:25:56,472 --> 00:26:00,142
I can do something
855
00:25:56,472 --> 00:26:00,142
wonderful with food.
856
00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:04,230
In '95, I opened Arcadia
857
00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:04,230
in Jerusalem,
858
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:05,939
and the definition
859
00:26:05,939 --> 00:26:08,817
of the kitchen was, like,
860
00:26:05,939 --> 00:26:08,817
French-Mediterranean,
861
00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:11,611
because I studied with
862
00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:11,611
French chefs in New York,
863
00:26:11,611 --> 00:26:13,739
in San Francisco.
864
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:18,077
But the story starts with
865
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:18,077
a cheese that you
866
00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:21,747
cannot get in Israel,
867
00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:21,747
was parmesan cheese,
868
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,917
because I needed
869
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,917
the cheese for the risotto.
870
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:30,005
And somebody told me,
871
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:30,005
"Listen, go to the mountains,
872
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:33,008
and you will meet
873
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:33,008
Mr. Shai Seltzer."
874
00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:40,933
He gave me
875
00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:40,933
the first cheese that
876
00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:40,933
replaced the parmesan cheese,
877
00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:43,018
and it was from here.
878
00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:45,104
It was the beginning
879
00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:45,104
to understand that,
880
00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:47,106
you know, everything
881
00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:47,106
is around me,
882
00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,400
I should use my roots,
883
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:54,488
I should use my imagination,
884
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:54,488
I should cook my memories,
885
00:26:54,488 --> 00:26:58,742
and that's the way
886
00:26:54,488 --> 00:26:58,742
to create a local language.
887
00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:01,370
Take
888
00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:01,370
the Middle Eastern spices,
889
00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:04,540
take the Middle East
890
00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:04,540
rhythm, yeah,
891
00:27:04,540 --> 00:27:09,336
and try to understand how you
892
00:27:04,540 --> 00:27:09,336
create from that your food.
893
00:27:09,336 --> 00:27:15,884
The eggplant that we see
894
00:27:09,336 --> 00:27:15,884
here is also from our roots.
895
00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:18,887
So you've got an eggplant
896
00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:18,887
here that's charred.
897
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,515
Seems like where a lot
898
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,515
of recipes in Israel start,
899
00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:23,058
right, with
900
00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:23,058
a burnt eggplant?
901
00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:25,018
Yeah, and there's
902
00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:25,018
a nice story behind it.
903
00:27:25,018 --> 00:27:27,938
I received
904
00:27:25,018 --> 00:27:27,938
a beautiful, uh, letter.
905
00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:32,485
He invited me to bring
906
00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:32,485
my food to the north of Italy,
907
00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:34,403
and to cook one week.
908
00:27:34,403 --> 00:27:40,909
I said, "I'm going to cook
909
00:27:34,403 --> 00:27:40,909
eggplants, lamb, and wheat."
910
00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:44,913
When we arrived,
911
00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:44,913
the supplier arrived,
912
00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:48,708
and I saw that the eggplants
913
00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:48,708
were with a little bit water.
914
00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:52,630
So apparently, on the way,
915
00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:52,630
somebody put it in the freezer,
916
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:57,468
so I told the supplier,
917
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:57,468
"Send it back."
918
00:27:57,468 --> 00:28:01,472
The lady chef
919
00:27:57,468 --> 00:28:01,472
of the place, you know,
920
00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:04,099
she called immediately
921
00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:04,099
the public relations and said,
922
00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:06,435
"Listen, that
923
00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:06,435
Israeli chef is rude.
924
00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:09,980
We order for him especially
925
00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,899
the eggplants
926
00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,899
from Rome and Sicily."
927
00:28:12,899 --> 00:28:16,195
So she said,
928
00:28:12,899 --> 00:28:16,195
"You take some money,
929
00:28:12,899 --> 00:28:16,195
you go the villages.
930
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:17,946
You arrange yourself."
931
00:28:17,946 --> 00:28:20,782
We start to roast,
932
00:28:17,946 --> 00:28:20,782
to burn the eggplant.
933
00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:23,202
So she called once
934
00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:23,202
again the public relations.
935
00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:25,829
She said, "Listen!
936
00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:25,829
He is completely mad.
937
00:28:25,829 --> 00:28:28,207
After you gave him money
938
00:28:25,829 --> 00:28:28,207
to buy new eggplants,
939
00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:29,625
he's standing with his cook,
940
00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:31,210
and he's burning
941
00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:31,210
the eggplants."
942
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,503
That's great.
943
00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:35,755
So that's
944
00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:35,755
the eggplant carpaccio.
945
00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:39,759
And if you take a fork,
946
00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:39,759
yes, and you smash it,
947
00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:43,389
at the end of the day,
948
00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:43,389
that's the eggplant salad
949
00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,599
of my mother that
950
00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,599
I arrange on the plate.
951
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:48,686
-I'm gonna eat that,
952
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:48,686
is that okay?
953
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:48,686
-Eat. Please.
954
00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:57,903
The essence of the Israeli
955
00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:57,903
taste is lemon juice,
956
00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:01,823
olive oil, and the liquids
957
00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:01,823
from the vegetables.
958
00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:06,245
This is the taste
959
00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:06,245
that you miss after two,
960
00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:07,954
three days when you go abroad,
961
00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:11,208
and you just want to take
962
00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:11,208
a piece of bread and dip it.
963
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:12,834
But that's the taste.
964
00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:14,378
All right,
965
00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:14,378
so we're going to make
966
00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:14,378
some shakshuka today.
967
00:29:14,378 --> 00:29:15,921
Shakshuka
968
00:29:15,921 --> 00:29:17,797
Erez jump-started
969
00:29:15,921 --> 00:29:17,797
the Israeli food revolution
970
00:29:17,797 --> 00:29:19,883
in the '80s
971
00:29:17,797 --> 00:29:19,883
with his artisanal bread.
972
00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:23,970
Because of him, there's amazing
973
00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:23,970
bread everywhere in Israel.
974
00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:29,309
He lives just 800 meters
975
00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:29,309
from the Lebanese border.
976
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:33,439
-You like hot stuff?
977
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:33,439
-Yeah, I love it.
978
00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:36,692
-Okay, so you're going
979
00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:36,692
to get it.
980
00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:36,692
-Good. Good.
981
00:29:36,692 --> 00:29:38,652
You know, it's 9:00
982
00:29:36,692 --> 00:29:38,652
in the morning.
983
00:29:38,652 --> 00:29:40,195
I should be eating
984
00:29:38,652 --> 00:29:40,195
spicy food by now.
985
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:41,697
-Exactly.
986
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:41,697
-So I have a question.
987
00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:45,409
-Shakshuka is
988
00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:45,409
North African, right?
989
00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:45,409
-Yes.
990
00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:47,786
It's from Libya,
991
00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:47,786
or Morocco?
992
00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:50,914
By now,
993
00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:50,914
shakshuka is one of
994
00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:56,420
the Israeli staples
995
00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:56,420
of breakfast.
996
00:29:56,420 --> 00:30:00,090
Yes.
997
00:29:56,420 --> 00:30:00,090
Is it now Israeli cuisine?
998
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:02,342
I think
999
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:02,342
it is Israeli cuisine.
1000
00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:06,346
Crude and hot
1001
00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:06,346
and lots of olive oil,
1002
00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:11,518
and you eat it with
1003
00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:11,518
the bread, and it's not stuffy.
1004
00:30:11,518 --> 00:30:16,523
We kind of took recipes
1005
00:30:11,518 --> 00:30:16,523
from the Palestinians,
1006
00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:18,858
and from the Turks,
1007
00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:18,858
and from the Bulgarians,
1008
00:30:18,858 --> 00:30:21,361
and we made it our own,
1009
00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:23,572
but it happens all
1010
00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:23,572
over the world, I think.
1011
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,533
It does. It happens all over
1012
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,533
the world with food.
1013
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:29,202
But, I mean, when you go
1014
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:29,202
to an Arab restaurant
1015
00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:31,330
around here or you're
1016
00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:31,330
eating Palestinian cuisine,
1017
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,248
in this country,
1018
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,248
is it Israeli food, then?
1019
00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:39,463
I think Israeli
1020
00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:39,463
and Palestinian is one thing.
1021
00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:41,465
Food is not political.
1022
00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:47,012
Food is, eh, what is grown
1023
00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:47,012
on this land by the people
1024
00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:48,639
who are living in it.
1025
00:30:48,639 --> 00:30:50,599
If they're called
1026
00:30:48,639 --> 00:30:50,599
Palestinians or Israelis,
1027
00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:52,518
I don't care.
1028
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:56,104
I don't think the tomato
1029
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:56,104
care if a Palestinian cut it,
1030
00:30:56,104 --> 00:31:00,400
or an Israeli guy cut it,
1031
00:30:56,104 --> 00:31:00,400
it's the same thing.
1032
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,321
I would serve it with
1033
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,321
goat, ricotta, bread,
1034
00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:07,616
and the Palestinian will serve
1035
00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:07,616
it with, eh, pita bread.
1036
00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:09,702
That's the only
1037
00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:09,702
difference.
1038
00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:13,288
-Wow, it's hot.
1039
00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:13,288
-Yeah, it is hot.
1040
00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:15,457
What kind of
1041
00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:15,457
pepper is that?
1042
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:17,751
Eh, it's, eh...
1043
00:31:17,751 --> 00:31:19,712
I'm glad
1044
00:31:17,751 --> 00:31:19,712
I'm not the only one.
1045
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:21,630
I've been trying to keep
1046
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:21,630
myself from crying.
1047
00:31:21,630 --> 00:31:23,256
Wow.
1048
00:31:23,256 --> 00:31:26,343
Ten years from now,
1049
00:31:23,256 --> 00:31:26,343
what is Israeli food?
1050
00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:27,845
Regional,
1051
00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:27,845
regional, regional.
1052
00:31:27,845 --> 00:31:29,638
Big-time regional.
1053
00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:32,057
But Israel is the size
1054
00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:32,057
of, you know, New Jersey.
1055
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:35,352
How different is the food all
1056
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:35,352
the way in the south from here?
1057
00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:39,022
Very different.
1058
00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:39,022
Here, we have mostly goats.
1059
00:31:39,022 --> 00:31:41,859
In the south,
1060
00:31:39,022 --> 00:31:41,859
we have more sheep.
1061
00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:43,694
The olive oil
1062
00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:43,694
is different.
1063
00:31:43,694 --> 00:31:46,154
The use of lemon
1064
00:31:43,694 --> 00:31:46,154
juice is different.
1065
00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:48,114
The wild herbs
1066
00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:48,114
are different.
1067
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:50,075
And the people
1068
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:50,075
are different.
1069
00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:57,082
There's a huge misconception
1070
00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:57,082
that this is
1071
00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:59,543
just sort of this country,
1072
00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:59,543
like, in the Middle East.
1073
00:31:59,543 --> 00:32:02,921
There's palm trees
1074
00:31:59,543 --> 00:32:02,921
and sand and whatever.
1075
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:06,425
The regions and the terroir,
1076
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:06,425
from a food perspective,
1077
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:07,801
are totally different.
1078
00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:10,512
You've got sort of
1079
00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:10,512
hot air in the south,
1080
00:32:10,512 --> 00:32:13,473
and you've got very cold,
1081
00:32:10,512 --> 00:32:13,473
sort of mountainous,
1082
00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:15,267
high elevation in the north.
1083
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:17,269
You've got people fishing
1084
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:17,269
in the Mediterranean,
1085
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,479
and we've got people fishing
1086
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,479
every single day
1087
00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:22,023
in the Kinneret,
1088
00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:22,023
in the Sea of Galilee.
1089
00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:36,580
[Avigail Aharon] My father was
1090
00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:36,580
a fisherman in the Kinneret.
1091
00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:39,750
When I was a little girl,
1092
00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:39,750
we'd go away to the Kinneret
1093
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:44,963
to do fishing
1094
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:44,963
and to make some picnics.
1095
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:47,466
So I love the Kinneret,
1096
00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:52,471
and to cook the fruit
1097
00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:52,471
of the Kinneret.
1098
00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:55,265
And I cook just local food,
1099
00:32:55,265 --> 00:32:59,144
traditional Tiberianic food
1100
00:32:55,265 --> 00:32:59,144
in my kitchen.
1101
00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:03,482
This is the fish
1102
00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:03,482
that you caught today,
1103
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:04,983
-this morning.
1104
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:04,983
-Mm-hm. Yes.
1105
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:06,777
We're going to make
1106
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:06,777
St. Peter's fish.
1107
00:33:06,777 --> 00:33:08,987
So St. Peter's fish
1108
00:33:06,777 --> 00:33:08,987
is freshwater tilapia here.
1109
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:15,201
Yes. We cook it in a traditional
1110
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:15,201
sauce we make in Tiberias.
1111
00:33:18,914 --> 00:33:23,042
The Galilee is unique--
1112
00:33:18,914 --> 00:33:23,042
the fish and the Arab influence
1113
00:33:23,042 --> 00:33:25,253
that live in the area.
1114
00:33:25,253 --> 00:33:27,422
So if somebody
1115
00:33:25,253 --> 00:33:27,422
that grew up here was Arab
1116
00:33:27,422 --> 00:33:29,299
and Muslim, not Jewish,
1117
00:33:27,422 --> 00:33:29,299
and they ate this food,
1118
00:33:29,299 --> 00:33:31,718
would this remind them
1119
00:33:29,299 --> 00:33:31,718
of what they grew up with?
1120
00:33:31,718 --> 00:33:33,261
Yes. Yes, of course.
1121
00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,472
The Christian, the Muslim,
1122
00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,472
and the Jewish,
1123
00:33:35,472 --> 00:33:37,223
they make dinners together
1124
00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:40,644
so everybody learn
1125
00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:40,644
from another.
1126
00:33:40,644 --> 00:33:42,771
You put the fish inside.
1127
00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:46,650
Cool. Now the fish
1128
00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:46,650
is already cooked.
1129
00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:48,777
Yes, it already
1130
00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:48,777
cooks a few minutes,
1131
00:33:48,777 --> 00:33:51,363
-and it's ready.
1132
00:33:48,777 --> 00:33:51,363
-Great.
1133
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,574
[Ronit Vered]
1134
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,574
In the last 20 years,
1135
00:33:54,574 --> 00:33:57,619
with everything that is
1136
00:33:54,574 --> 00:33:57,619
going on around us, suddenly,
1137
00:33:57,619 --> 00:34:01,414
local chefs, Jewish chefs, from
1138
00:33:57,619 --> 00:34:01,414
Jewish origin, started to look,
1139
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:04,083
and to discover
1140
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:04,083
the Palestinian cuisine.
1141
00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:06,879
Fish of Galilee
1142
00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:06,879
you eat with your hands.
1143
00:34:06,879 --> 00:34:10,048
Perfect. I have two of
1144
00:34:06,879 --> 00:34:10,048
those, so I'm good, right?
1145
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,092
[Offaim] At one point
1146
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,092
in the mid-'90s,
1147
00:34:13,092 --> 00:34:15,929
this entire country
1148
00:34:13,092 --> 00:34:15,929
and this entire area
1149
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:20,141
called the Middle East,
1150
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:20,141
was in huge hope for change.
1151
00:34:20,141 --> 00:34:23,186
The peace process
1152
00:34:20,141 --> 00:34:23,186
was at its peak,
1153
00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:25,856
Rabin, our prime minister,
1154
00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:25,856
had not been murdered yet,
1155
00:34:25,856 --> 00:34:28,358
and everybody was
1156
00:34:25,856 --> 00:34:28,358
hoping for peace.
1157
00:34:28,358 --> 00:34:32,320
All of a sudden, Arab
1158
00:34:28,358 --> 00:34:32,320
restaurants started flourishing.
1159
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:37,492
And Jews went to visit
1160
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:37,492
their Arab neighbors,
1161
00:34:37,492 --> 00:34:39,118
and when I say neighbors,
1162
00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,246
I mean neighbors,
1163
00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,246
across the road,
1164
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:44,833
whose food they've never
1165
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:44,833
really tasted, and said,
1166
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:48,127
"What are you eating at home?
1167
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:48,127
What do you guys eat?
1168
00:34:48,127 --> 00:34:51,172
Not where the tourists eat,
1169
00:34:48,127 --> 00:34:51,172
where do the locals eat?"
1170
00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:53,926
And we've discovered
1171
00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:53,926
this incredible Palestinian
1172
00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:56,219
and Arabic kitchen.
1173
00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:03,142
-How are you?
1174
00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:03,142
-I'm good. I'm good.
1175
00:35:03,142 --> 00:35:04,644
I'm so happy
1176
00:35:03,142 --> 00:35:04,644
to eat some of this.
1177
00:35:04,644 --> 00:35:06,063
-Thank you.
1178
00:35:04,644 --> 00:35:06,063
-What are we making?
1179
00:35:06,063 --> 00:35:08,314
We are making
1180
00:35:06,063 --> 00:35:08,314
Palestinian food.
1181
00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:13,152
-Some keves? Some lamb.
1182
00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:13,152
-Yes, keves.
1183
00:35:13,152 --> 00:35:14,654
-Lamb.
1184
00:35:13,152 --> 00:35:14,654
-100-- It's all lamb.
1185
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:18,450
-Just lamb.
1186
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:18,450
-Just lamb. A lotta fat, eh?
1187
00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:22,161
So how many Jews
1188
00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:22,161
come to El Babor?
1189
00:35:22,161 --> 00:35:25,874
Here in El Babor,
1190
00:35:22,161 --> 00:35:25,874
here in the Umm al-Fahm,
1191
00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:30,378
it's, like, about 50-50 Arabic
1192
00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:30,378
and 50 Jewish.
1193
00:35:32,422 --> 00:35:35,341
[exclaiming]
1194
00:35:35,341 --> 00:35:37,970
So right now, you're putting
1195
00:35:35,341 --> 00:35:37,970
the kebabs on cinnamon sticks.
1196
00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,805
-Yes.
1197
00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,805
-Amazing.
1198
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:44,101
[in Hebrew] If someone
1199
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:44,101
says Palestinian food
1200
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:44,101
and Israeli food,
1201
00:35:44,101 --> 00:35:46,478
what do you think
1202
00:35:44,101 --> 00:35:46,478
about that?
1203
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:48,313
[in Hebrew]
1204
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:48,313
The food is Palestinian.
1205
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:53,234
This food came
1206
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:53,234
before I was born,
1207
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:53,234
before my father was born.
1208
00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:57,405
These recipes are
1209
00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:57,405
hundreds of years old.
1210
00:35:57,405 --> 00:35:58,991
[in English]
1211
00:35:57,405 --> 00:35:58,991
Food makes peace.
1212
00:35:58,991 --> 00:36:01,118
If you come to eat with me,
1213
00:36:01,118 --> 00:36:05,622
and if you come
1214
00:36:01,118 --> 00:36:05,622
to learn my food,
1215
00:36:05,622 --> 00:36:09,042
maybe it's going to
1216
00:36:05,622 --> 00:36:09,042
bring us all together.
1217
00:36:10,085 --> 00:36:11,962
That is our famous kebab.
1218
00:36:11,962 --> 00:36:13,964
We call that Kebab El Babor.
1219
00:36:18,217 --> 00:36:19,845
Great.
1220
00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,226
-Oh, my gosh.
1221
00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,226
-You can taste it.
1222
00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:28,895
Yeah, it's amazing.
1223
00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:28,895
The cinnamon is--
1224
00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:31,148
-Be careful. This is hot.
1225
00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:31,148
-It's very hot, huh?
1226
00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:44,036
It was a great time,
1227
00:36:44,036 --> 00:36:48,707
and then, the peace process,
1228
00:36:44,036 --> 00:36:48,707
unfortunately,
1229
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:52,335
had gone into
1230
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:52,335
a very deep slope,
1231
00:36:52,335 --> 00:36:54,880
and those celebrity chefs,
1232
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,674
and celebrity restaurants
1233
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,674
opened by Palestinians
1234
00:36:57,674 --> 00:36:59,051
were put aside a bit.
1235
00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:03,138
Everything has
1236
00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:03,138
to do with politics.
1237
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:10,436
[in Arabic] In 2000, there
1238
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:10,436
was another intifada here,
1239
00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:13,314
and the restaurants
1240
00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:13,314
constantly suffered.
1241
00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:14,983
Even today I'm suffering.
1242
00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:17,402
Now, in Arab restaurants,
1243
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:21,322
every little political
1244
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:21,322
event that happens,
1245
00:37:21,322 --> 00:37:23,700
the Jews stop coming.
1246
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:28,163
Whenever you talk about
1247
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:28,163
Israeli food in the world,
1248
00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:31,124
people immediately will start
1249
00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:31,124
talking about the conflict.
1250
00:37:31,124 --> 00:37:33,877
It makes the whole thing
1251
00:37:31,124 --> 00:37:33,877
much less marketable,
1252
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:37,089
and every time
1253
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:37,089
you approach it,
1254
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:37,089
it turns into a debate.
1255
00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:41,009
And I truly believe that the way
1256
00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:41,009
to resolve that debate,
1257
00:37:41,009 --> 00:37:45,013
or maybe to help,
1258
00:37:41,009 --> 00:37:45,013
to negotiate, is through food.
1259
00:37:45,013 --> 00:37:48,058
[distant conversation]
1260
00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:50,852
[Solomonov]
1261
00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:50,852
It's tough to get a restaurant
1262
00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:50,852
off the ground anywhere.
1263
00:37:50,852 --> 00:37:54,439
If you're
1264
00:37:50,852 --> 00:37:54,439
a Palestinian in Israel,
1265
00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:55,941
it's even harder.
1266
00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:57,567
What are the challenges
1267
00:37:57,567 --> 00:38:00,028
of a Palestinian chef
1268
00:37:57,567 --> 00:38:00,028
in this country?
1269
00:38:00,028 --> 00:38:02,781
It's really hard to be
1270
00:38:00,028 --> 00:38:02,781
an Arabic chef
1271
00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:06,159
that you can shine your name
1272
00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:06,159
over your restaurant.
1273
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:08,661
You worked
1274
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:08,661
for Jewish Israelis,
1275
00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:11,581
and it was not
1276
00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:11,581
an issue, right?
1277
00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:13,583
It was an issue,
1278
00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:17,212
but I never feel it
1279
00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:17,212
between my circle of
1280
00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:17,212
people that I work with.
1281
00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:21,758
But maybe the outside market,
1282
00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:21,758
we will see it, yeah.
1283
00:38:23,176 --> 00:38:25,845
When you
1284
00:38:23,176 --> 00:38:25,845
are gonna be researching
1285
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:28,598
or trying menu items,
1286
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:28,598
do you start here?
1287
00:38:28,598 --> 00:38:30,642
I mean, in this kitchen?
1288
00:38:28,598 --> 00:38:30,642
Is this where it starts?
1289
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:34,646
Actually, the whole idea
1290
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:34,646
for me of cooking,
1291
00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:38,066
it starts from my mother's
1292
00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:38,066
and grandmother's kitchen.
1293
00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:41,444
My mother is going to make for
1294
00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:41,444
us today maqluba for dinner.
1295
00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:44,447
In English,
1296
00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:44,447
that means "upside down."
1297
00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:49,286
We cook it with chicken,
1298
00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:49,286
rice, and different types
1299
00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:49,286
of vegetables.
1300
00:38:49,286 --> 00:38:52,664
And we just turn it
1301
00:38:49,286 --> 00:38:52,664
upside down, and then we
1302
00:38:49,286 --> 00:38:52,664
have it for lunch.
1303
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:56,251
-How long has she been
1304
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:56,251
making this maqluba?
1305
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:56,251
-[speaks Hebrew]
1306
00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:58,086
-[Kamel] Thirty-two years.
1307
00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:58,086
-[Solomonov] Thirty-two years.
1308
00:38:58,086 --> 00:39:00,255
Thirty-two years
1309
00:38:58,086 --> 00:39:00,255
she's been making it.
1310
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:02,381
And how long have you
1311
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:02,381
eaten the maqluba?
1312
00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:02,381
How old are you?
1313
00:39:02,381 --> 00:39:04,425
I'm thirty-three.
1314
00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:06,719
One year!
1315
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,514
So I will help her
1316
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,514
with removing the chicken.
1317
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:12,017
I can smell a lot of spices
1318
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:12,017
on the chicken.
1319
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:17,605
There is kurkum,
1320
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:17,605
there is turmeric,
1321
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:17,605
also cinnamon.
1322
00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:18,731
Cinnamon.
1323
00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:20,608
She's going to make it
1324
00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:20,608
as layers.
1325
00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:23,195
She put the chicken
1326
00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:23,195
in the bottom of the pot.
1327
00:39:27,324 --> 00:39:29,450
It smells so, so good.
1328
00:39:29,450 --> 00:39:31,036
And the kurkum,
1329
00:39:29,450 --> 00:39:31,036
the way the turmeric
1330
00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:33,746
stains the rice
1331
00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:33,746
is fantastic.
1332
00:39:33,746 --> 00:39:36,708
How does she feel about you
1333
00:39:33,746 --> 00:39:36,708
being a chef and that you're
1334
00:39:33,746 --> 00:39:36,708
cooking this food?
1335
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:40,670
She don't like me to be
1336
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:40,670
in her kitchen a lot.
1337
00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:45,217
I know, she's, like,
1338
00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:45,217
maybe you'll find a wife
1339
00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:45,217
that's a doctor, right?
1340
00:39:45,217 --> 00:39:49,221
Now, Mike, this is
1341
00:39:45,217 --> 00:39:49,221
the most dangerous
1342
00:39:45,217 --> 00:39:49,221
and interesting part.
1343
00:39:49,221 --> 00:39:51,848
I love that,
1344
00:39:49,221 --> 00:39:51,848
I love danger.
1345
00:39:51,848 --> 00:39:53,141
This is where
1346
00:39:51,848 --> 00:39:53,141
we turn it over.
1347
00:39:53,141 --> 00:39:54,517
Can I help you out?
1348
00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:58,271
No, I prefer to do it
1349
00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:58,271
on my own, it's better.
1350
00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:05,153
I had my fingers crossed.
1351
00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:11,617
Oh, look at that.
1352
00:40:11,617 --> 00:40:13,203
Money!
1353
00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:14,787
Clean.
1354
00:40:19,376 --> 00:40:21,086
[Vered] In a way,
1355
00:40:19,376 --> 00:40:21,086
in the kitchen,
1356
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:24,005
we want to be Arabs,
1357
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:24,005
we want to be local,
1358
00:40:24,005 --> 00:40:26,424
we want to use
1359
00:40:24,005 --> 00:40:26,424
local ingredients.
1360
00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:30,178
We want to cook things that
1361
00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:30,178
are appropriate for this place.
1362
00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:33,556
[Jur] We looked
1363
00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:33,556
for inspiration
1364
00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:35,225
to our Arabic neighbors.
1365
00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:37,685
That's where our fascination
1366
00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:37,685
with hummus starts.
1367
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:41,106
That's where we learned
1368
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:41,106
to make our chopped salad,
1369
00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:44,150
which we now call
1370
00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:44,150
Israeli salad.
1371
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:46,403
Israeli salad's
1372
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:46,403
actually Arabic salad.
1373
00:40:46,403 --> 00:40:50,323
On the menus
1374
00:40:46,403 --> 00:40:50,323
of most restaurants,
1375
00:40:50,323 --> 00:40:52,284
it's still listed
1376
00:40:50,323 --> 00:40:52,284
as Arabic salad.
1377
00:40:52,284 --> 00:40:54,244
You have it throughout
1378
00:40:52,284 --> 00:40:54,244
the Middle East.
1379
00:40:54,244 --> 00:40:57,122
It's basically chopped salad
1380
00:40:54,244 --> 00:40:57,122
of cucumber, tomatoes,
1381
00:40:57,122 --> 00:40:59,582
onions, peppers,
1382
00:40:57,122 --> 00:40:59,582
and thymes,
1383
00:40:59,582 --> 00:41:00,959
simply dressed
1384
00:40:59,582 --> 00:41:00,959
with olive oil,
1385
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:03,586
lemon juice,
1386
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:03,586
and salt and pepper.
1387
00:41:03,586 --> 00:41:06,214
What makes it Israeli is
1388
00:41:03,586 --> 00:41:06,214
the way we use the salad,
1389
00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:09,508
because we may have learned
1390
00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:09,508
it from our Arab neighbors,
1391
00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:11,428
but they don't have
1392
00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:11,428
salad for breakfast.
1393
00:41:11,428 --> 00:41:14,472
We do, and we also
1394
00:41:11,428 --> 00:41:14,472
have it for lunch,
1395
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:16,099
and we also
1396
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:16,099
have it for dinner,
1397
00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:17,976
and we stuff it in
1398
00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:17,976
the pita with schnitzel,
1399
00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:20,979
and chips and French fries.
1400
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:23,564
The Palestinians
1401
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:23,564
don't really like to think
1402
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:25,817
that Israeli cuisine
1403
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:25,817
takes a lot of things
1404
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:29,321
from their heritage,
1405
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:29,321
from the local things.
1406
00:41:29,321 --> 00:41:32,198
They often accuse
1407
00:41:29,321 --> 00:41:32,198
us of stealing it,
1408
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,742
something I can understand.
1409
00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:37,245
If you ask me, talking
1410
00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:37,245
about stealing
1411
00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,622
when it comes to kitchen
1412
00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,622
is not the right term.
1413
00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:42,083
You know, the beautiful
1414
00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:42,083
thing about kitchens
1415
00:41:42,083 --> 00:41:43,918
and the culture of food,
1416
00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:46,671
even before the globalization
1417
00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:46,671
of the modern world,
1418
00:41:46,671 --> 00:41:48,423
ingredients and techniques
1419
00:41:48,423 --> 00:41:50,549
and dishes travel,
1420
00:41:48,423 --> 00:41:50,549
and that's the beauty of it.
1421
00:41:50,549 --> 00:41:52,051
But I completely
1422
00:41:50,549 --> 00:41:52,051
understand,
1423
00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,429
in light
1424
00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,429
of the political issues,
1425
00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:56,139
why they accuse
1426
00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:56,139
us of stealing,
1427
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:57,849
and why they are
1428
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:57,849
so touchy about it,
1429
00:41:57,849 --> 00:41:59,892
and why they
1430
00:41:57,849 --> 00:41:59,892
feel like this.
1431
00:41:59,892 --> 00:42:02,228
[in Arabic] There was arrogance
1432
00:41:59,892 --> 00:42:02,228
among the Jews
1433
00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:05,357
in relation
1434
00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:05,357
to Arab cuisine.
1435
00:42:05,357 --> 00:42:11,446
"What is that, anyway?
1436
00:42:05,357 --> 00:42:11,446
The Arab kitchen is nothing."
1437
00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:17,785
That was the arrogance
1438
00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:17,785
in the '60s, '70s,
1439
00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:17,785
even the '80s.
1440
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:23,833
The falafel is ours,
1441
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:23,833
the maqluba is ours,
1442
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:23,833
the hummus is ours.
1443
00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:25,877
What do you have?
1444
00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:25,877
Where is it from?
1445
00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:27,628
Where is your maqluba from?
1446
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:30,006
Where is your hummus from?
1447
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:30,006
From where?
1448
00:42:30,006 --> 00:42:32,925
Where is the kitchen that
1449
00:42:30,006 --> 00:42:32,925
you call the Israeli kitchen?
1450
00:42:32,925 --> 00:42:34,511
Where is it?
1451
00:42:34,511 --> 00:42:37,180
Let's create an Israeli
1452
00:42:34,511 --> 00:42:37,180
kitchen together! Come!
1453
00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:42,227
Take those raw ingredients
1454
00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:42,227
and make what you want.
1455
00:42:42,227 --> 00:42:45,730
Come! Let's join hands
1456
00:42:42,227 --> 00:42:45,730
and work together!
1457
00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:50,735
We say that food
1458
00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:50,735
brings hearts together,
1459
00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:50,735
but you don't want to.
1460
00:42:52,778 --> 00:42:55,073
We try here
1461
00:42:52,778 --> 00:42:55,073
to collaborate
1462
00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:57,616
with Arab chefs,
1463
00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:57,616
Palestinian chefs,
1464
00:42:57,616 --> 00:43:01,246
and create a new language
1465
00:42:57,616 --> 00:43:01,246
through our food
1466
00:42:57,616 --> 00:43:01,246
in the restaurant,
1467
00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:03,540
and maybe
1468
00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:03,540
to grow from there.
1469
00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:06,376
But it's only the beginning,
1470
00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:06,376
and we have a long way to go.
1471
00:43:06,376 --> 00:43:08,336
Is it going
1472
00:43:06,376 --> 00:43:08,336
to happen in your lifetime?
1473
00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:11,923
Probably not. No.
1474
00:43:25,937 --> 00:43:29,107
I think that
1475
00:43:25,937 --> 00:43:29,107
what you find in Israelis
1476
00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:33,778
is an amazing mixture
1477
00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:33,778
of sweetness,
1478
00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:37,240
and... and brutality.
1479
00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:39,325
Now this is why
1480
00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:39,325
we are called sabras.
1481
00:43:39,325 --> 00:43:42,745
The idea of the sabra fruit,
1482
00:43:39,325 --> 00:43:42,745
of the prickly pear,
1483
00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:45,206
is that from the outside,
1484
00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:45,206
it can kill you,
1485
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:47,250
because it has these thorns
1486
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:47,250
that are really,
1487
00:43:47,250 --> 00:43:49,835
really, really painful
1488
00:43:47,250 --> 00:43:49,835
when you meet them.
1489
00:43:57,427 --> 00:44:01,514
But from the inside,
1490
00:43:57,427 --> 00:44:01,514
it's colorful and sweet,
1491
00:44:01,514 --> 00:44:06,478
and I do think
1492
00:44:01,514 --> 00:44:06,478
that this combination
1493
00:44:06,478 --> 00:44:08,896
is very true and very right.
1494
00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:14,902
[Rousso] You don't
1495
00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:14,902
take life for granted.
1496
00:44:14,902 --> 00:44:18,323
Living in Israel, you
1497
00:44:14,902 --> 00:44:18,323
can't take life for granted.
1498
00:44:18,323 --> 00:44:23,911
It's been on risk since I was
1499
00:44:18,323 --> 00:44:23,911
born, since Israel was born.
1500
00:44:23,911 --> 00:44:27,332
For example, I used to work
1501
00:44:23,911 --> 00:44:27,332
in the center of Tel Aviv
1502
00:44:27,332 --> 00:44:30,543
when I was 18, during
1503
00:44:27,332 --> 00:44:30,543
all the terrorist attacks,
1504
00:44:30,543 --> 00:44:33,338
and I just missed a bus.
1505
00:44:33,338 --> 00:44:36,549
I missed so many bombs,
1506
00:44:33,338 --> 00:44:36,549
I was supposed to be there.
1507
00:44:36,549 --> 00:44:38,468
Every Israeli will
1508
00:44:36,549 --> 00:44:38,468
tell you that.
1509
00:44:38,468 --> 00:44:42,514
There is
1510
00:44:38,468 --> 00:44:42,514
no tomorrow in Israel.
1511
00:44:42,514 --> 00:44:44,056
There is no tomorrow.
1512
00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:47,810
People cannot plan even
1513
00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:47,810
for one year ahead.
1514
00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:51,897
They feel that if they
1515
00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:51,897
will not do it right now,
1516
00:44:51,897 --> 00:44:55,692
then it will exist
1517
00:44:51,897 --> 00:44:55,692
in that moment,
1518
00:44:55,692 --> 00:44:58,821
it will not be.
1519
00:44:58,821 --> 00:45:03,159
In other countries,
1520
00:44:58,821 --> 00:45:03,159
they're thinking about
1521
00:45:03,159 --> 00:45:05,911
the days that
1522
00:45:03,159 --> 00:45:05,911
they will be old.
1523
00:45:05,911 --> 00:45:11,626
Here, you cannot imagine
1524
00:45:05,911 --> 00:45:11,626
that you will be old.
1525
00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:22,387
We're on the border
1526
00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:22,387
of Lebanon in the north.
1527
00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:27,559
This is the site of
1528
00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:27,559
my brother's death.
1529
00:45:27,559 --> 00:45:31,604
He was a 21-year-old kid.
1530
00:45:31,604 --> 00:45:34,815
My brother was
1531
00:45:31,604 --> 00:45:34,815
in the military.
1532
00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:37,109
He was inside of Israel
1533
00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:37,109
defending a border,
1534
00:45:37,109 --> 00:45:40,321
and was shot,
1535
00:45:37,109 --> 00:45:40,321
and died doing that.
1536
00:45:40,321 --> 00:45:43,700
And it happened to be
1537
00:45:40,321 --> 00:45:43,700
three days before his release.
1538
00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:45,660
It happened to be
1539
00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:45,660
on Yom Kippur,
1540
00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:48,162
when we're all taught that
1541
00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:48,162
God closes the Book of Life.
1542
00:45:50,206 --> 00:45:52,667
It's important for
1543
00:45:50,206 --> 00:45:52,667
my family to be here,
1544
00:45:52,667 --> 00:45:55,545
because it's the ten-year
1545
00:45:52,667 --> 00:45:55,545
anniversary of his death.
1546
00:45:55,545 --> 00:45:59,215
I've got a son now named
1547
00:45:55,545 --> 00:45:59,215
after my brother, David,
1548
00:45:59,215 --> 00:46:02,176
and I've got a wife,
1549
00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:05,555
and we've got
1550
00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:05,555
friends of Dave's,
1551
00:46:05,555 --> 00:46:07,348
and friends of mine,
1552
00:46:07,348 --> 00:46:09,850
and I think that this
1553
00:46:07,348 --> 00:46:09,850
is a special place.
1554
00:46:09,850 --> 00:46:13,271
I think that,
1555
00:46:09,850 --> 00:46:13,271
subconsciously,
1556
00:46:13,271 --> 00:46:16,107
I started cooking
1557
00:46:13,271 --> 00:46:16,107
more Israeli cuisine,
1558
00:46:16,107 --> 00:46:19,611
or using Israeli influences,
1559
00:46:16,107 --> 00:46:19,611
and some people might even say
1560
00:46:19,611 --> 00:46:22,488
Yemenite influences,
1561
00:46:19,611 --> 00:46:22,488
Sephardic influences.
1562
00:46:22,488 --> 00:46:26,576
It wasn't, like,
1563
00:46:22,488 --> 00:46:26,576
abruptly Israeli.
1564
00:46:26,576 --> 00:46:28,494
I wasn't making,
1565
00:46:26,576 --> 00:46:28,494
like, chopped salad,
1566
00:46:28,494 --> 00:46:31,122
or doing Israeli breakfast
1567
00:46:28,494 --> 00:46:31,122
or anything like that,
1568
00:46:31,122 --> 00:46:34,667
but things started to end up
1569
00:46:31,122 --> 00:46:34,667
on the menu that were things
1570
00:46:34,667 --> 00:46:38,921
that I loved
1571
00:46:34,667 --> 00:46:38,921
here and ate here.
1572
00:46:44,385 --> 00:46:46,721
And in my restaurant...
1573
00:46:48,306 --> 00:46:53,185
we made a case, I think,
1574
00:46:48,306 --> 00:46:53,185
for Israel through food.
1575
00:47:24,801 --> 00:47:27,052
[man] We are in Ein Rafa.
1576
00:47:24,801 --> 00:47:27,052
It's a very small village.
1577
00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:31,015
It's about 900 people,
1578
00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:31,015
Muslim.
1579
00:47:31,015 --> 00:47:32,141
One Jewish.
1580
00:47:32,141 --> 00:47:34,268
The only
1581
00:47:32,141 --> 00:47:34,268
Jewish woman here.
1582
00:47:34,268 --> 00:47:36,228
You have, like,
1583
00:47:34,268 --> 00:47:36,228
two Jewish people now.
1584
00:47:36,228 --> 00:47:38,773
And we didn't marry,
1585
00:47:36,228 --> 00:47:38,773
of course, until now.
1586
00:47:38,773 --> 00:47:41,693
We've lived together
1587
00:47:38,773 --> 00:47:41,693
for 18 years.
1588
00:47:41,693 --> 00:47:44,903
Of course,
1589
00:47:41,693 --> 00:47:44,903
their parents was so upset
1590
00:47:44,903 --> 00:47:48,616
because it's-- she has to be
1591
00:47:44,903 --> 00:47:48,616
Muslim, I have to be Jewish.
1592
00:47:48,616 --> 00:47:52,161
When the children came,
1593
00:47:48,616 --> 00:47:52,161
they said, "Okay." That's it.
1594
00:47:52,161 --> 00:47:54,497
Children
1595
00:47:52,161 --> 00:47:54,497
make peace with everybody.
1596
00:47:54,497 --> 00:47:58,710
My mother told me stories
1597
00:47:54,497 --> 00:47:58,710
about Morocco,
1598
00:47:58,710 --> 00:48:01,587
that she
1599
00:47:58,710 --> 00:48:01,587
lived next to Arabs.
1600
00:48:01,587 --> 00:48:06,175
They were best friends.
1601
00:48:01,587 --> 00:48:06,175
And it was different.
1602
00:48:06,175 --> 00:48:08,636
But here, it's...
1603
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:10,887
I meet Jewish all the time
1604
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:10,887
because we work in the hotel,
1605
00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:13,015
kibbutzim,
1606
00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:13,015
Katsubah and Ketanavim
1607
00:48:13,015 --> 00:48:15,518
and Jerusalem,
1608
00:48:13,015 --> 00:48:15,518
so we know what is Jewish.
1609
00:48:15,518 --> 00:48:18,270
So it was easy for me
1610
00:48:15,518 --> 00:48:18,270
to meet Michal.
1611
00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:21,315
It's normal,
1612
00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:21,315
not so difficult.
1613
00:48:21,315 --> 00:48:23,568
When I came to Jerusalem,
1614
00:48:23,568 --> 00:48:25,319
it was after army,
1615
00:48:25,319 --> 00:48:29,031
in the army, and I've
1616
00:48:25,319 --> 00:48:29,031
been all over Gaza.
1617
00:48:29,031 --> 00:48:31,116
I was a paramedic.
1618
00:48:31,116 --> 00:48:34,328
And I know Arab
1619
00:48:31,116 --> 00:48:34,328
just at war, you know?
1620
00:48:34,328 --> 00:48:37,832
But I came to Jerusalem,
1621
00:48:34,328 --> 00:48:37,832
and I started to hear
1622
00:48:34,328 --> 00:48:37,832
the language.
1623
00:48:37,832 --> 00:48:40,251
And I started to work with
1624
00:48:40,251 --> 00:48:44,046
students from this village,
1625
00:48:40,251 --> 00:48:44,046
and they really hug me.
1626
00:48:44,046 --> 00:48:48,843
It was like, you know, wow!
1627
00:48:44,046 --> 00:48:48,843
It was different.
1628
00:48:48,843 --> 00:48:52,471
The first meal that
1629
00:48:48,843 --> 00:48:52,471
I ate in this village,
1630
00:48:48,843 --> 00:48:52,471
it was amazing.
1631
00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:56,016
This was the first time
1632
00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:56,016
that I ate Arabic food.
1633
00:48:56,016 --> 00:48:59,729
Labneh, olive oil--
1634
00:48:56,016 --> 00:48:59,729
I will never forget it.
1635
00:48:59,729 --> 00:49:03,816
A bread that her mother,
1636
00:48:59,729 --> 00:49:03,816
laffa that her mother made.
1637
00:49:05,860 --> 00:49:06,943
Tomatoes.
1638
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:13,701
Melafefon--
1639
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:13,701
cucumbers, that's it.
1640
00:49:13,701 --> 00:49:16,203
And I was like, wow.
1641
00:49:16,203 --> 00:49:19,081
How do you go
1642
00:49:16,203 --> 00:49:19,081
from that experience
1643
00:49:19,081 --> 00:49:22,126
to what you do now?
1644
00:49:22,126 --> 00:49:26,881
I understood that
1645
00:49:22,126 --> 00:49:26,881
it's supposed to be
1646
00:49:22,126 --> 00:49:26,881
very simple and fresh.
1647
00:49:26,881 --> 00:49:31,803
And we need to make everything,
1648
00:49:26,881 --> 00:49:31,803
and we need to grow everything.
1649
00:49:31,803 --> 00:49:34,179
Because this
1650
00:49:31,803 --> 00:49:34,179
is the connection.
1651
00:49:34,179 --> 00:49:35,723
This is the difference.
1652
00:49:38,643 --> 00:49:41,186
It was very difficult
1653
00:49:38,643 --> 00:49:41,186
in the beginning
1654
00:49:41,186 --> 00:49:43,439
because when people came,
1655
00:49:43,439 --> 00:49:46,358
they asked, "This is
1656
00:49:43,439 --> 00:49:46,358
an Arab restaurant?"
1657
00:49:46,358 --> 00:49:49,069
And I was, you know,
1658
00:49:46,358 --> 00:49:49,069
standing like this.
1659
00:49:49,069 --> 00:49:51,864
"I don't know. Let's roll."
1660
00:49:49,069 --> 00:49:51,864
You know?
1661
00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:54,116
And they said, "Okay,
1662
00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:54,116
where is the hummus?"
1663
00:49:54,116 --> 00:49:56,661
-"Where is falafel?"
1664
00:49:54,116 --> 00:49:56,661
-"I don't have hummus, honey."
1665
00:49:56,661 --> 00:50:00,205
"Where is the shish kabab?
1666
00:49:56,661 --> 00:50:00,205
Where is the hummus?"
1667
00:50:00,205 --> 00:50:04,961
And we always explain
1668
00:50:00,205 --> 00:50:04,961
"Arab food, it's not
1669
00:50:00,205 --> 00:50:04,961
only hummus."
1670
00:50:04,961 --> 00:50:08,130
When they asked me,
1671
00:50:04,961 --> 00:50:08,130
"What is your food?"
1672
00:50:08,130 --> 00:50:11,801
I said, "Really,
1673
00:50:08,130 --> 00:50:11,801
really, this is me."
1674
00:50:11,801 --> 00:50:18,056
Where I come from,
1675
00:50:11,801 --> 00:50:18,056
my Moroccan, you know,
1676
00:50:11,801 --> 00:50:18,056
my mother, what she made,
1677
00:50:18,056 --> 00:50:22,394
what my father made,
1678
00:50:18,056 --> 00:50:22,394
and Yacob and his mother made.
1679
00:50:22,394 --> 00:50:24,313
Do you get
1680
00:50:22,394 --> 00:50:24,313
to learn from his mother?
1681
00:50:24,313 --> 00:50:26,022
Yes, they send us
1682
00:50:24,313 --> 00:50:26,022
food sometimes.
1683
00:50:26,022 --> 00:50:31,278
You cook what you eat
1684
00:50:26,022 --> 00:50:31,278
and you breathe and you see.
1685
00:50:31,278 --> 00:50:33,238
You can look on my plate
1686
00:50:33,238 --> 00:50:37,201
and you can taste the...
1687
00:50:33,238 --> 00:50:37,201
what is Michal, you know?
1688
00:50:37,201 --> 00:50:39,871
This is what I know to do.
1689
00:50:48,546 --> 00:50:52,591
[Ruth Baks]
1690
00:50:48,546 --> 00:50:52,591
Israeli food is evolving
1691
00:50:48,546 --> 00:50:52,591
because of the people here,
1692
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:55,177
because you can't separate
1693
00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:55,177
the land of Israel
1694
00:50:55,177 --> 00:50:57,388
from the people of Israel.
1695
00:50:57,388 --> 00:50:59,640
Only in Israel you're
1696
00:50:57,388 --> 00:50:59,640
gonna find a Moroccan Jew
1697
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,517
marrying a Polish Jew,
1698
00:51:01,517 --> 00:51:04,144
or a Russian
1699
00:51:01,517 --> 00:51:04,144
marrying a Hungarian,
1700
00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:06,856
or an American
1701
00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:06,856
married an Iraqi.
1702
00:51:06,856 --> 00:51:08,858
So do they serve
1703
00:51:06,856 --> 00:51:08,858
gefilte fish,
1704
00:51:08,858 --> 00:51:10,484
or do they serve chraime
1705
00:51:08,858 --> 00:51:10,484
on Friday night?
1706
00:51:10,484 --> 00:51:12,236
chraime = fish stew
1707
00:51:12,236 --> 00:51:14,321
Hopefully, hopefully, chraime.
1708
00:51:12,236 --> 00:51:14,321
I'm just kidding. I'm kidding.
1709
00:51:14,321 --> 00:51:17,408
You're saying,
1710
00:51:14,321 --> 00:51:17,408
but there is a...
1711
00:51:19,117 --> 00:51:21,495
What happens
1712
00:51:19,117 --> 00:51:21,495
in those kitchens?
1713
00:51:46,395 --> 00:51:48,940
So tell me about yourself.
1714
00:51:46,395 --> 00:51:48,940
Where are you from?
1715
00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:53,736
I grew up
1716
00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:53,736
in south of Tel Aviv.
1717
00:51:53,736 --> 00:51:55,988
The people there
1718
00:51:53,736 --> 00:51:55,988
were from all over,
1719
00:51:55,988 --> 00:52:00,910
like Bulgaria
1720
00:51:55,988 --> 00:52:00,910
and Turkey, Ashkenaz.
1721
00:52:00,910 --> 00:52:04,288
So basically,
1722
00:52:00,910 --> 00:52:04,288
there are two Jewish heritages:
1723
00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:06,582
Sephardic and Ashkenazi.
1724
00:52:06,582 --> 00:52:09,919
Sephardic Jews come from
1725
00:52:06,582 --> 00:52:09,919
Spain, North Africa,
1726
00:52:09,919 --> 00:52:11,378
and the Middle East.
1727
00:52:12,964 --> 00:52:15,382
Ashkenazi Jews are from
1728
00:52:12,964 --> 00:52:15,382
Germany, Russia, Poland,
1729
00:52:15,382 --> 00:52:17,593
and the rest of
1730
00:52:15,382 --> 00:52:17,593
Eastern Europe.
1731
00:52:17,593 --> 00:52:22,389
And the neighborhood,
1732
00:52:17,593 --> 00:52:22,389
it was open space for everyone.
1733
00:52:22,389 --> 00:52:26,060
I mean, I could
1734
00:52:22,389 --> 00:52:26,060
come from school,
1735
00:52:26,060 --> 00:52:30,856
and go to eat with
1736
00:52:26,060 --> 00:52:30,856
my neighbor in his place.
1737
00:52:30,856 --> 00:52:34,192
It wasn't a big issue.
1738
00:52:34,192 --> 00:52:38,030
You just walk in
1739
00:52:34,192 --> 00:52:38,030
and sit and eat.
1740
00:52:38,030 --> 00:52:41,993
So I think I got experience
1741
00:52:41,993 --> 00:52:45,788
with a lot of taste of
1742
00:52:41,993 --> 00:52:45,788
kitchens of all over,
1743
00:52:45,788 --> 00:52:49,917
but my mother, for me,
1744
00:52:45,788 --> 00:52:49,917
is the cooking school.
1745
00:52:49,917 --> 00:52:55,589
My mother originally, she's from
1746
00:52:49,917 --> 00:52:55,589
the border of Turkey and Syria.
1747
00:52:55,589 --> 00:52:58,759
When she was
1748
00:52:55,589 --> 00:52:58,759
nine years old,
1749
00:52:58,759 --> 00:53:03,555
an Ashkenaz woman asked her
1750
00:52:58,759 --> 00:53:03,555
if she want to work, to clean,
1751
00:53:03,555 --> 00:53:07,267
and she cleaned the house,
1752
00:53:07,267 --> 00:53:10,980
but she studied to
1753
00:53:07,267 --> 00:53:10,980
cook Ashkenaz food,
1754
00:53:10,980 --> 00:53:14,066
like gefilte fish, kneidlach.
1755
00:53:14,066 --> 00:53:15,943
-Chopped liver.
1756
00:53:14,066 --> 00:53:15,943
-Yeah, chopped liver.
1757
00:53:15,943 --> 00:53:19,404
And on Rosh Hashanah
1758
00:53:15,943 --> 00:53:19,404
and Pesach,
1759
00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:23,868
we used to eat Ashkenaz food
1760
00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:23,868
and Turkish food together.
1761
00:53:23,868 --> 00:53:25,369
It was crazy.
1762
00:53:25,369 --> 00:53:27,830
So everything I based
1763
00:53:25,369 --> 00:53:27,830
on her knowledge,
1764
00:53:27,830 --> 00:53:29,999
and what she gave me to eat.
1765
00:53:31,207 --> 00:53:35,420
For example, this one
1766
00:53:31,207 --> 00:53:35,420
is a white tuna
1767
00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:39,175
that I put in
1768
00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:39,175
saltwater for two days,
1769
00:53:39,175 --> 00:53:40,551
and then I clean the skin.
1770
00:53:40,551 --> 00:53:42,469
I fillet everything,
1771
00:53:42,469 --> 00:53:47,223
and we eat it with sour cream
1772
00:53:42,469 --> 00:53:47,223
and horseradish and potato.
1773
00:53:47,223 --> 00:53:49,852
-This is very Ashkenaz.
1774
00:53:47,223 --> 00:53:49,852
-Absolutely.
1775
00:53:49,852 --> 00:53:52,312
This is kind of like
1776
00:53:49,852 --> 00:53:52,312
pickled herring. So simple.
1777
00:53:52,312 --> 00:53:54,314
Yes. I don't put any green.
1778
00:53:54,314 --> 00:53:57,985
If they want to put green,
1779
00:53:54,314 --> 00:53:57,985
I cut the finger off them.
1780
00:53:57,985 --> 00:53:59,611
Don't...
1781
00:53:59,611 --> 00:54:01,697
You mean greens,
1782
00:53:59,611 --> 00:54:01,697
like, to garnish.
1783
00:54:01,697 --> 00:54:04,075
It's instinct
1784
00:54:01,697 --> 00:54:04,075
to put something.
1785
00:54:04,075 --> 00:54:06,035
Why? No need.
1786
00:54:04,075 --> 00:54:06,035
It's so beautiful.
1787
00:54:06,035 --> 00:54:08,328
Clean, white.
1788
00:54:08,328 --> 00:54:10,873
I think this is
1789
00:54:08,328 --> 00:54:10,873
modern Israeli cuisine, right?
1790
00:54:10,873 --> 00:54:14,001
-So you're Kurdish-Turkish
1791
00:54:10,873 --> 00:54:14,001
born in Tel Aviv, right?
1792
00:54:10,873 --> 00:54:14,001
-Yes.
1793
00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:16,045
And you're doing
1794
00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:16,045
a play on gefilte fish,
1795
00:54:16,045 --> 00:54:17,546
-but using white tuna.
1796
00:54:16,045 --> 00:54:17,546
-Yeah.
1797
00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:19,090
-Right?
1798
00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:19,090
-Yeah.
1799
00:54:19,090 --> 00:54:21,800
So this is
1800
00:54:19,090 --> 00:54:21,800
Israeli cuisine, right?
1801
00:54:22,718 --> 00:54:25,179
I hope so.
1802
00:54:22,718 --> 00:54:25,179
I hope so.
1803
00:54:27,639 --> 00:54:30,726
[Vered] In Israel,
1804
00:54:27,639 --> 00:54:30,726
part of the problem is
1805
00:54:30,726 --> 00:54:34,772
this really intense relation
1806
00:54:30,726 --> 00:54:34,772
between Ashkenazi
1807
00:54:30,726 --> 00:54:34,772
and Sephardic.
1808
00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:39,401
There's a lot of tension here,
1809
00:54:39,401 --> 00:54:42,905
because in the first
1810
00:54:39,401 --> 00:54:42,905
years of the state,
1811
00:54:42,905 --> 00:54:45,490
what Sephardic used to say
1812
00:54:45,490 --> 00:54:47,785
that Ashkenazi is
1813
00:54:45,490 --> 00:54:47,785
like the majority.
1814
00:54:47,785 --> 00:54:51,705
Ashkenazi, in a way, decided
1815
00:54:47,785 --> 00:54:51,705
how this state should look,
1816
00:54:51,705 --> 00:54:54,583
that it should
1817
00:54:51,705 --> 00:54:54,583
be more European,
1818
00:54:54,583 --> 00:54:56,919
that even the education,
1819
00:54:54,583 --> 00:54:56,919
the culture,
1820
00:54:56,919 --> 00:54:59,797
everything is more
1821
00:54:56,919 --> 00:54:59,797
Western than Eastern.
1822
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:02,216
Of course, the kitchen,
1823
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:02,216
like everything else
1824
00:55:02,216 --> 00:55:04,927
that has to do with culture,
1825
00:55:02,216 --> 00:55:04,927
is a part of it.
1826
00:55:04,927 --> 00:55:07,554
In a way, when they
1827
00:55:04,927 --> 00:55:07,554
started to build
1828
00:55:07,554 --> 00:55:10,599
the new Israeli kitchen
1829
00:55:07,554 --> 00:55:10,599
in the last 30 years,
1830
00:55:10,599 --> 00:55:13,978
it was really easy in
1831
00:55:10,599 --> 00:55:13,978
the beginning to take things
1832
00:55:13,978 --> 00:55:18,482
from the Sephardic kitchen
1833
00:55:13,978 --> 00:55:18,482
and the Sephardic community,
1834
00:55:18,482 --> 00:55:21,735
because Sephardic food is
1835
00:55:18,482 --> 00:55:21,735
like Spain from the beginning,
1836
00:55:21,735 --> 00:55:26,282
then Turkey, Egypt, Morocco,
1837
00:55:21,735 --> 00:55:26,282
Iraq, North Africa.
1838
00:55:26,282 --> 00:55:30,202
So it's more exotic to
1839
00:55:26,282 --> 00:55:30,202
cook something spicy.
1840
00:55:30,202 --> 00:55:34,414
The food looked a bit more
1841
00:55:30,202 --> 00:55:34,414
attractive than Ashkenazi food.
1842
00:55:34,414 --> 00:55:36,708
And I think it has
1843
00:55:34,414 --> 00:55:36,708
to do with the image
1844
00:55:36,708 --> 00:55:38,919
that we all had about
1845
00:55:38,919 --> 00:55:42,422
Polish or Eastern-European,
1846
00:55:38,919 --> 00:55:42,422
Ashkenazi kitchen,
1847
00:55:42,422 --> 00:55:44,382
which was really bad.
1848
00:55:44,382 --> 00:55:46,844
Because all the stuff,
1849
00:55:44,382 --> 00:55:46,844
or most of the stuff
1850
00:55:46,844 --> 00:55:48,470
that made these cuisines
1851
00:55:48,470 --> 00:55:51,431
the Polish, Russian,
1852
00:55:48,470 --> 00:55:51,431
Ukrainian, sexy,
1853
00:55:51,431 --> 00:55:55,853
like wild berries, goose fat,
1854
00:55:51,431 --> 00:55:55,853
wild mushrooms,
1855
00:55:55,853 --> 00:56:01,066
were nonexistent in the Israel
1856
00:55:55,853 --> 00:56:01,066
of the '50s and the '60s.
1857
00:56:01,066 --> 00:56:05,321
So, as opposed to Moroccan
1858
00:56:01,066 --> 00:56:05,321
homemakers or Iraqi homemakers,
1859
00:56:05,321 --> 00:56:08,740
who at least knew how
1860
00:56:05,321 --> 00:56:08,740
to source the spices
1861
00:56:08,740 --> 00:56:10,993
and ingredients
1862
00:56:08,740 --> 00:56:10,993
and to work with them,
1863
00:56:10,993 --> 00:56:15,164
Ashkenazi cooks created
1864
00:56:10,993 --> 00:56:15,164
some very pale
1865
00:56:15,164 --> 00:56:18,167
and miserable version
1866
00:56:15,164 --> 00:56:18,167
of the real thing,
1867
00:56:18,167 --> 00:56:22,587
and that's what gave Ashkenazi
1868
00:56:18,167 --> 00:56:22,587
cooking in Israel such bad name,
1869
00:56:22,587 --> 00:56:24,673
because in Israel,
1870
00:56:22,587 --> 00:56:24,673
when you say Polish cooking,
1871
00:56:24,673 --> 00:56:27,592
it's another way of saying
1872
00:56:24,673 --> 00:56:27,592
bland, boring,
1873
00:56:27,592 --> 00:56:30,470
guilt-ridden kind of food.
1874
00:56:33,307 --> 00:56:36,018
[Vered]
1875
00:56:33,307 --> 00:56:36,018
Only now, young chefs
1876
00:56:36,018 --> 00:56:40,522
that are from Ashkenazi origin
1877
00:56:36,018 --> 00:56:40,522
start to cook Ashkenazi dishes,
1878
00:56:40,522 --> 00:56:43,984
and a little bit putting
1879
00:56:40,522 --> 00:56:43,984
some Ashkenazi influence
1880
00:56:43,984 --> 00:56:46,778
and inspiration
1881
00:56:43,984 --> 00:56:46,778
to the new Israeli kitchen.
1882
00:56:47,863 --> 00:56:49,865
My grandfather
1883
00:56:47,863 --> 00:56:49,865
and my grandmother
1884
00:56:49,865 --> 00:56:54,410
-fled Poland in 1935.
1885
00:56:49,865 --> 00:56:54,410
-1935.
1886
00:56:54,410 --> 00:56:55,871
Something like that.
1887
00:56:55,871 --> 00:57:00,500
This is cured fish,
1888
00:56:55,871 --> 00:57:00,500
herring from the North Sea.
1889
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:02,669
We get it by
1890
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:02,669
the barrel, okay?
1891
00:57:02,669 --> 00:57:06,757
It's nothing that was
1892
00:57:02,669 --> 00:57:06,757
invented in Israel.
1893
00:57:06,757 --> 00:57:09,134
This is more tied up
1894
00:57:06,757 --> 00:57:09,134
to the culinary traditions
1895
00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:12,012
of my grandfather
1896
00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:12,012
and my grandmother.
1897
00:57:12,012 --> 00:57:13,931
That's what they used to eat.
1898
00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:15,891
-It's pickled herring, right?
1899
00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:15,891
-It's pickled herring.
1900
00:57:15,891 --> 00:57:18,269
It's called, in Hebrew,
1901
00:57:15,891 --> 00:57:18,269
dag maluach,
1902
00:57:18,269 --> 00:57:21,605
and I took it and building
1903
00:57:18,269 --> 00:57:21,605
on these memories,
1904
00:57:21,605 --> 00:57:23,481
I developed this dish.
1905
00:57:23,481 --> 00:57:26,110
I make an aioli
1906
00:57:23,481 --> 00:57:26,110
flavored with dashi,
1907
00:57:26,110 --> 00:57:27,694
which is completely Japanese.
1908
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:32,783
That's something that
1909
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:32,783
I encountered in the U.S.
1910
00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:37,746
I called it Ashkenazi
1911
00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:37,746
pickled purple onion,
1912
00:57:37,746 --> 00:57:40,082
and it gives the dish
1913
00:57:37,746 --> 00:57:40,082
some sweetness.
1914
00:57:40,082 --> 00:57:43,543
That's how my grandmother
1915
00:57:40,082 --> 00:57:43,543
used to, to cook onions.
1916
00:57:43,543 --> 00:57:45,837
She used to cook
1917
00:57:43,543 --> 00:57:45,837
all the onions, all the time.
1918
00:57:45,837 --> 00:57:49,507
Many onions. I mean,
1919
00:57:45,837 --> 00:57:49,507
you don't have Jewish cuisine
1920
00:57:49,507 --> 00:57:51,676
without an onion, for me.
1921
00:57:51,676 --> 00:57:53,637
So does
1922
00:57:51,676 --> 00:57:53,637
this define your cuisine?
1923
00:57:53,637 --> 00:57:55,722
I don't know.
1924
00:57:55,722 --> 00:57:57,682
I try not to
1925
00:57:55,722 --> 00:57:57,682
define my cuisine,
1926
00:57:57,682 --> 00:58:00,436
because once you
1927
00:57:57,682 --> 00:58:00,436
define something,
1928
00:58:00,436 --> 00:58:03,188
you have limits
1929
00:58:00,436 --> 00:58:03,188
and boundaries to it, okay?
1930
00:58:03,188 --> 00:58:05,816
Yeah, it's so buttery.
1931
00:58:05,816 --> 00:58:07,776
[Gur] If you
1932
00:58:05,816 --> 00:58:07,776
look at Israel today,
1933
00:58:07,776 --> 00:58:11,947
you still find cooks who still
1934
00:58:07,776 --> 00:58:11,947
make basically original,
1935
00:58:11,947 --> 00:58:13,240
Jewish, Ashkenazi food.
1936
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:15,700
But in a generation or so,
1937
00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:20,122
I'm afraid a great part
1938
00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:20,122
of it will be gone.
1939
00:58:20,122 --> 00:58:22,791
We're talking about
1940
00:58:20,122 --> 00:58:22,791
grandmothers' cooking,
1941
00:58:22,791 --> 00:58:25,377
labor-intensive food
1942
00:58:22,791 --> 00:58:25,377
that modern, busy cooks
1943
00:58:25,377 --> 00:58:27,838
do not necessarily
1944
00:58:25,377 --> 00:58:27,838
have time for,
1945
00:58:27,838 --> 00:58:30,466
and don't really
1946
00:58:27,838 --> 00:58:30,466
know how to make.
1947
00:58:30,466 --> 00:58:33,427
[Shmil Holland] This is
1948
00:58:30,466 --> 00:58:33,427
the typical Jerusalem kugel.
1949
00:58:33,427 --> 00:58:35,720
This is awesome, man,
1950
00:58:33,427 --> 00:58:35,720
and the top is super crusty.
1951
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:38,056
Yes, and all around.
1952
00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:41,101
In Jerusalem, Shmil Holland
1953
00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:41,101
knows where to find
1954
00:58:41,101 --> 00:58:43,312
the best
1955
00:58:41,101 --> 00:58:43,312
Orthodox Jewish food.
1956
00:58:43,312 --> 00:58:45,689
He's afraid traditional
1957
00:58:43,312 --> 00:58:45,689
Ashkenazi cooking
1958
00:58:45,689 --> 00:58:49,193
will disappear, like kugel.
1959
00:58:49,193 --> 00:58:53,738
Now the classic noodle kugel
1960
00:58:49,193 --> 00:58:53,738
has never been my favorite,
1961
00:58:53,738 --> 00:58:56,200
and when I heard that
1962
00:58:53,738 --> 00:58:56,200
Shmil boils the noodles
1963
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:58,452
for 40 minutes in milk...
1964
00:58:59,661 --> 00:59:01,705
I honestly wanted to leave.
1965
00:59:01,705 --> 00:59:03,415
We will make a kugel.
1966
00:59:03,415 --> 00:59:06,335
It's, more even
1967
00:59:03,415 --> 00:59:06,335
than gefilte fish,
1968
00:59:06,335 --> 00:59:09,754
the most Jewish,
1969
00:59:06,335 --> 00:59:09,754
it's the Jewish food.
1970
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:15,927
The beginning of
1971
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:15,927
my interest in Jewish food
1972
00:59:15,927 --> 00:59:18,180
was my grandmother.
1973
00:59:18,180 --> 00:59:21,933
She came from Poland
1974
00:59:18,180 --> 00:59:21,933
after the Holocaust.
1975
00:59:21,933 --> 00:59:24,395
She didn't cook
1976
00:59:21,933 --> 00:59:24,395
at all here.
1977
00:59:24,395 --> 00:59:26,230
When my grandfather died,
1978
00:59:26,230 --> 00:59:29,691
she was afraid
1979
00:59:26,230 --> 00:59:29,691
to sleep in her house,
1980
00:59:29,691 --> 00:59:31,568
because, you know,
1981
00:59:29,691 --> 00:59:31,568
the Holocaust,
1982
00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:34,738
everything comes back.
1983
00:59:34,738 --> 00:59:36,907
So, I was 16,
1984
00:59:36,907 --> 00:59:41,036
and she came to our house and
1985
00:59:36,907 --> 00:59:41,036
sleep with me in the same room.
1986
00:59:41,036 --> 00:59:42,620
So at night, we spoke.
1987
00:59:42,620 --> 00:59:45,416
She told me about
1988
00:59:42,620 --> 00:59:45,416
the life in Poland.
1989
00:59:45,416 --> 00:59:47,834
I heard about all
1990
00:59:45,416 --> 00:59:47,834
the kugels, everything,
1991
00:59:47,834 --> 00:59:50,712
but I never saw it
1992
00:59:47,834 --> 00:59:50,712
because she never cook.
1993
00:59:50,712 --> 00:59:52,797
She lived on the memories,
1994
00:59:52,797 --> 00:59:55,092
you know, the memories
1995
00:59:52,797 --> 00:59:55,092
before the war.
1996
00:59:59,221 --> 01:00:02,640
You know, I make it in
1997
00:59:59,221 --> 01:00:02,640
my grandmother's tradition way
1998
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:06,144
to separate the eggs.
1999
01:00:06,144 --> 01:00:08,146
She make it like this.
2000
01:00:08,146 --> 01:00:09,731
Yeah, I used to do it
2001
01:00:08,146 --> 01:00:09,731
like that,
2002
01:00:09,731 --> 01:00:11,733
but then I worked
2003
01:00:09,731 --> 01:00:11,733
for a pastry chef
2004
01:00:11,733 --> 01:00:14,319
that would cut my fingers
2005
01:00:11,733 --> 01:00:14,319
off if I ever do that.
2006
01:00:17,155 --> 01:00:18,990
Okay, so we're going to
2007
01:00:17,155 --> 01:00:18,990
get the sugar and the butter
2008
01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:21,118
that's sort of caramelizing,
2009
01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:21,118
almost caramelizing...
2010
01:00:21,118 --> 01:00:23,328
Yeah, a little bit.
2011
01:00:23,328 --> 01:00:25,705
Do you cook
2012
01:00:23,328 --> 01:00:25,705
only Ashkenazi?
2013
01:00:25,705 --> 01:00:28,917
No! No,
2014
01:00:25,705 --> 01:00:28,917
I cook all kinds of food.
2015
01:00:28,917 --> 01:00:31,128
But I love
2016
01:00:28,917 --> 01:00:31,128
the Ashkenazi kitchen.
2017
01:00:31,128 --> 01:00:32,670
Well, when I think of
2018
01:00:31,128 --> 01:00:32,670
Ashkenazi food,
2019
01:00:32,670 --> 01:00:34,756
I think of, like, blintzes
2020
01:00:32,670 --> 01:00:34,756
or boiled chicken.
2021
01:00:34,756 --> 01:00:37,759
-Ugh, yeah, I know.
2022
01:00:34,756 --> 01:00:37,759
-It's gotten a bad rap.
2023
01:00:37,759 --> 01:00:41,472
Because that's
2024
01:00:37,759 --> 01:00:41,472
more an immigrant kitchen.
2025
01:00:43,056 --> 01:00:47,394
In Poland, they put inside
2026
01:00:43,056 --> 01:00:47,394
the raspberries and blueberries,
2027
01:00:47,394 --> 01:00:49,729
-and...
2028
01:00:47,394 --> 01:00:49,729
-Fresh.
2029
01:00:49,729 --> 01:00:52,899
Fresh, because there,
2030
01:00:49,729 --> 01:00:52,899
you have it fresh.
2031
01:00:52,899 --> 01:00:56,528
-I think it's ready.
2032
01:00:52,899 --> 01:00:56,528
-It smells great.
2033
01:00:56,528 --> 01:00:59,030
Wow, and it looks not
2034
01:00:56,528 --> 01:00:59,030
at all like noodle kugel
2035
01:00:59,030 --> 01:01:00,491
that we're used to.
2036
01:01:03,660 --> 01:01:05,078
Look at that piece.
2037
01:01:09,541 --> 01:01:14,254
Mhm, it's delicious.
2038
01:01:14,254 --> 01:01:16,923
I thought the noodles
2039
01:01:14,254 --> 01:01:16,923
would end up being really mushy,
2040
01:01:16,923 --> 01:01:19,426
but you can actually taste
2041
01:01:16,923 --> 01:01:19,426
them a little better like this.
2042
01:01:19,426 --> 01:01:21,386
I think that this is
2043
01:01:19,426 --> 01:01:21,386
a great example
2044
01:01:21,386 --> 01:01:23,597
of interesting
2045
01:01:21,386 --> 01:01:23,597
Ashkenazi cuisine.
2046
01:01:23,597 --> 01:01:24,931
And I'm partially responsible.
2047
01:01:24,931 --> 01:01:26,308
I have an Israeli restaurant.
2048
01:01:26,308 --> 01:01:28,602
I focus on Sephardic food.
2049
01:01:28,602 --> 01:01:30,728
Twenty,
2050
01:01:28,602 --> 01:01:30,728
15 years ago,
2051
01:01:30,728 --> 01:01:35,484
eh, chefs recognized
2052
01:01:30,728 --> 01:01:35,484
that we have a treasure,
2053
01:01:35,484 --> 01:01:40,322
and we can use
2054
01:01:35,484 --> 01:01:40,322
our tradition of cooking,
2055
01:01:40,322 --> 01:01:46,036
like, from Kurdistan
2056
01:01:40,322 --> 01:01:46,036
and from Morocco and from Iraq.
2057
01:01:46,036 --> 01:01:50,541
Everybody has its own
2058
01:01:46,036 --> 01:01:50,541
traditional dishes.
2059
01:01:52,083 --> 01:01:55,753
Shmil's noodle kugel
2060
01:01:52,083 --> 01:01:55,753
actually blew me away.
2061
01:01:55,753 --> 01:01:57,339
So guess what?
2062
01:01:57,339 --> 01:02:00,133
I'm putting kugel on
2063
01:01:57,339 --> 01:02:00,133
the menu at Zahav.
2064
01:02:02,177 --> 01:02:04,346
[Gur] In the beginning,
2065
01:02:02,177 --> 01:02:04,346
the children of immigrants
2066
01:02:04,346 --> 01:02:07,807
were sort of embarrassed
2067
01:02:04,346 --> 01:02:07,807
about the food of their parents,
2068
01:02:07,807 --> 01:02:11,061
as often happens with immigrants
2069
01:02:07,807 --> 01:02:11,061
everywhere in the world,
2070
01:02:11,061 --> 01:02:15,106
because the kids get absorbed
2071
01:02:11,061 --> 01:02:15,106
and adjust very easily.
2072
01:02:15,106 --> 01:02:20,237
The woman I worked with told
2073
01:02:15,106 --> 01:02:20,237
me about amazing sweetmeat
2074
01:02:20,237 --> 01:02:24,741
called luzina coming from Iraq
2075
01:02:20,237 --> 01:02:24,741
made from dried quince,
2076
01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:28,078
that is really delicious,
2077
01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:28,078
and her mother would make it,
2078
01:02:28,078 --> 01:02:29,787
and she would
2079
01:02:28,078 --> 01:02:29,787
encourage her daughter
2080
01:02:29,787 --> 01:02:31,665
to give it to her friends,
2081
01:02:29,787 --> 01:02:31,665
and she never did,
2082
01:02:31,665 --> 01:02:34,292
because she didn't want them
2083
01:02:31,665 --> 01:02:34,292
to know that she is Iraqi.
2084
01:02:34,292 --> 01:02:36,294
My parents
2085
01:02:34,292 --> 01:02:36,294
came from Uzbekistan,
2086
01:02:36,294 --> 01:02:38,714
and my mother
2087
01:02:36,294 --> 01:02:38,714
obviously cooked,
2088
01:02:38,714 --> 01:02:40,798
today, I know, wonderful
2089
01:02:38,714 --> 01:02:40,798
Uzbeki food.
2090
01:02:40,798 --> 01:02:43,385
But as kids, we didn't
2091
01:02:40,798 --> 01:02:43,385
appreciate it at all.
2092
01:02:43,385 --> 01:02:45,095
All the kids in
2093
01:02:43,385 --> 01:02:45,095
the neighborhood,
2094
01:02:45,095 --> 01:02:47,514
which came from
2095
01:02:45,095 --> 01:02:47,514
different origins,
2096
01:02:47,514 --> 01:02:53,228
we all kind of were embarrassed
2097
01:02:47,514 --> 01:02:53,228
from our mothers' cooking,
2098
01:02:53,228 --> 01:02:58,609
because we thought it was kind
2099
01:02:53,228 --> 01:02:58,609
of archaic and not modern,
2100
01:02:58,609 --> 01:03:05,365
and it was not
2101
01:02:58,609 --> 01:03:05,365
the new Israeli stuff
2102
01:03:05,365 --> 01:03:08,243
that we imagined and wanted.
2103
01:03:08,243 --> 01:03:12,330
Even for us, the people who
2104
01:03:08,243 --> 01:03:12,330
are doing food as a business,
2105
01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:14,708
it took us a while
2106
01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:14,708
to understand
2107
01:03:14,708 --> 01:03:17,043
we don't really
2108
01:03:14,708 --> 01:03:17,043
need to go that far
2109
01:03:17,043 --> 01:03:19,421
to find exciting
2110
01:03:17,043 --> 01:03:19,421
and amazing cuisines,
2111
01:03:19,421 --> 01:03:21,339
because we had them all over.
2112
01:03:21,339 --> 01:03:24,842
We have much more choices
2113
01:03:21,339 --> 01:03:24,842
than our mother had.
2114
01:03:24,842 --> 01:03:26,928
Take the local ingredients,
2115
01:03:24,842 --> 01:03:26,928
which are amazing.
2116
01:03:26,928 --> 01:03:29,431
Like, we have
2117
01:03:26,928 --> 01:03:29,431
an amazing olive oil,
2118
01:03:29,431 --> 01:03:32,142
fantastic vegetables
2119
01:03:29,431 --> 01:03:32,142
and fruits.
2120
01:03:32,142 --> 01:03:35,186
We have the best tomatoes
2121
01:03:32,142 --> 01:03:35,186
on Earth today, really.
2122
01:03:35,186 --> 01:03:37,439
And we invented
2123
01:03:35,186 --> 01:03:37,439
the cherry tomatoes,
2124
01:03:37,439 --> 01:03:41,025
and you can get them anywhere
2125
01:03:37,439 --> 01:03:41,025
and we have an amazing variety,
2126
01:03:41,025 --> 01:03:42,902
and they're the best ever.
2127
01:03:45,614 --> 01:03:48,617
I heard a rumor
2128
01:03:45,614 --> 01:03:48,617
that the cherry tomato
2129
01:03:48,617 --> 01:03:51,328
was developed here
2130
01:03:48,617 --> 01:03:51,328
in Israel. Is that true?
2131
01:03:51,328 --> 01:03:53,204
The rumor said
2132
01:03:51,328 --> 01:03:53,204
that it is developed by
2133
01:03:53,204 --> 01:03:56,082
-Moshe Dayan, do you know?
2134
01:03:53,204 --> 01:03:56,082
-Yeah, the eye patch.
2135
01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:57,668
When he was
2136
01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:57,668
Agriculture Minister,
2137
01:03:57,668 --> 01:04:00,044
in order to export
2138
01:03:57,668 --> 01:04:00,044
from Israel.
2139
01:04:00,044 --> 01:04:02,714
Where are we
2140
01:04:00,044 --> 01:04:02,714
right now?
2141
01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:04,508
Well, we are in
2142
01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:04,508
Kadesh Barnea.
2143
01:04:04,508 --> 01:04:08,178
It is a village in
2144
01:04:04,508 --> 01:04:08,178
the south and upper Negev.
2145
01:04:08,178 --> 01:04:12,098
Actually, we are just on
2146
01:04:08,178 --> 01:04:12,098
the border with Egypt.
2147
01:04:12,098 --> 01:04:15,101
-How far away are
2148
01:04:12,098 --> 01:04:15,101
we from Egypt?
2149
01:04:12,098 --> 01:04:15,101
-200 meters.
2150
01:04:15,101 --> 01:04:17,061
Yeah? I could
2151
01:04:15,101 --> 01:04:17,061
throw a baseball.
2152
01:04:19,105 --> 01:04:21,775
What is going on
2153
01:04:19,105 --> 01:04:21,775
above here?
2154
01:04:21,775 --> 01:04:24,068
In order to
2155
01:04:21,775 --> 01:04:24,068
get cherry on the vine
2156
01:04:24,068 --> 01:04:26,780
like you see here,
2157
01:04:24,068 --> 01:04:26,780
grow for two years.
2158
01:04:26,780 --> 01:04:28,990
You can grow it.
2159
01:04:26,780 --> 01:04:28,990
And it grows and grows.
2160
01:04:28,990 --> 01:04:32,619
Now it's only the beginning,
2161
01:04:28,990 --> 01:04:32,619
you see, it's only two meters.
2162
01:04:32,619 --> 01:04:37,415
After one-and-a-half year,
2163
01:04:32,619 --> 01:04:37,415
we grow it for about 36 feet.
2164
01:04:37,415 --> 01:04:39,250
You can grow it
2165
01:04:37,415 --> 01:04:39,250
as much as you want.
2166
01:04:39,250 --> 01:04:41,002
-36 feet?
2167
01:04:39,250 --> 01:04:41,002
-Yeah.
2168
01:04:41,002 --> 01:04:44,798
That means that the plant
2169
01:04:41,002 --> 01:04:44,798
that you see here... the root...
2170
01:04:44,798 --> 01:04:47,133
if you will come
2171
01:04:44,798 --> 01:04:47,133
in about six months,
2172
01:04:47,133 --> 01:04:49,927
you will see that I pick
2173
01:04:47,133 --> 01:04:49,927
it over there.
2174
01:04:49,927 --> 01:04:51,638
Six, seven meters.
2175
01:04:51,638 --> 01:04:53,890
-So you're running
2176
01:04:51,638 --> 01:04:53,890
36 feet this way.
2177
01:04:51,638 --> 01:04:53,890
-Yeah.
2178
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:57,894
Years ago, you can manufacture
2179
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:57,894
three tons per dunam.
2180
01:04:57,894 --> 01:05:00,731
-Now, we can make up to 30.
2181
01:04:57,894 --> 01:05:00,731
-Amazing.
2182
01:05:00,731 --> 01:05:01,898
Dunam = 1/4 acre
2183
01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:04,818
We irrigate them
2184
01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:04,818
with a salty water.
2185
01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:07,195
This is very unique
2186
01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:07,195
to this area.
2187
01:05:07,195 --> 01:05:08,780
Beneath all the Negev,
2188
01:05:08,780 --> 01:05:12,158
there's a huge tank of
2189
01:05:08,780 --> 01:05:12,158
salty, thermal, mineral water.
2190
01:05:12,158 --> 01:05:16,162
We send it to
2191
01:05:12,158 --> 01:05:16,162
a desalination factory,
2192
01:05:16,162 --> 01:05:18,498
then it's come back
2193
01:05:16,162 --> 01:05:18,498
like freshwater.
2194
01:05:18,498 --> 01:05:22,001
If I want it to be
2195
01:05:18,498 --> 01:05:22,001
much more sweet,
2196
01:05:22,001 --> 01:05:24,087
I raise the level of salt.
2197
01:05:24,087 --> 01:05:29,426
Last year, they make a test
2198
01:05:24,087 --> 01:05:29,426
here with 100% salty water.
2199
01:05:29,426 --> 01:05:32,846
People cannot eat the tomato,
2200
01:05:29,426 --> 01:05:32,846
it was so sweet.
2201
01:05:32,846 --> 01:05:36,349
There are levels,
2202
01:05:32,846 --> 01:05:36,349
it's called bricks.
2203
01:05:36,349 --> 01:05:38,226
Coca-Cola is about 11.
2204
01:05:38,226 --> 01:05:41,145
We get 18, the level.
2205
01:05:41,145 --> 01:05:43,022
People eat it and throw it.
2206
01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:45,692
You had a tomato that beat
2207
01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:45,692
Coca-Cola in sweetness?
2208
01:05:45,692 --> 01:05:47,778
I have to taste that tomato.
2209
01:05:45,692 --> 01:05:47,778
Do you have any here?
2210
01:05:47,778 --> 01:05:50,864
-No, the test failed.
2211
01:05:47,778 --> 01:05:50,864
-Oh, my God.
2212
01:05:50,864 --> 01:05:54,618
I mean, we tried to make
2213
01:05:50,864 --> 01:05:54,618
the best sweet cherry...
2214
01:05:54,618 --> 01:05:56,035
You know, in America,
2215
01:05:56,035 --> 01:05:58,204
that would be
2216
01:05:56,035 --> 01:05:58,204
off the charts. You know?
2217
01:05:58,204 --> 01:05:59,915
With a big Coca-Cola?
2218
01:05:58,204 --> 01:05:59,915
They would sell it!
2219
01:05:59,915 --> 01:06:02,292
A really overly sweet tomato...
2220
01:06:19,768 --> 01:06:22,437
And it's not just tomatoes
2221
01:06:19,768 --> 01:06:22,437
that grow like this.
2222
01:06:22,437 --> 01:06:25,899
Eggplants and peppers
2223
01:06:22,437 --> 01:06:25,899
grow this way, too.
2224
01:06:28,192 --> 01:06:31,028
But modern methods don't
2225
01:06:28,192 --> 01:06:31,028
have to be new methods.
2226
01:06:40,831 --> 01:06:43,124
These are
2227
01:06:40,831 --> 01:06:43,124
Israeli cheeses, right?
2228
01:06:43,124 --> 01:06:44,459
I don't know.
2229
01:06:44,459 --> 01:06:46,210
I don't know if
2230
01:06:44,459 --> 01:06:46,210
it is really Israeli,
2231
01:06:46,210 --> 01:06:49,380
because I believe
2232
01:06:46,210 --> 01:06:49,380
in cheese art,
2233
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:53,551
because to make cheese,
2234
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:53,551
it is like to paint.
2235
01:06:53,551 --> 01:06:58,181
You take bacteria,
2236
01:06:53,551 --> 01:06:58,181
different bacteria,
2237
01:06:58,181 --> 01:07:00,600
and you put them together,
2238
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:04,312
and then you add them in a milk,
2239
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:04,312
in a clean milk.
2240
01:07:04,312 --> 01:07:08,900
And you get such wonderful
2241
01:07:04,312 --> 01:07:08,900
things because of that.
2242
01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:10,819
All right,
2243
01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:10,819
well, let's eat some cheese.
2244
01:07:10,819 --> 01:07:12,529
What's so intriguing
2245
01:07:10,819 --> 01:07:12,529
about this is that
2246
01:07:12,529 --> 01:07:15,323
the aging process when
2247
01:07:12,529 --> 01:07:15,323
you put it into a cave
2248
01:07:15,323 --> 01:07:17,450
that was here for
2249
01:07:15,323 --> 01:07:17,450
thousands of years,
2250
01:07:17,450 --> 01:07:19,661
you know,
2251
01:07:17,450 --> 01:07:19,661
from the Second Temple Period,
2252
01:07:19,661 --> 01:07:22,998
-in aging it, it's not, um...
2253
01:07:19,661 --> 01:07:22,998
-The cave is very important
2254
01:07:22,998 --> 01:07:25,542
because the cave has
2255
01:07:22,998 --> 01:07:25,542
a lot of bacteria.
2256
01:07:25,542 --> 01:07:27,460
The rock
2257
01:07:25,542 --> 01:07:27,460
has a lot of bacteria,
2258
01:07:27,460 --> 01:07:30,505
and we cannot find them
2259
01:07:27,460 --> 01:07:30,505
in different world.
2260
01:07:33,132 --> 01:07:35,677
These are the same cheese,
2261
01:07:35,677 --> 01:07:38,638
the same beginning,
2262
01:07:35,677 --> 01:07:38,638
the same batch.
2263
01:07:38,638 --> 01:07:40,724
With one, one we finished,
2264
01:07:40,724 --> 01:07:45,770
we make a finish
2265
01:07:40,724 --> 01:07:45,770
in a Spanish way,
2266
01:07:45,770 --> 01:07:48,857
that is, with olive oil.
2267
01:07:48,857 --> 01:07:51,150
So you
2268
01:07:48,857 --> 01:07:51,150
soak it in olive oil, right?
2269
01:07:51,150 --> 01:07:52,861
Yes.
2270
01:07:52,861 --> 01:07:56,656
Now, this is the same one,
2271
01:07:52,861 --> 01:07:56,656
but it's also with olive oil,
2272
01:07:56,656 --> 01:07:59,993
but after it,
2273
01:07:56,656 --> 01:07:59,993
we put it in a vacuum.
2274
01:07:59,993 --> 01:08:02,996
The bacteria
2275
01:07:59,993 --> 01:08:02,996
will not have air,
2276
01:08:02,996 --> 01:08:05,665
so they work differently
2277
01:08:02,996 --> 01:08:05,665
in the cheese.
2278
01:08:05,665 --> 01:08:09,544
So if there's less bacteria
2279
01:08:05,665 --> 01:08:09,544
that's anaerobic bacteria,
2280
01:08:09,544 --> 01:08:11,880
the cheese is sort of not
2281
01:08:09,544 --> 01:08:11,880
maturing after that, right?
2282
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:13,256
No, no, they mature,
2283
01:08:13,256 --> 01:08:16,259
but it's different in
2284
01:08:13,256 --> 01:08:16,259
anaerobic and aerobic.
2285
01:08:16,259 --> 01:08:18,845
This is with air,
2286
01:08:16,259 --> 01:08:18,845
and this is without air.
2287
01:08:18,845 --> 01:08:21,598
Here, you have
2288
01:08:18,845 --> 01:08:21,598
to take it in two hands.
2289
01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:25,977
-So same cheese?
2290
01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:25,977
-But different way of finish.
2291
01:08:25,977 --> 01:08:28,312
-Eat this one first, correct?
2292
01:08:25,977 --> 01:08:28,312
-No, this one.
2293
01:08:28,312 --> 01:08:31,232
-This one first, okay.
2294
01:08:28,312 --> 01:08:31,232
-And chew it good.
2295
01:08:32,567 --> 01:08:34,736
That gives us a taste.
2296
01:08:37,781 --> 01:08:40,283
-Now you can see
2297
01:08:37,781 --> 01:08:40,283
what happens to it.
2298
01:08:37,781 --> 01:08:40,283
-I am.
2299
01:08:40,283 --> 01:08:43,536
-They taste totally different.
2300
01:08:40,283 --> 01:08:43,536
-The same!
2301
01:08:40,283 --> 01:08:43,536
Completely different.
2302
01:08:43,536 --> 01:08:46,581
-I want another one of this.
2303
01:08:43,536 --> 01:08:46,581
-You can have everything
2304
01:08:43,536 --> 01:08:46,581
that you want.
2305
01:08:46,581 --> 01:08:49,042
I'm going to eat
2306
01:08:46,581 --> 01:08:49,042
all of it. Thank you.
2307
01:09:08,853 --> 01:09:12,356
[Israel Aharoni] The Middle East
2308
01:09:08,853 --> 01:09:12,356
is the origin of olive oil.
2309
01:09:21,157 --> 01:09:25,829
Don't make the olive tree cry.
2310
01:09:21,157 --> 01:09:25,829
Do it gently.
2311
01:09:27,288 --> 01:09:29,040
Do it gently.
2312
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:30,416
Sorry, olive tree.
2313
01:09:30,416 --> 01:09:33,753
Even the Italians have
2314
01:09:30,416 --> 01:09:33,753
a wonderful olive oil,
2315
01:09:33,753 --> 01:09:36,756
just because the Romans took
2316
01:09:33,753 --> 01:09:36,756
the olive trees back to Italy
2317
01:09:36,756 --> 01:09:39,092
when they were here, yeah!
2318
01:09:41,886 --> 01:09:43,513
About 35 years ago,
2319
01:09:43,513 --> 01:09:45,682
you couldn't buy
2320
01:09:43,513 --> 01:09:45,682
any olive oil in Israel.
2321
01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:49,268
Except for the Arabs,
2322
01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:49,268
of course, but the newcomers?
2323
01:09:49,268 --> 01:09:52,063
They had no idea about
2324
01:09:49,268 --> 01:09:52,063
the treasure they had.
2325
01:09:57,527 --> 01:09:59,029
And the funniest thing is
2326
01:09:59,029 --> 01:10:02,073
that olive oil became
2327
01:09:59,029 --> 01:10:02,073
popular in Israel,
2328
01:10:02,073 --> 01:10:05,035
not because it's
2329
01:10:02,073 --> 01:10:05,035
our historical product,
2330
01:10:05,035 --> 01:10:07,912
but because Italian food
2331
01:10:05,035 --> 01:10:07,912
became in fashion,
2332
01:10:07,912 --> 01:10:11,541
and then, we rediscovered
2333
01:10:07,912 --> 01:10:11,541
the olive oil.
2334
01:10:18,464 --> 01:10:20,216
[Solomonov] You always hear
2335
01:10:18,464 --> 01:10:20,216
that Israel is so small,
2336
01:10:20,216 --> 01:10:22,177
it's the size of New Jersey.
2337
01:10:22,177 --> 01:10:24,179
You can drive from Eilat,
2338
01:10:22,177 --> 01:10:24,179
all the way in the south,
2339
01:10:24,179 --> 01:10:25,596
and snorkel in the Red Sea,
2340
01:10:25,596 --> 01:10:27,264
and drive to the north
2341
01:10:25,596 --> 01:10:27,264
and go skiing,
2342
01:10:27,264 --> 01:10:28,683
which is absolutely true.
2343
01:10:28,683 --> 01:10:32,770
We were in Akko
2344
01:10:28,683 --> 01:10:32,770
eating raw shrimp.
2345
01:10:32,770 --> 01:10:34,689
Don't tell my mom.
2346
01:10:32,770 --> 01:10:34,689
Just kidding.
2347
01:10:34,689 --> 01:10:36,066
We were eating in Akko,
2348
01:10:36,066 --> 01:10:38,776
and we were eating
2349
01:10:36,066 --> 01:10:38,776
raw shrimp and crab,
2350
01:10:38,776 --> 01:10:41,779
really just pulled from
2351
01:10:38,776 --> 01:10:41,779
the sea earlier that morning.
2352
01:10:41,779 --> 01:10:46,283
And now, we've gone
2353
01:10:41,779 --> 01:10:46,283
to the absolute desert,
2354
01:10:46,283 --> 01:10:49,453
where nothing should be growing,
2355
01:10:46,283 --> 01:10:49,453
and there is so much.
2356
01:10:51,581 --> 01:10:54,667
We are in the valley
2357
01:10:51,581 --> 01:10:54,667
of Ezuz in the Negev.
2358
01:10:54,667 --> 01:10:56,377
This is the orchard.
2359
01:10:56,377 --> 01:11:01,591
There is like a peach,
2360
01:10:56,377 --> 01:11:01,591
a nectarine and plum
2361
01:10:56,377 --> 01:11:01,591
and almond,
2362
01:11:01,591 --> 01:11:05,678
and there is apricot,
2363
01:11:01,591 --> 01:11:05,678
and apple, pears--
2364
01:11:05,678 --> 01:11:07,680
many, many kinds,
2365
01:11:05,678 --> 01:11:07,680
and also variety.
2366
01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:11,059
In the peach,
2367
01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:11,059
we have seven kind.
2368
01:11:11,059 --> 01:11:13,644
Are you an organic farmer?
2369
01:11:13,644 --> 01:11:17,690
I'm not in the organization,
2370
01:11:13,644 --> 01:11:17,690
but I don't give nothing.
2371
01:11:17,690 --> 01:11:21,778
Zero spray.
2372
01:11:17,690 --> 01:11:21,778
Zero, zero, zero!
2373
01:11:17,690 --> 01:11:21,778
But zero.
2374
01:11:21,778 --> 01:11:23,821
This is something
2375
01:11:21,778 --> 01:11:23,821
I've never seen before,
2376
01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:26,074
and I've spent a lot
2377
01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:26,074
of time in orchards.
2378
01:11:26,074 --> 01:11:27,784
What are we looking at here?
2379
01:11:27,784 --> 01:11:29,368
These brick terraces?
2380
01:11:27,784 --> 01:11:29,368
Stone terraces.
2381
01:11:29,368 --> 01:11:32,956
The stone terraces,
2382
01:11:29,368 --> 01:11:32,956
we use the system
2383
01:11:29,368 --> 01:11:32,956
of the Nabateans.
2384
01:11:32,956 --> 01:11:35,499
Ancient people
2385
01:11:32,956 --> 01:11:35,499
used to farm here,
2386
01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:38,294
in a system of collecting
2387
01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:38,294
the floodwater.
2388
01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:42,715
When there's a strong rain,
2389
01:11:38,294 --> 01:11:42,715
it comes the flood.
2390
01:11:42,715 --> 01:11:44,383
And when you have the flood,
2391
01:11:42,715 --> 01:11:44,383
you have a lot,
2392
01:11:44,383 --> 01:11:46,136
a lot of water in the valleys.
2393
01:11:46,136 --> 01:11:47,303
They go down to the valleys.
2394
01:11:47,303 --> 01:11:49,055
How many times
2395
01:11:47,303 --> 01:11:49,055
a year does it flood?
2396
01:11:49,055 --> 01:11:52,433
It can be two times
2397
01:11:49,055 --> 01:11:52,433
to six times,
2398
01:11:52,433 --> 01:11:54,811
but it can be zero.
2399
01:11:54,811 --> 01:11:56,353
Does the water,
2400
01:11:54,811 --> 01:11:56,353
when it floods,
2401
01:11:56,353 --> 01:11:59,190
does it get as high
2402
01:11:56,353 --> 01:11:59,190
as we are standing?
2403
01:11:59,190 --> 01:12:01,567
No, when the floodwater
2404
01:11:59,190 --> 01:12:01,567
comes from the stairs,
2405
01:12:01,567 --> 01:12:03,027
and then it fills it,
2406
01:12:03,027 --> 01:12:05,571
and it fills it up
2407
01:12:03,027 --> 01:12:05,571
to the height of the trees,
2408
01:12:05,571 --> 01:12:07,448
from these hills.
2409
01:12:07,448 --> 01:12:09,575
And when it
2410
01:12:07,448 --> 01:12:09,575
gets to this height,
2411
01:12:09,575 --> 01:12:13,037
the stairs of
2412
01:12:09,575 --> 01:12:13,037
the next one will put it
2413
01:12:09,575 --> 01:12:13,037
to the next one, and go.
2414
01:12:13,037 --> 01:12:17,374
Fill one, go to the next.
2415
01:12:13,037 --> 01:12:17,374
Fill one, go to the next.
2416
01:12:17,374 --> 01:12:19,294
We have seven fields
2417
01:12:17,374 --> 01:12:19,294
like this.
2418
01:12:19,294 --> 01:12:21,921
And this only
2419
01:12:19,294 --> 01:12:21,921
happens because of the soil,
2420
01:12:21,921 --> 01:12:24,174
because there's so much clay
2421
01:12:21,921 --> 01:12:24,174
in the soil, right?
2422
01:12:24,174 --> 01:12:25,424
Yeah, yeah.
2423
01:12:25,424 --> 01:12:27,260
The soil is a lot of clay.
2424
01:12:27,260 --> 01:12:30,221
Here, the land
2425
01:12:27,260 --> 01:12:30,221
saves the water.
2426
01:12:30,221 --> 01:12:33,099
For one year, two years--
2427
01:12:30,221 --> 01:12:33,099
it's been saved.
2428
01:12:33,099 --> 01:12:37,561
In the season, we cover
2429
01:12:33,099 --> 01:12:37,561
all the lines with the net.
2430
01:12:37,561 --> 01:12:40,273
-Oh, so the flies
2431
01:12:37,561 --> 01:12:40,273
don't get in.
2432
01:12:37,561 --> 01:12:40,273
-Yeah.
2433
01:12:44,027 --> 01:12:45,736
-So you just take a bite.
2434
01:12:44,027 --> 01:12:45,736
-Yeah.
2435
01:12:48,364 --> 01:12:51,367
All the fruit is
2436
01:12:48,364 --> 01:12:51,367
this kind of taste.
2437
01:12:48,364 --> 01:12:51,367
Very strong taste.
2438
01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:54,620
It's natural.
2439
01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:54,620
You feel the natural,
2440
01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:54,620
and you feel the love.
2441
01:12:54,620 --> 01:12:56,164
You can feel it.
2442
01:12:54,620 --> 01:12:56,164
You tell me.
2443
01:12:56,164 --> 01:12:57,581
-I do.
2444
01:12:56,164 --> 01:12:57,581
-Okay.
2445
01:12:57,581 --> 01:12:59,667
It's amazing.
2446
01:12:59,667 --> 01:13:01,878
I've never had guava
2447
01:12:59,667 --> 01:13:01,878
like this before.
2448
01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:06,174
What kind of
2449
01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:06,174
grapes are these?
2450
01:13:06,174 --> 01:13:07,884
This is Muscat.
2451
01:13:17,060 --> 01:13:18,811
It's weird.
2452
01:13:18,811 --> 01:13:21,272
I don't know, this tastes
2453
01:13:18,811 --> 01:13:21,272
more fruity or something.
2454
01:13:21,272 --> 01:13:23,358
The taste of the fruit
2455
01:13:21,272 --> 01:13:23,358
is more concentrated.
2456
01:13:23,358 --> 01:13:27,195
In the supermarket,
2457
01:13:23,358 --> 01:13:27,195
it's big, it's beautiful,
2458
01:13:23,358 --> 01:13:27,195
but no taste of fruit.
2459
01:13:27,195 --> 01:13:31,532
Here, it's not big,
2460
01:13:27,195 --> 01:13:31,532
not beautiful, but a lot
2461
01:13:27,195 --> 01:13:31,532
of taste of fruit.
2462
01:13:33,034 --> 01:13:34,827
Did you pick this location
2463
01:13:34,827 --> 01:13:37,413
because of the history
2464
01:13:34,827 --> 01:13:37,413
that it had here with flooding?
2465
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:41,625
It used to be here,
2466
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:41,625
Nabatean terraces
2467
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:41,625
in the ancient time.
2468
01:14:02,313 --> 01:14:05,108
So we are in Avdat,
2469
01:14:05,108 --> 01:14:08,611
which was the one of the main
2470
01:14:05,108 --> 01:14:08,611
cities, or the capital city,
2471
01:14:08,611 --> 01:14:10,071
of the Nabatians.
2472
01:14:10,071 --> 01:14:14,367
The Nabatian culture
2473
01:14:10,071 --> 01:14:14,367
started 2,300 years ago,
2474
01:14:14,367 --> 01:14:17,453
around the 4th century B.C.
2475
01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:22,375
One of their main ways of
2476
01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:22,375
making money of their factories
2477
01:14:22,375 --> 01:14:24,794
was a wine industry.
2478
01:14:24,794 --> 01:14:26,670
This is a wine press.
2479
01:14:26,670 --> 01:14:29,299
It's just about
2480
01:14:26,670 --> 01:14:29,299
1,700 years old.
2481
01:14:29,299 --> 01:14:32,551
I think it's one of
2482
01:14:29,299 --> 01:14:32,551
the biggest one we can see.
2483
01:14:32,551 --> 01:14:34,678
All around us,
2484
01:14:32,551 --> 01:14:34,678
there were vineyards,
2485
01:14:34,678 --> 01:14:39,558
and horses and carriages
2486
01:14:34,678 --> 01:14:39,558
and donkeys and men
2487
01:14:39,558 --> 01:14:42,686
used to come up the hill
2488
01:14:39,558 --> 01:14:42,686
with the fresh-picked grapes,
2489
01:14:42,686 --> 01:14:45,689
and put them into
2490
01:14:42,686 --> 01:14:45,689
these platforms.
2491
01:14:45,689 --> 01:14:48,734
Here is where you would
2492
01:14:45,689 --> 01:14:48,734
crush the, the grapes.
2493
01:14:48,734 --> 01:14:50,861
Would they literally
2494
01:14:48,734 --> 01:14:50,861
step on the grapes?
2495
01:14:50,861 --> 01:14:52,863
Were there a lot of people
2496
01:14:50,861 --> 01:14:52,863
here that would step on grapes?
2497
01:14:52,863 --> 01:14:54,531
Yeah. From here,
2498
01:14:54,531 --> 01:14:56,700
it would either go
2499
01:14:54,531 --> 01:14:56,700
inside this tunnel,
2500
01:14:56,700 --> 01:14:58,995
or in here through
2501
01:14:56,700 --> 01:14:58,995
this hole,
2502
01:14:58,995 --> 01:15:02,039
which is where the fermentation
2503
01:14:58,995 --> 01:15:02,039
used to take place.
2504
01:15:02,039 --> 01:15:04,167
So, by looking at this size,
2505
01:15:04,167 --> 01:15:08,171
this is actually similar
2506
01:15:04,167 --> 01:15:08,171
to a pretty modern winery.
2507
01:15:08,171 --> 01:15:11,090
We can imagine
2508
01:15:08,171 --> 01:15:11,090
the amount of wine
2509
01:15:11,090 --> 01:15:13,009
that came out of this place.
2510
01:15:13,009 --> 01:15:15,470
With the first
2511
01:15:13,009 --> 01:15:15,470
Muslim occupation of this area
2512
01:15:15,470 --> 01:15:17,472
in the 7th and 8th centuries,
2513
01:15:17,472 --> 01:15:19,182
from the Byzantine emperors,
2514
01:15:19,182 --> 01:15:22,852
obviously Muslims prohibited
2515
01:15:19,182 --> 01:15:22,852
the usage of alcohol,
2516
01:15:22,852 --> 01:15:25,938
and they had destroyed
2517
01:15:22,852 --> 01:15:25,938
the alcohol industry,
2518
01:15:25,938 --> 01:15:28,024
which was mainly wine.
2519
01:15:28,024 --> 01:15:29,775
So, in Israel,
2520
01:15:29,775 --> 01:15:34,071
the wine industry had ceased to
2521
01:15:29,775 --> 01:15:34,071
exist from the 7th century,
2522
01:15:34,071 --> 01:15:37,783
up until the late 19th century,
2523
01:15:34,071 --> 01:15:37,783
20th century,
2524
01:15:37,783 --> 01:15:39,869
when the Jews have returned.
2525
01:15:39,869 --> 01:15:42,872
They have returned
2526
01:15:39,869 --> 01:15:42,872
with a lot of money
2527
01:15:42,872 --> 01:15:44,665
coming from
2528
01:15:42,872 --> 01:15:44,665
Baron de Rothschild,
2529
01:15:44,665 --> 01:15:47,210
who was
2530
01:15:44,665 --> 01:15:47,210
an enthusiastic Zionist.
2531
01:15:47,210 --> 01:15:50,671
He sent over
2532
01:15:47,210 --> 01:15:50,671
his counselors from France,
2533
01:15:50,671 --> 01:15:55,426
and they brought their varieties
2534
01:15:50,671 --> 01:15:55,426
to be planted in Israel,
2535
01:15:55,426 --> 01:15:58,513
and they tried
2536
01:15:55,426 --> 01:15:58,513
to create French wine.
2537
01:15:58,513 --> 01:16:01,974
They made
2538
01:15:58,513 --> 01:16:01,974
wines that were mediocre.
2539
01:16:01,974 --> 01:16:04,768
Little by little,
2540
01:16:01,974 --> 01:16:04,768
these wines became dreadful.
2541
01:16:04,768 --> 01:16:06,479
Thirty-five years ago,
2542
01:16:06,479 --> 01:16:07,855
Israeli entrepreneurs
2543
01:16:07,855 --> 01:16:09,606
who have traveled
2544
01:16:07,855 --> 01:16:09,606
the new world...
2545
01:16:09,606 --> 01:16:12,651
America, Napa Valley,
2546
01:16:09,606 --> 01:16:12,651
and Australia,
2547
01:16:12,651 --> 01:16:16,780
and discovered Shiraz and
2548
01:16:12,651 --> 01:16:16,780
Cabernet and Cabernet Franc,
2549
01:16:16,780 --> 01:16:19,116
came back to Israel and put
2550
01:16:16,780 --> 01:16:19,116
the vines in the ground,
2551
01:16:19,116 --> 01:16:21,744
and they waited
2552
01:16:19,116 --> 01:16:21,744
long enough and they said,
2553
01:16:21,744 --> 01:16:23,620
"We don't care about tons.
2554
01:16:23,620 --> 01:16:25,540
We care about quality."
2555
01:16:27,958 --> 01:16:30,961
While we were
2556
01:16:27,958 --> 01:16:30,961
a one-winery nation
2557
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:34,757
up until the early '80s,
2558
01:16:34,757 --> 01:16:39,053
now we have more
2559
01:16:34,757 --> 01:16:39,053
than 300 boutique
2560
01:16:34,757 --> 01:16:39,053
and garage wineries.
2561
01:16:39,053 --> 01:16:43,391
Israeli wines are being
2562
01:16:39,053 --> 01:16:43,391
very highly appreciated.
2563
01:16:43,391 --> 01:16:47,895
You have Old World wines
2564
01:16:43,391 --> 01:16:47,895
like the wineries of Carmel.
2565
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:54,569
And you have
2566
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:54,569
New World wines--
2567
01:16:54,569 --> 01:16:57,321
great wines,
2568
01:16:54,569 --> 01:16:57,321
robust, powerful.
2569
01:17:00,199 --> 01:17:02,535
Some of them Israeli--
2570
01:17:02,535 --> 01:17:07,081
rude, in-your-face
2571
01:17:02,535 --> 01:17:07,081
wines, lovely wine.
2572
01:17:11,294 --> 01:17:14,004
[Tal Pelter] Everything starts
2573
01:17:11,294 --> 01:17:14,004
from very, very good grapes,
2574
01:17:14,004 --> 01:17:15,881
and a good place
2575
01:17:14,004 --> 01:17:15,881
to grow grapes
2576
01:17:15,881 --> 01:17:17,674
is up here in the Golan.
2577
01:17:17,674 --> 01:17:20,553
I think it's the best
2578
01:17:17,674 --> 01:17:20,553
wine region in Israel,
2579
01:17:20,553 --> 01:17:22,388
and, my opinion, one of
2580
01:17:20,553 --> 01:17:22,388
the best in the world.
2581
01:17:22,388 --> 01:17:25,224
Because we're up high,
2582
01:17:25,224 --> 01:17:28,102
we have maturity every year,
2583
01:17:28,102 --> 01:17:30,938
can grow almost
2584
01:17:28,102 --> 01:17:30,938
any variety here.
2585
01:17:32,523 --> 01:17:34,317
We're pressing a Cabernet.
2586
01:17:34,317 --> 01:17:40,823
It's now in
2587
01:17:34,317 --> 01:17:40,823
its third week on skins.
2588
01:17:40,823 --> 01:17:43,909
It has really strong acidity.
2589
01:17:43,909 --> 01:17:45,411
Very low pH.
2590
01:17:45,411 --> 01:17:47,246
Very good color.
2591
01:17:47,246 --> 01:17:49,790
-I don't drink, actually.
2592
01:17:47,246 --> 01:17:49,790
-You don't?
2593
01:17:49,790 --> 01:17:53,085
-I'm not a drinker.
2594
01:17:49,790 --> 01:17:53,085
-Why not?
2595
01:17:53,085 --> 01:17:54,753
I'm allergic.
2596
01:17:54,753 --> 01:17:57,590
I break out in handcuffs
2597
01:17:54,753 --> 01:17:57,590
and police cars when I drink.
2598
01:17:57,590 --> 01:18:00,717
I definitely appreciate
2599
01:17:57,590 --> 01:18:00,717
good wine, you know.
2600
01:18:00,717 --> 01:18:03,429
Obviously, you're going
2601
01:18:00,717 --> 01:18:03,429
to be doing the drinking.
2602
01:18:15,399 --> 01:18:17,485
[Amir Savig] We are
2603
01:18:15,399 --> 01:18:17,485
producing this year
2604
01:18:17,485 --> 01:18:19,529
getting close to
2605
01:18:17,485 --> 01:18:19,529
two million bottles.
2606
01:18:19,529 --> 01:18:22,198
Ten years ago,
2607
01:18:19,529 --> 01:18:22,198
40,000 or 50,000.
2608
01:18:22,198 --> 01:18:23,699
That's amazing.
2609
01:18:23,699 --> 01:18:28,454
At the moment,
2610
01:18:23,699 --> 01:18:28,454
we're selling close to 90%
2611
01:18:28,454 --> 01:18:30,623
on local market,
2612
01:18:28,454 --> 01:18:30,623
and ten percent is exported.
2613
01:18:30,623 --> 01:18:34,293
[Solomonov] Usually, Israeli
2614
01:18:30,623 --> 01:18:34,293
wine is in the kosher section
2615
01:18:34,293 --> 01:18:36,712
of the liquor store
2616
01:18:34,293 --> 01:18:36,712
in the States.
2617
01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:39,089
You know, you have Argentina,
2618
01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:39,089
you have France,
2619
01:18:39,089 --> 01:18:41,509
Spain is now obviously
2620
01:18:39,089 --> 01:18:41,509
having a moment, too.
2621
01:18:41,509 --> 01:18:43,969
Then there's no Israeli wine,
2622
01:18:41,509 --> 01:18:43,969
there's kosher wine.
2623
01:18:43,969 --> 01:18:45,596
That could be kosher
2624
01:18:43,969 --> 01:18:45,596
from California,
2625
01:18:45,596 --> 01:18:47,723
it could be freaking
2626
01:18:45,596 --> 01:18:47,723
Manischewitz,
2627
01:18:47,723 --> 01:18:49,850
and then you also have stuff
2628
01:18:47,723 --> 01:18:49,850
that you guys are serving,
2629
01:18:49,850 --> 01:18:53,729
which is rated 94, 95, 96
2630
01:18:49,850 --> 01:18:53,729
on Parker, you know?
2631
01:18:53,729 --> 01:18:55,898
How do you break
2632
01:18:53,729 --> 01:18:55,898
that stereotype
2633
01:18:55,898 --> 01:19:01,571
that Israeli or Jewish wine is
2634
01:18:55,898 --> 01:19:01,571
sweet and cooked and disgusting?
2635
01:19:01,571 --> 01:19:04,781
[David Montefiore]
2636
01:19:01,571 --> 01:19:04,781
Start by trying to explain
2637
01:19:01,571 --> 01:19:04,781
the difference
2638
01:19:04,781 --> 01:19:06,825
between what all kosher
2639
01:19:04,781 --> 01:19:06,825
wine used to be,
2640
01:19:06,825 --> 01:19:08,494
and kosher today.
2641
01:19:08,494 --> 01:19:12,331
There's no difference
2642
01:19:08,494 --> 01:19:12,331
in the way it is made,
2643
01:19:12,331 --> 01:19:16,711
than the way top wine from top
2644
01:19:12,331 --> 01:19:16,711
Bordeaux château is made.
2645
01:19:16,711 --> 01:19:18,546
The winemaking is
2646
01:19:16,711 --> 01:19:18,546
exactly the same.
2647
01:19:18,546 --> 01:19:21,298
The key element is
2648
01:19:18,546 --> 01:19:21,298
the fact that a religious,
2649
01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:22,966
Sabbath-keeping Jew
2650
01:19:22,966 --> 01:19:26,053
is the man who needs to be
2651
01:19:22,966 --> 01:19:26,053
in actual contact with...
2652
01:19:26,053 --> 01:19:28,097
-And not even this guy!
2653
01:19:26,053 --> 01:19:28,097
-Not even this guy!
2654
01:19:28,097 --> 01:19:29,265
Not even the winemaker.
2655
01:19:29,265 --> 01:19:30,725
I'm not
2656
01:19:29,265 --> 01:19:30,725
allowed to touch the wine.
2657
01:19:30,725 --> 01:19:33,102
If you observe the Sabbath,
2658
01:19:30,725 --> 01:19:33,102
you could?
2659
01:19:33,102 --> 01:19:34,687
Yes, yes. Definitely.
2660
01:19:34,687 --> 01:19:36,522
That's the key factor.
2661
01:19:36,522 --> 01:19:38,315
But very few winemakers
2662
01:19:36,522 --> 01:19:38,315
do it.
2663
01:19:38,315 --> 01:19:41,026
I would say the demographics
2664
01:19:38,315 --> 01:19:41,026
now in Israel
2665
01:19:41,026 --> 01:19:44,238
are probably
2666
01:19:41,026 --> 01:19:44,238
80% nonreligious people,
2667
01:19:44,238 --> 01:19:47,241
and so, people will do
2668
01:19:44,238 --> 01:19:47,241
everything on a Saturday.
2669
01:19:47,241 --> 01:19:48,659
Of course, of course.
2670
01:19:48,659 --> 01:19:50,160
But what about
2671
01:19:48,659 --> 01:19:50,160
in this winery?
2672
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:51,995
On Shabbat, does
2673
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:51,995
everything stop here?
2674
01:19:51,995 --> 01:19:53,289
Shabbat = the Sabbath
2675
01:19:53,289 --> 01:19:55,416
Yes,
2676
01:19:53,289 --> 01:19:55,416
completely locked and shut.
2677
01:19:55,416 --> 01:19:58,210
Like a kosher
2678
01:19:55,416 --> 01:19:58,210
restaurant, right?
2679
01:19:58,210 --> 01:19:59,795
All the ovens
2680
01:19:58,210 --> 01:19:59,795
have to get turned off,
2681
01:19:59,795 --> 01:20:01,171
everybody leaves. Crazy.
2682
01:20:01,171 --> 01:20:03,674
Same on all
2683
01:20:01,171 --> 01:20:03,674
Jewish holidays.
2684
01:20:03,674 --> 01:20:05,801
Most of them are
2685
01:20:03,674 --> 01:20:05,801
during the harvest.
2686
01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:09,680
We have some ways
2687
01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:09,680
of technologically
2688
01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:09,680
going around this.
2689
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:12,891
A lot of stuff is being done
2690
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:12,891
automatically when we are gone.
2691
01:20:15,519 --> 01:20:18,314
So is it frustrating
2692
01:20:15,519 --> 01:20:18,314
that you can't do this yourself?
2693
01:20:18,314 --> 01:20:19,565
No, you get used to it.
2694
01:20:19,565 --> 01:20:22,276
It was difficult
2695
01:20:19,565 --> 01:20:22,276
at the beginning.
2696
01:20:22,276 --> 01:20:24,737
But I'm used to
2697
01:20:22,276 --> 01:20:24,737
having my hands in my pockets
2698
01:20:24,737 --> 01:20:26,071
when I'm here.
2699
01:20:28,282 --> 01:20:31,410
-Cheers.
2700
01:20:28,282 --> 01:20:31,410
-L'chaim.
2701
01:20:34,871 --> 01:20:38,709
Kosher means "proper"
2702
01:20:34,871 --> 01:20:38,709
in Hebrew.
2703
01:20:38,709 --> 01:20:41,962
Kosher dietary laws have been
2704
01:20:38,709 --> 01:20:41,962
observed by religious Jews
2705
01:20:41,962 --> 01:20:43,464
for thousands of years.
2706
01:20:44,923 --> 01:20:46,676
With kosher food,
2707
01:20:44,923 --> 01:20:46,676
you have rules.
2708
01:20:46,676 --> 01:20:49,136
You may not cook
2709
01:20:46,676 --> 01:20:49,136
dairy with meat,
2710
01:20:49,136 --> 01:20:51,597
you may not have
2711
01:20:49,136 --> 01:20:51,597
certain kinds of seafood,
2712
01:20:51,597 --> 01:20:53,140
you may not have pork,
2713
01:20:53,140 --> 01:20:54,933
you may not have
2714
01:20:53,140 --> 01:20:54,933
this kind of meat
2715
01:20:54,933 --> 01:20:56,602
and that kind of meat.
2716
01:20:56,602 --> 01:21:00,022
The number of
2717
01:20:56,602 --> 01:21:00,022
Orthodox religious Jews
2718
01:21:00,022 --> 01:21:03,734
compared to secular Jews
2719
01:21:00,022 --> 01:21:03,734
in Israel is very small,
2720
01:21:03,734 --> 01:21:06,403
but they have a lot
2721
01:21:03,734 --> 01:21:06,403
of political power,
2722
01:21:06,403 --> 01:21:10,783
so, in a way, they managed to
2723
01:21:06,403 --> 01:21:10,783
make laws and regulations
2724
01:21:10,783 --> 01:21:14,953
that forbids people like
2725
01:21:10,783 --> 01:21:14,953
me, secular people,
2726
01:21:14,953 --> 01:21:19,375
to raise, to eat, to sell,
2727
01:21:14,953 --> 01:21:19,375
for example, pork.
2728
01:21:19,375 --> 01:21:21,585
You can't import prosciutto
2729
01:21:19,375 --> 01:21:21,585
or jamón to Israel...
2730
01:21:21,585 --> 01:21:23,170
jamón = ham
2731
01:21:23,170 --> 01:21:25,715
...'cause naturally,
2732
01:21:23,170 --> 01:21:25,715
the meat of pork
2733
01:21:23,170 --> 01:21:25,715
is never kosher,
2734
01:21:25,715 --> 01:21:28,843
which is, of course, a big
2735
01:21:25,715 --> 01:21:28,843
tragedy if you're a food lover.
2736
01:21:28,843 --> 01:21:30,469
Take steaks.
2737
01:21:30,469 --> 01:21:32,680
If you want a steak
2738
01:21:30,469 --> 01:21:32,680
to be kosher,
2739
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:35,683
you have to take
2740
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:35,683
all the blood,
2741
01:21:35,683 --> 01:21:38,435
or the juice, out of it,
2742
01:21:35,683 --> 01:21:38,435
because the blood is the soul,
2743
01:21:38,435 --> 01:21:40,646
and the soul should not be in
2744
01:21:38,435 --> 01:21:40,646
the animal when you eat it.
2745
01:21:40,646 --> 01:21:43,649
[Nathan] You have
2746
01:21:40,646 --> 01:21:43,649
to have a ritual slaughterer
2747
01:21:43,649 --> 01:21:47,986
who will just use a knife
2748
01:21:43,649 --> 01:21:47,986
quickly to get rid of the blood
2749
01:21:47,986 --> 01:21:50,239
as quickly as
2750
01:21:47,986 --> 01:21:50,239
possible, and you salt it,
2751
01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:52,867
and you put
2752
01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:52,867
cold water on it,
2753
01:21:52,867 --> 01:21:55,202
as it's said in the Bible.
2754
01:21:55,202 --> 01:21:57,705
Most people think you've
2755
01:21:55,202 --> 01:21:57,705
got to have it overcooked,
2756
01:21:57,705 --> 01:22:01,041
so it's not red, but it's
2757
01:21:57,705 --> 01:22:01,041
not necessarily the blood
2758
01:22:01,041 --> 01:22:03,502
that's still in there
2759
01:22:01,041 --> 01:22:03,502
that's red, it's rare.
2760
01:22:03,502 --> 01:22:06,088
I think the problem is
2761
01:22:03,502 --> 01:22:06,088
the just overcooking,
2762
01:22:06,088 --> 01:22:09,800
and it's pretty awful,
2763
01:22:06,088 --> 01:22:09,800
but it doesn't have to be.
2764
01:22:09,800 --> 01:22:12,386
Judaism
2765
01:22:09,800 --> 01:22:12,386
has a lot of paradoxes.
2766
01:22:12,386 --> 01:22:16,014
One of them is that we have
2767
01:22:12,386 --> 01:22:16,014
to eat very well,
2768
01:22:16,014 --> 01:22:17,808
festive food,
2769
01:22:16,014 --> 01:22:17,808
on Shabbat,
2770
01:22:17,808 --> 01:22:21,311
and at the same time,
2771
01:22:17,808 --> 01:22:21,311
you are not allowed to cook,
2772
01:22:21,311 --> 01:22:23,105
because cooking is working,
2773
01:22:23,105 --> 01:22:25,357
and you're not allowed to work;
2774
01:22:23,105 --> 01:22:25,357
you have to rest.
2775
01:22:25,357 --> 01:22:29,570
So, come on, guys, how are
2776
01:22:25,357 --> 01:22:29,570
we supposed to eat very well,
2777
01:22:29,570 --> 01:22:32,030
festive food,
2778
01:22:29,570 --> 01:22:32,030
the best food of the week,
2779
01:22:32,030 --> 01:22:35,033
on Saturday, if we are
2780
01:22:32,030 --> 01:22:35,033
not allowed to cook?
2781
01:22:35,033 --> 01:22:38,871
Shabbat was very important
2782
01:22:35,033 --> 01:22:38,871
to the Jewish cuisine,
2783
01:22:38,871 --> 01:22:41,164
because when people
2784
01:22:38,871 --> 01:22:41,164
set in the diaspora
2785
01:22:41,164 --> 01:22:43,667
in different communities,
2786
01:22:41,164 --> 01:22:43,667
what made them different
2787
01:22:43,667 --> 01:22:46,754
from their neighbors
2788
01:22:43,667 --> 01:22:46,754
were the Shabbat
2789
01:22:43,667 --> 01:22:46,754
and the kosher laws.
2790
01:22:46,754 --> 01:22:49,799
Because they had
2791
01:22:46,754 --> 01:22:49,799
to preserve the Shabbat,
2792
01:22:49,799 --> 01:22:53,969
not to light fire and all
2793
01:22:49,799 --> 01:22:53,969
kinds of religious regulations,
2794
01:22:53,969 --> 01:22:55,554
they developed
2795
01:22:53,969 --> 01:22:55,554
a lot of dishes.
2796
01:22:57,180 --> 01:22:59,850
[Aharoni] All these
2797
01:22:57,180 --> 01:22:59,850
different ethnic cuisines
2798
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:01,977
had to come
2799
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:01,977
up with the food,
2800
01:23:01,977 --> 01:23:03,813
and more than one,
2801
01:23:03,813 --> 01:23:08,108
that you can start cooking
2802
01:23:03,813 --> 01:23:08,108
on Friday afternoon,
2803
01:23:08,108 --> 01:23:09,401
before the Shabbat comes in,
2804
01:23:09,401 --> 01:23:11,987
and it should stay
2805
01:23:09,401 --> 01:23:11,987
on the stove,
2806
01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:15,783
or in the oven
2807
01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:15,783
or whatever method you chose,
2808
01:23:15,783 --> 01:23:17,785
like, 16 hours.
2809
01:23:17,785 --> 01:23:19,703
So, actually,
2810
01:23:17,785 --> 01:23:19,703
we have an amazing,
2811
01:23:19,703 --> 01:23:24,040
colorful, flavorful mosaic
2812
01:23:19,703 --> 01:23:24,040
of cuisines in Israel.
2813
01:23:24,040 --> 01:23:26,335
All the people
2814
01:23:24,040 --> 01:23:26,335
that have ended up here
2815
01:23:26,335 --> 01:23:27,920
from wherever they have,
2816
01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:30,506
because essentially this
2817
01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:30,506
entire place is transient,
2818
01:23:30,506 --> 01:23:32,424
bringing with them
2819
01:23:30,506 --> 01:23:32,424
all their cuisines
2820
01:23:32,424 --> 01:23:34,760
and all their cultures
2821
01:23:32,424 --> 01:23:34,760
and all of their tradition,
2822
01:23:34,760 --> 01:23:38,180
and, to some, that's kosher,
2823
01:23:34,760 --> 01:23:38,180
to some, that's not kosher.
2824
01:23:38,180 --> 01:23:40,641
I think that some people are
2825
01:23:38,180 --> 01:23:40,641
going to hang onto the food
2826
01:23:40,641 --> 01:23:42,977
that their grandparents
2827
01:23:40,641 --> 01:23:42,977
have brought with them,
2828
01:23:42,977 --> 01:23:44,645
or the food that they
2829
01:23:42,977 --> 01:23:44,645
had in different countries
2830
01:23:44,645 --> 01:23:47,063
before Israel existed
2831
01:23:44,645 --> 01:23:47,063
is going to be the thing
2832
01:23:47,063 --> 01:23:50,567
you find on their Shabbat
2833
01:23:47,063 --> 01:23:50,567
table every single Friday.
2834
01:23:50,567 --> 01:23:52,945
We're gonna make
2835
01:23:50,567 --> 01:23:52,945
traditional couscous today,
2836
01:23:52,945 --> 01:23:56,866
which is both Tunisian
2837
01:23:52,945 --> 01:23:56,866
and Moroccan and what else?
2838
01:23:56,866 --> 01:23:59,201
-Libyan.
2839
01:23:56,866 --> 01:23:59,201
-Libyan. Algerian.
2840
01:23:59,201 --> 01:24:00,536
French.
2841
01:24:00,536 --> 01:24:02,496
Yeah, everything
2842
01:24:00,536 --> 01:24:02,496
that comes western to Israel,
2843
01:24:02,496 --> 01:24:03,789
they make couscous.
2844
01:24:03,789 --> 01:24:05,958
And this is the Moroccan
2845
01:24:03,789 --> 01:24:05,958
side of the family.
2846
01:24:05,958 --> 01:24:08,210
-Your family's from Morocco?
2847
01:24:05,958 --> 01:24:08,210
-I'm also from Morocco.
2848
01:24:08,210 --> 01:24:09,670
-You were born in Morocco?
2849
01:24:08,210 --> 01:24:09,670
-Yes.
2850
01:24:09,670 --> 01:24:11,881
Do you do
2851
01:24:09,670 --> 01:24:11,881
this for Shabbat normally?
2852
01:24:11,881 --> 01:24:13,841
We grew up with Tunisians.
2853
01:24:13,841 --> 01:24:18,261
And in Tunisia,
2854
01:24:13,841 --> 01:24:18,261
Friday without couscous
2855
01:24:13,841 --> 01:24:18,261
is not Shabbat.
2856
01:24:18,261 --> 01:24:21,306
Couscous is really hard to make.
2857
01:24:18,261 --> 01:24:21,306
It takes a really long time.
2858
01:24:21,306 --> 01:24:26,144
It's not hard, it's only
2859
01:24:21,306 --> 01:24:26,144
a long time because it's
2860
01:24:21,306 --> 01:24:26,144
cooked on steam.
2861
01:24:26,144 --> 01:24:27,897
I've heard
2862
01:24:26,144 --> 01:24:27,897
some people say
2863
01:24:27,897 --> 01:24:29,481
that you need to steam
2864
01:24:27,897 --> 01:24:29,481
it two times.
2865
01:24:29,481 --> 01:24:31,400
Yes, this is
2866
01:24:29,481 --> 01:24:31,400
the second time.
2867
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:33,027
All right.
2868
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:33,027
So all the vapor
2869
01:24:33,027 --> 01:24:34,904
and all the smells
2870
01:24:33,027 --> 01:24:34,904
from the vegetables
2871
01:24:34,904 --> 01:24:36,655
season the couscous, as well.
2872
01:24:36,655 --> 01:24:38,073
Yes.
2873
01:24:38,073 --> 01:24:39,950
[Tsabari]
2874
01:24:38,073 --> 01:24:39,950
Around 5:00 or 6:00,
2875
01:24:39,950 --> 01:24:41,368
everybody gathers around,
2876
01:24:41,368 --> 01:24:44,997
and lights
2877
01:24:41,368 --> 01:24:44,997
the candles for Shabbat.
2878
01:24:44,997 --> 01:24:48,500
It's a way to bring
2879
01:24:44,997 --> 01:24:48,500
Shabbat into your house,
2880
01:24:44,997 --> 01:24:48,500
and into yourself, as well.
2881
01:24:51,294 --> 01:24:53,088
Right after
2882
01:24:51,294 --> 01:24:53,088
lighting the candles,
2883
01:24:53,088 --> 01:24:55,674
you're supposed to start
2884
01:24:53,088 --> 01:24:55,674
the ceremonies for Shabbat.
2885
01:24:56,967 --> 01:24:58,761
Baruch atah,
2886
01:24:56,967 --> 01:24:58,761
Adonai Eloheinu,
2887
01:24:58,761 --> 01:25:00,596
Melech haolam,
2888
01:24:58,761 --> 01:25:00,596
asher kid'shanu
2889
01:25:00,596 --> 01:25:02,639
b'mitzvotav, v'tzivanu
2890
01:25:00,596 --> 01:25:02,639
l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat.
2891
01:25:02,639 --> 01:25:05,100
For whoever keeps Shabbat
2892
01:25:02,639 --> 01:25:05,100
for religious people,
2893
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:06,518
from the second
2894
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:06,518
you light the candles,
2895
01:25:06,518 --> 01:25:08,103
or from the second
2896
01:25:06,518 --> 01:25:08,103
Shabbat enters,
2897
01:25:08,103 --> 01:25:10,146
you're not allowed
2898
01:25:08,103 --> 01:25:10,146
to do any work at all--
2899
01:25:10,146 --> 01:25:12,399
not lighting the fire,
2900
01:25:10,146 --> 01:25:12,399
not speaking on your phone,
2901
01:25:12,399 --> 01:25:14,443
not lighting a cigarette,
2902
01:25:12,399 --> 01:25:14,443
not cooking food.
2903
01:25:14,443 --> 01:25:19,531
For the next 24, 25 hours,
2904
01:25:14,443 --> 01:25:19,531
you are just resting.
2905
01:25:19,531 --> 01:25:21,241
Studying.
2906
01:25:19,531 --> 01:25:21,241
You're supposed to.
2907
01:25:21,241 --> 01:25:23,035
Studying,
2908
01:25:21,241 --> 01:25:23,035
supposed to study, yes.
2909
01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:31,501
[Hovav] Shabbat should
2910
01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:31,501
be a lovely day of rest,
2911
01:25:31,501 --> 01:25:37,591
and of celebrating
2912
01:25:31,501 --> 01:25:37,591
your family and your values,
2913
01:25:37,591 --> 01:25:43,597
and your culture and whatever
2914
01:25:37,591 --> 01:25:43,597
you find dear to you.
2915
01:25:43,597 --> 01:25:45,808
I guess that
2916
01:25:43,597 --> 01:25:45,808
if you're religious,
2917
01:25:45,808 --> 01:25:48,769
it may be that
2918
01:25:45,808 --> 01:25:48,769
this is what you do.
2919
01:25:48,769 --> 01:25:53,774
For myself, as a secular Jew
2920
01:25:48,769 --> 01:25:53,774
who used to live in Jerusalem,
2921
01:25:53,774 --> 01:25:56,568
Shabbat was oppression.
2922
01:25:56,568 --> 01:25:59,947
During Shabbat, businesses
2923
01:25:56,568 --> 01:25:59,947
are closed by law.
2924
01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:03,158
So if you're stuck
2925
01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:03,158
without tomato paste,
2926
01:26:03,158 --> 01:26:04,785
you cannot get it.
2927
01:26:04,785 --> 01:26:06,787
There is no public
2928
01:26:04,785 --> 01:26:06,787
transportation.
2929
01:26:06,787 --> 01:26:08,163
Cinemas are closed.
2930
01:26:08,163 --> 01:26:09,915
Et cetera,
2931
01:26:08,163 --> 01:26:09,915
et cetera, et cetera.
2932
01:26:09,915 --> 01:26:14,336
So this is why many secular
2933
01:26:09,915 --> 01:26:14,336
Jews moved from Jerusalem,
2934
01:26:14,336 --> 01:26:16,005
which is more
2935
01:26:14,336 --> 01:26:16,005
religious, to Tel Aviv,
2936
01:26:16,005 --> 01:26:18,882
which is a fun, free city.
2937
01:26:18,882 --> 01:26:21,093
I celebrate Shabbat
2938
01:26:18,882 --> 01:26:21,093
in other ways.
2939
01:26:21,093 --> 01:26:25,681
Shabbat is a lovely day
2940
01:26:21,093 --> 01:26:25,681
to be with my daughter
2941
01:26:21,093 --> 01:26:25,681
and my partner.
2942
01:26:25,681 --> 01:26:28,725
[Nathan] There's
2943
01:26:25,681 --> 01:26:28,725
a beautiful sense of family
2944
01:26:25,681 --> 01:26:28,725
in this country.
2945
01:26:28,725 --> 01:26:30,894
When you say a chevrah,
2946
01:26:28,725 --> 01:26:30,894
which means, like...
2947
01:26:30,894 --> 01:26:32,729
chevrah
2948
01:26:32,729 --> 01:26:35,816
...a group of friends,
2949
01:26:32,729 --> 01:26:35,816
it's a big deal in Israel.
2950
01:26:35,816 --> 01:26:38,485
First of all, people
2951
01:26:35,816 --> 01:26:38,485
were in the army,
2952
01:26:38,485 --> 01:26:40,070
they were in school together,
2953
01:26:40,070 --> 01:26:42,781
they live within walking
2954
01:26:40,070 --> 01:26:42,781
distance of each other,
2955
01:26:42,781 --> 01:26:46,785
and they all see
2956
01:26:42,781 --> 01:26:46,785
their parents once a week.
2957
01:26:46,785 --> 01:26:48,912
They want to be
2958
01:26:46,785 --> 01:26:48,912
together every Shabbat,
2959
01:26:48,912 --> 01:26:50,622
every Friday night.
2960
01:26:50,622 --> 01:26:56,879
[group singing] Shalom Aleichem,
2961
01:26:50,622 --> 01:26:56,879
mal'achei hasharet
2962
01:26:56,879 --> 01:27:00,799
mal'achei elyon.
2963
01:27:00,799 --> 01:27:04,720
Mimelech mal'achei
2964
01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:10,225
ham'lachim Hakadosh
2965
01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:10,225
baruch Hu.
2966
01:27:10,225 --> 01:27:14,021
[Vered] For secular people,
2967
01:27:10,225 --> 01:27:14,021
Shabbat means big dinners
2968
01:27:14,021 --> 01:27:16,190
or big get-together
2969
01:27:14,021 --> 01:27:16,190
of the families.
2970
01:27:16,190 --> 01:27:17,983
Even if we're not religious,
2971
01:27:17,983 --> 01:27:21,153
the thing about Jewish
2972
01:27:17,983 --> 01:27:21,153
mothers still works.
2973
01:27:21,153 --> 01:27:24,531
The Jewish mother wants
2974
01:27:21,153 --> 01:27:24,531
all her sons and daughters
2975
01:27:24,531 --> 01:27:27,409
and family to be
2976
01:27:24,531 --> 01:27:27,409
around her at Shabbat,
2977
01:27:27,409 --> 01:27:30,286
and we still do that.
2978
01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:32,206
[Solomonov] So you have
2979
01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:32,206
the wild squash, pumpkin,
2980
01:27:32,206 --> 01:27:33,707
chickpeas, celery.
2981
01:27:33,707 --> 01:27:36,752
Chickpeas, potatoes, celery.
2982
01:27:36,752 --> 01:27:38,587
[Tsabari]
2983
01:27:36,752 --> 01:27:38,587
On Friday evening,
2984
01:27:38,587 --> 01:27:40,672
we would always sit,
2985
01:27:38,587 --> 01:27:40,672
the whole family together,
2986
01:27:40,672 --> 01:27:42,841
and this was almost
2987
01:27:40,672 --> 01:27:42,841
a sacred ceremony.
2988
01:27:42,841 --> 01:27:45,761
If somebody was missing
2989
01:27:42,841 --> 01:27:45,761
the feast of Shabbat,
2990
01:27:45,761 --> 01:27:49,639
something really seriously
2991
01:27:45,761 --> 01:27:49,639
had to go wrong.
2992
01:27:49,639 --> 01:27:52,475
-Please, some generosity.
2993
01:27:49,639 --> 01:27:52,475
-How about that?
2994
01:27:52,475 --> 01:27:53,685
Here, have a potato.
2995
01:27:53,685 --> 01:27:55,020
[Vered] For us, the reality
2996
01:27:55,020 --> 01:27:56,605
in American television
2997
01:27:56,605 --> 01:27:58,398
where the family gets
2998
01:27:56,605 --> 01:27:58,398
together just on Christmas
2999
01:27:58,398 --> 01:28:01,068
and Thanksgiving
3000
01:27:58,398 --> 01:28:01,068
is very weird.
3001
01:28:01,068 --> 01:28:04,279
[Solomonov] Your mom
3002
01:28:01,068 --> 01:28:04,279
learned from her mom,
3003
01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:05,864
who learned from her mom,
3004
01:28:05,864 --> 01:28:07,991
who's making it
3005
01:28:05,864 --> 01:28:07,991
back in Morocco,
3006
01:28:07,991 --> 01:28:10,953
way back in the day before there
3007
01:28:07,991 --> 01:28:10,953
was ever an established
3008
01:28:10,953 --> 01:28:13,080
state of Israel
3009
01:28:10,953 --> 01:28:13,080
and brought it here,
3010
01:28:13,080 --> 01:28:16,708
and we get to eat it now,
3011
01:28:13,080 --> 01:28:16,708
made a little more terrible
3012
01:28:16,708 --> 01:28:18,168
than your mom
3013
01:28:16,708 --> 01:28:18,168
normally makes it,
3014
01:28:18,168 --> 01:28:19,753
'cause it was made
3015
01:28:18,168 --> 01:28:19,753
with my hands,
3016
01:28:19,753 --> 01:28:21,880
but that's what makes
3017
01:28:19,753 --> 01:28:21,880
it taste so good.
3018
01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:24,174
That's the richness of it.
3019
01:28:24,174 --> 01:28:28,095
-That's why I think
3020
01:28:24,174 --> 01:28:28,095
it tastes so good.
3021
01:28:24,174 --> 01:28:28,095
-I agree with you.
3022
01:28:28,095 --> 01:28:31,014
[Vered] I think it
3023
01:28:28,095 --> 01:28:31,014
has to do, in a way,
3024
01:28:31,014 --> 01:28:32,808
with the whole culture--
3025
01:28:32,808 --> 01:28:35,310
small country,
3026
01:28:32,808 --> 01:28:35,310
everybody has to stick together,
3027
01:28:35,310 --> 01:28:37,271
it's us against the world.
3028
01:28:37,271 --> 01:28:39,022
This tradition has
3029
01:28:37,271 --> 01:28:39,022
a lot of negative things,
3030
01:28:39,022 --> 01:28:41,399
but it has also some
3031
01:28:39,022 --> 01:28:41,399
positive things.
3032
01:28:41,399 --> 01:28:44,903
This relation that
3033
01:28:41,399 --> 01:28:44,903
you have with your family,
3034
01:28:44,903 --> 01:28:46,738
and the bigger family,
3035
01:28:46,738 --> 01:28:49,324
I think this is
3036
01:28:46,738 --> 01:28:49,324
one of the nicest aspects
3037
01:28:49,324 --> 01:28:51,326
of being Israeli.
3038
01:28:59,960 --> 01:29:01,461
Enjoy.
3039
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:05,590
[Solomonov]
3040
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:05,590
Israeli cuisine grew
3041
01:29:05,590 --> 01:29:07,217
from traditions
3042
01:29:05,590 --> 01:29:07,217
that were brought here,
3043
01:29:07,217 --> 01:29:09,719
and also born here.
3044
01:29:21,356 --> 01:29:22,899
How long have you
3045
01:29:21,356 --> 01:29:22,899
had this spice shop?
3046
01:29:22,899 --> 01:29:24,526
Four hundred years.
3047
01:29:24,526 --> 01:29:27,112
-It's been in your
3048
01:29:24,526 --> 01:29:27,112
family 400 years?
3049
01:29:24,526 --> 01:29:27,112
-Yes.
3050
01:29:30,115 --> 01:29:32,951
In Nazareth,
3051
01:29:30,115 --> 01:29:32,951
Julie Zaher,
3052
01:29:32,951 --> 01:29:34,870
a Christian Arab,
3053
01:29:32,951 --> 01:29:34,870
makes amazing tehina...
3054
01:29:34,870 --> 01:29:36,246
tehina = tahini
3055
01:29:36,246 --> 01:29:37,956
...the crucial
3056
01:29:36,246 --> 01:29:37,956
ingredient in hummus
3057
01:29:37,956 --> 01:29:39,666
and so many other dishes.
3058
01:29:39,666 --> 01:29:41,126
Where does
3059
01:29:39,666 --> 01:29:41,126
all this come from?
3060
01:29:41,126 --> 01:29:44,296
The sesame seeds
3061
01:29:41,126 --> 01:29:44,296
are from Ethiopia.
3062
01:29:44,296 --> 01:29:46,798
It's a very good kind.
3063
01:29:44,296 --> 01:29:46,798
Its name is Humera.
3064
01:29:46,798 --> 01:29:49,676
It's a very sweet sesame.
3065
01:29:49,676 --> 01:29:54,264
Our drying is
3066
01:29:49,676 --> 01:29:54,264
a very special kind.
3067
01:29:49,676 --> 01:29:54,264
We dry by steam.
3068
01:29:54,264 --> 01:29:57,017
So it's
3069
01:29:54,264 --> 01:29:57,017
very gentle, then?
3070
01:29:57,017 --> 01:29:59,519
Yes, it's a very
3071
01:29:57,017 --> 01:29:59,519
old-fashioned way.
3072
01:29:59,519 --> 01:30:03,106
We dry very slow,
3073
01:29:59,519 --> 01:30:03,106
slow motion.
3074
01:30:07,236 --> 01:30:09,403
The Muslim-Arab
3075
01:30:07,236 --> 01:30:09,403
Mahroum family
3076
01:30:09,403 --> 01:30:13,867
has been making sweets in
3077
01:30:09,403 --> 01:30:13,867
Nazareth for four generations.
3078
01:30:33,178 --> 01:30:36,472
And new food traditions
3079
01:30:33,178 --> 01:30:36,472
arrive every day.
3080
01:30:36,472 --> 01:30:38,683
Bye.
3081
01:30:36,472 --> 01:30:38,683
Shabbat Shalom. Hi.
3082
01:30:38,683 --> 01:30:40,685
Hi. So I wanna order something.
3083
01:30:38,683 --> 01:30:40,685
What do I order here?
3084
01:30:40,685 --> 01:30:43,272
Um, you order
3085
01:30:40,685 --> 01:30:43,272
traditional Georgian food.
3086
01:30:43,272 --> 01:30:45,023
I want this one
3087
01:30:43,272 --> 01:30:45,023
with the egg on it.
3088
01:30:45,023 --> 01:30:47,150
-What's it called?
3089
01:30:45,023 --> 01:30:47,150
-Acharuli.
3090
01:30:47,150 --> 01:30:48,735
-Acharuli?
3091
01:30:47,150 --> 01:30:48,735
-Yes.
3092
01:30:48,735 --> 01:30:50,987
Awesome.
3093
01:30:48,735 --> 01:30:50,987
Oh, my gosh, is that butter?
3094
01:30:50,987 --> 01:30:52,114
It is.
3095
01:30:54,157 --> 01:30:57,202
All right, so a little
3096
01:30:54,157 --> 01:30:57,202
yeast dough, a little cheese.
3097
01:30:57,202 --> 01:30:59,204
I could eat this
3098
01:30:57,202 --> 01:30:59,204
every morning.
3099
01:31:03,292 --> 01:31:04,751
Five years ago,
3100
01:31:03,292 --> 01:31:04,751
here in Jerusalem,
3101
01:31:04,751 --> 01:31:06,962
there was really
3102
01:31:04,751 --> 01:31:06,962
nowhere to eat.
3103
01:31:06,962 --> 01:31:09,339
There were a few places that
3104
01:31:06,962 --> 01:31:09,339
were old and sort of classic,
3105
01:31:09,339 --> 01:31:11,800
and then, there
3106
01:31:09,339 --> 01:31:11,800
were street places.
3107
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:14,468
But now, we see all
3108
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:14,468
these chefs emerging,
3109
01:31:14,468 --> 01:31:17,680
and people are really embracing
3110
01:31:14,468 --> 01:31:17,680
not only Israeli cuisine,
3111
01:31:17,680 --> 01:31:19,975
but these little
3112
01:31:17,680 --> 01:31:19,975
nuance of cuisines.
3113
01:31:23,186 --> 01:31:25,188
People have always
3114
01:31:23,186 --> 01:31:25,188
come to Jerusalem
3115
01:31:25,188 --> 01:31:26,940
to visit the holy sites.
3116
01:31:26,940 --> 01:31:29,567
And today, they're
3117
01:31:26,940 --> 01:31:29,567
coming for dinner.
3118
01:31:36,741 --> 01:31:38,785
The hot restaurant
3119
01:31:36,741 --> 01:31:38,785
Machneyuda
3120
01:31:38,785 --> 01:31:41,204
literally took
3121
01:31:38,785 --> 01:31:41,204
the name of this market,
3122
01:31:41,204 --> 01:31:43,665
which for so long
3123
01:31:41,204 --> 01:31:43,665
was sleepy and quiet.
3124
01:31:43,665 --> 01:31:46,793
It was a place that you would
3125
01:31:43,665 --> 01:31:46,793
come and shop for produce.
3126
01:31:46,793 --> 01:31:50,046
Now, it's where
3127
01:31:46,793 --> 01:31:50,046
hipsters drink coffee,
3128
01:31:50,046 --> 01:31:52,048
it's where people hang out.
3129
01:31:52,048 --> 01:31:55,551
It's a scene that could not
3130
01:31:52,048 --> 01:31:55,551
have existed five years ago.
3131
01:32:00,890 --> 01:32:03,810
[Granit] I was born
3132
01:32:00,890 --> 01:32:03,810
in Jerusalem, lived
3133
01:32:00,890 --> 01:32:03,810
my whole life in Jerusalem.
3134
01:32:03,810 --> 01:32:07,230
I love the city,
3135
01:32:03,810 --> 01:32:07,230
I love eating in it
3136
01:32:03,810 --> 01:32:07,230
and cooking in it,
3137
01:32:07,230 --> 01:32:09,607
so my food will be
3138
01:32:07,230 --> 01:32:09,607
always related somehow.
3139
01:32:09,607 --> 01:32:11,860
As a young cook,
3140
01:32:09,607 --> 01:32:11,860
and as a chef,
3141
01:32:11,860 --> 01:32:14,029
I was here all the time
3142
01:32:11,860 --> 01:32:14,029
asking questions--
3143
01:32:14,029 --> 01:32:17,032
"What's that? What's that?
3144
01:32:14,029 --> 01:32:17,032
What's the best season
3145
01:32:14,029 --> 01:32:17,032
for this?"
3146
01:32:17,032 --> 01:32:21,535
And naturally, as I moved
3147
01:32:17,032 --> 01:32:21,535
ahead in the kitchen
3148
01:32:17,032 --> 01:32:21,535
and became a chef,
3149
01:32:21,535 --> 01:32:24,580
all the time,
3150
01:32:21,535 --> 01:32:24,580
my menus were from here.
3151
01:32:24,580 --> 01:32:27,083
Going to the market,
3152
01:32:24,580 --> 01:32:27,083
picking up stuff,
3153
01:32:27,083 --> 01:32:30,670
and a few minutes
3154
01:32:27,083 --> 01:32:30,670
later cooking it.
3155
01:32:30,670 --> 01:32:32,130
What percentage of the stuff
3156
01:32:32,130 --> 01:32:34,216
in your restaurant comes
3157
01:32:32,130 --> 01:32:34,216
from this market?
3158
01:32:34,216 --> 01:32:39,804
I think, let's say
3159
01:32:34,216 --> 01:32:39,804
the vegetables and herbs
3160
01:32:34,216 --> 01:32:39,804
are almost a hundred percent.
3161
01:32:39,804 --> 01:32:42,265
[speaks Hebrew]
3162
01:32:39,804 --> 01:32:42,265
What's going on, Haim?
3163
01:32:42,265 --> 01:32:44,600
Haim is like our
3164
01:32:42,265 --> 01:32:44,600
special vegetable guy.
3165
01:32:44,600 --> 01:32:45,727
Awesome.
3166
01:32:45,727 --> 01:32:48,355
Usually he gets
3167
01:32:45,727 --> 01:32:48,355
really special stuff,
3168
01:32:48,355 --> 01:32:50,273
and he works with these
3169
01:32:48,355 --> 01:32:50,273
small growers,
3170
01:32:50,273 --> 01:32:51,858
like,
3171
01:32:50,273 --> 01:32:51,858
small Arabic growers
3172
01:32:51,858 --> 01:32:53,693
that bring him stuff
3173
01:32:51,858 --> 01:32:53,693
from the villages
3174
01:32:53,693 --> 01:32:54,861
or from their gardens.
3175
01:32:54,861 --> 01:32:56,696
So you can
3176
01:32:54,861 --> 01:32:56,696
find some really...
3177
01:32:56,696 --> 01:32:58,365
Some nice
3178
01:32:56,696 --> 01:32:58,365
organic stuff, huh?
3179
01:32:58,365 --> 01:33:00,825
Yeah, organic and really
3180
01:32:58,365 --> 01:33:00,825
special and seasonal stuff.
3181
01:33:11,127 --> 01:33:12,712
So let's make, like,
3182
01:33:11,127 --> 01:33:12,712
a simple soup
3183
01:33:12,712 --> 01:33:15,757
for the beginning
3184
01:33:12,712 --> 01:33:15,757
of the tasting menu.
3185
01:33:15,757 --> 01:33:19,177
Chop them, and then begin
3186
01:33:15,757 --> 01:33:19,177
onions and leeks,
3187
01:33:19,177 --> 01:33:20,512
butter and olive oil.
3188
01:33:20,512 --> 01:33:23,348
It's a Turkish cheese.
3189
01:33:20,512 --> 01:33:23,348
Taste it.
3190
01:33:29,229 --> 01:33:30,688
Wow.
3191
01:33:30,688 --> 01:33:34,401
It tastes like an aged feta.
3192
01:33:34,401 --> 01:33:37,611
Let's make a sauce
3193
01:33:34,401 --> 01:33:37,611
for the agnello (lamb).
3194
01:33:37,611 --> 01:33:41,991
Just with some milk
3195
01:33:37,611 --> 01:33:41,991
and some vegetable stock.
3196
01:33:37,611 --> 01:33:41,991
Melt it down.
3197
01:33:50,083 --> 01:33:51,585
[Vered] It took
3198
01:33:50,083 --> 01:33:51,585
the French people
3199
01:33:51,585 --> 01:33:53,169
hundreds of years,
3200
01:33:53,169 --> 01:33:55,755
it took the Americans
3201
01:33:53,169 --> 01:33:55,755
hundreds of years,
3202
01:33:55,755 --> 01:33:57,631
and they're still debating
3203
01:33:55,755 --> 01:33:57,631
about the question,
3204
01:33:57,631 --> 01:33:59,217
what is American cuisine?
3205
01:33:59,217 --> 01:34:00,427
What is immigrant cuisine?
3206
01:34:00,427 --> 01:34:03,138
What is American,
3207
01:34:00,427 --> 01:34:03,138
by nature?
3208
01:34:03,138 --> 01:34:07,016
You can say now about several
3209
01:34:03,138 --> 01:34:07,016
dishes that are Israeli.
3210
01:34:07,016 --> 01:34:09,936
Hummus became Israeli,
3211
01:34:07,016 --> 01:34:09,936
with all the complexity,
3212
01:34:09,936 --> 01:34:12,981
and all the political
3213
01:34:09,936 --> 01:34:12,981
issues around it,
3214
01:34:12,981 --> 01:34:15,275
but seasonally,
3215
01:34:12,981 --> 01:34:15,275
all the Israeli people eat it.
3216
01:34:15,275 --> 01:34:18,445
They talk about it.
3217
01:34:15,275 --> 01:34:18,445
"What is the best hummus?"
3218
01:34:18,445 --> 01:34:21,072
is something that is
3219
01:34:18,445 --> 01:34:21,072
a national question in a way.
3220
01:34:21,072 --> 01:34:22,782
So it is Israeli.
3221
01:34:22,782 --> 01:34:24,909
It doesn't matter now if
3222
01:34:22,782 --> 01:34:24,909
it was born in Lebanon,
3223
01:34:24,909 --> 01:34:29,372
in Jerusalem, or in the hummus
3224
01:34:24,909 --> 01:34:29,372
places in Tel Aviv.
3225
01:34:29,372 --> 01:34:32,292
So you can say about certain
3226
01:34:29,372 --> 01:34:32,292
dishes that are Israeli,
3227
01:34:32,292 --> 01:34:35,629
to define what is
3228
01:34:32,292 --> 01:34:35,629
Israeli cuisine,
3229
01:34:35,629 --> 01:34:38,298
or to wonder whether
3230
01:34:35,629 --> 01:34:38,298
there will be something
3231
01:34:38,298 --> 01:34:39,841
that is Israeli cuisine,
3232
01:34:39,841 --> 01:34:42,885
it's still gonna
3233
01:34:39,841 --> 01:34:42,885
take time to figure out.
3234
01:34:45,639 --> 01:34:47,974
[in Hebrew]
3235
01:34:45,639 --> 01:34:47,974
You don't create a kitchen
3236
01:34:45,639 --> 01:34:47,974
from day to day,
3237
01:34:47,974 --> 01:34:50,226
but from generation
3238
01:34:47,974 --> 01:34:50,226
to generation.
3239
01:34:50,226 --> 01:34:52,521
Now, creating a kitchen,
3240
01:34:50,226 --> 01:34:52,521
it's not my kitchen,
3241
01:34:52,521 --> 01:34:54,523
nor is it my mother's.
3242
01:34:54,523 --> 01:34:56,816
It's a kitchen
3243
01:34:54,523 --> 01:34:56,816
created by the earth.
3244
01:34:56,816 --> 01:35:03,281
Whatever the earth produced,
3245
01:34:56,816 --> 01:35:03,281
people cooked.
3246
01:35:03,281 --> 01:35:06,451
Now, call it an Arab kitchen,
3247
01:35:03,281 --> 01:35:06,451
a Galilean kitchen,
3248
01:35:06,451 --> 01:35:09,579
a Palestinian kitchen,
3249
01:35:06,451 --> 01:35:09,579
call it whatever you want.
3250
01:35:11,456 --> 01:35:13,542
[Offaim] I hope that
3251
01:35:11,456 --> 01:35:13,542
in ten or 15 years,
3252
01:35:13,542 --> 01:35:16,919
and it is certainly
3253
01:35:13,542 --> 01:35:16,919
already happening right now,
3254
01:35:16,919 --> 01:35:21,341
the ingredients will
3255
01:35:16,919 --> 01:35:21,341
be of even higher quality.
3256
01:35:21,341 --> 01:35:24,636
People will learn to
3257
01:35:21,341 --> 01:35:24,636
appreciate vegetables,
3258
01:35:24,636 --> 01:35:30,350
and eggs and milk and meat
3259
01:35:24,636 --> 01:35:30,350
that was raised on this land,
3260
01:35:30,350 --> 01:35:34,354
and they will develop
3261
01:35:30,350 --> 01:35:34,354
a flavor for Eretz Israel,
3262
01:35:34,354 --> 01:35:35,938
a flavor for Israel.
3263
01:35:35,938 --> 01:35:39,275
They will be accounting
3264
01:35:35,938 --> 01:35:39,275
for the taste
3265
01:35:39,275 --> 01:35:41,695
that they were born with.
3266
01:35:41,695 --> 01:35:45,114
You know, when we
3267
01:35:41,695 --> 01:35:45,114
are born and when we die,
3268
01:35:45,114 --> 01:35:48,201
we have a little bit
3269
01:35:45,114 --> 01:35:48,201
of dirt in our mouth,
3270
01:35:48,201 --> 01:35:51,287
which is the dirt
3271
01:35:48,201 --> 01:35:51,287
of where we came from,
3272
01:35:51,287 --> 01:35:54,207
and if we could
3273
01:35:51,287 --> 01:35:54,207
translate that taste
3274
01:35:54,207 --> 01:35:57,377
to what we're making
3275
01:35:54,207 --> 01:35:57,377
in the kitchen,
3276
01:35:57,377 --> 01:36:00,838
that could be
3277
01:35:57,377 --> 01:36:00,838
quite spectacular.
3278
01:36:07,345 --> 01:36:08,888
[Solomonov]
3279
01:36:07,345 --> 01:36:08,888
Cooking is my life.
3280
01:36:08,888 --> 01:36:10,806
Israeli food is
3281
01:36:08,888 --> 01:36:10,806
my life, just about,
3282
01:36:10,806 --> 01:36:12,975
and these are things
3283
01:36:10,806 --> 01:36:12,975
that I've never seen before,
3284
01:36:12,975 --> 01:36:17,397
and I'm just, I'm in awe of
3285
01:36:12,975 --> 01:36:17,397
the complexity of the people,
3286
01:36:17,397 --> 01:36:19,107
and of the cuisines.
3287
01:36:19,107 --> 01:36:21,735
I keep thinking about how this
3288
01:36:19,107 --> 01:36:21,735
relates to me, particularly,
3289
01:36:21,735 --> 01:36:24,112
how I'm gonna
3290
01:36:21,735 --> 01:36:24,112
utilize the things
3291
01:36:24,112 --> 01:36:26,114
that I've learned here
3292
01:36:24,112 --> 01:36:26,114
with my restaurant,
3293
01:36:26,114 --> 01:36:27,532
but it's really
3294
01:36:26,114 --> 01:36:27,532
not about that.
3295
01:36:27,532 --> 01:36:29,909
It's about my connection
3296
01:36:27,532 --> 01:36:29,909
to this place,
3297
01:36:29,909 --> 01:36:31,703
and how it's
3298
01:36:29,909 --> 01:36:31,703
been strengthened.
3299
01:36:33,538 --> 01:36:35,123
In 50 years,
3300
01:36:33,538 --> 01:36:35,123
what are people
3301
01:36:35,123 --> 01:36:36,874
going to be calling
3302
01:36:35,123 --> 01:36:36,874
Israeli cuisine then?
3303
01:36:36,874 --> 01:36:39,001
It's always moving forward,
3304
01:36:36,874 --> 01:36:39,001
always the future,
3305
01:36:39,001 --> 01:36:40,044
what's gonna happen next.
3306
01:36:40,044 --> 01:36:41,879
To be able to do that,
3307
01:36:41,879 --> 01:36:43,506
and couple it with thousands
3308
01:36:41,879 --> 01:36:43,506
of years of tradition,
3309
01:36:43,506 --> 01:36:44,758
is what is so exciting.
3310
01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:49,971
[extended yell]
3311
01:37:02,233 --> 01:37:06,946
Oh, like everyone in Israel,
3312
01:37:02,233 --> 01:37:06,946
from all over the globe.
3313
01:37:06,946 --> 01:37:11,033
One side came from
3314
01:37:06,946 --> 01:37:11,033
Romania and Poland,
3315
01:37:11,033 --> 01:37:13,119
the other side
3316
01:37:11,033 --> 01:37:13,119
from Afghanistan.
3317
01:37:13,119 --> 01:37:15,747
-Yemen.
3318
01:37:13,119 --> 01:37:15,747
-Turkey and Kyrgyzstan.
3319
01:37:15,747 --> 01:37:17,165
Ethiopia.
3320
01:37:17,165 --> 01:37:20,710
Yemenite,
3321
01:37:17,165 --> 01:37:20,710
European-Lithuanian-Russian.
3322
01:37:20,710 --> 01:37:22,671
-Uzbekistani.
3323
01:37:20,710 --> 01:37:22,671
-Latvia.
3324
01:37:22,671 --> 01:37:24,088
Poland and Romanian.
3325
01:37:24,088 --> 01:37:26,007
Russia,
3326
01:37:24,088 --> 01:37:26,007
Poland, Belarus.
3327
01:37:26,007 --> 01:37:27,550
Russia and Poland.
3328
01:37:27,550 --> 01:37:29,469
-Yemen,
3329
01:37:27,550 --> 01:37:29,469
-Germany.
3330
01:37:29,469 --> 01:37:31,554
Some Tunisian, Sephardic.
3331
01:37:31,554 --> 01:37:33,431
Pure-bred Bulgarian.
3332
01:37:33,431 --> 01:37:34,599
Austro-Hungary.
3333
01:37:34,599 --> 01:37:36,392
-Nazareth.
3334
01:37:34,599 --> 01:37:36,392
-Iran.
3335
01:37:36,392 --> 01:37:39,228
-Iraq.
3336
01:37:36,392 --> 01:37:39,228
-Poland.
3337
01:37:36,392 --> 01:37:39,228
-Romania.
3338
01:37:39,228 --> 01:37:41,690
-Russia and Turkey.
3339
01:37:39,228 --> 01:37:41,690
-Tiberias.
3340
01:37:41,690 --> 01:37:45,276
Poland and 15
3341
01:37:41,690 --> 01:37:45,276
generation in Israel.
3342
01:37:52,492 --> 01:37:54,536
[narrator] Funding for
3343
01:37:52,492 --> 01:37:54,536
In Search of Israeli Cuisine
3344
01:37:54,536 --> 01:37:55,620
is provided by...
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