In Search of Israeli Cuisine

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Product Description

The Israel-born, award-winning chef of Zahav, Michael Solomonov, offers up a tour of 70 plus diverse cultures of Israel through food. Over the past 30 years, Israel has gone from having no fine food to a food scene that is world renowned. Solomonov visits the vibrant restaurants of Tel Aviv, must-experience Jerusalem destinations and organic kitchens off the beaten track, sampling from remarkable food traditions as diverse as Moroccan, Persian, Lebanese, French, Italian and Russian.

About the Actor

The chef/guide of In Search of Israeli Cuisine is Michael Solomonov, the James Beard award winning chef/owner of Zahav and a number of other restaurants in Philadelphia and New York. His book, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking (Houghton Mifflin 2016) was released to universal praise, landing on the NYTimes bestseller list, as well as many Best Of lists. Mike was born in Israel and grew up in the States. He s smart, funny, self-deprecating, and very knowledgeable about the traditions and foods of Israel. Mike enters peoples lives, and their kitchens, and discusses their roots, inspirations, what their grandmothers cooked, how they re preserving traditions and updating recipes with global influences.

About the Director

A founder of Florentine Films, Roger Sherman is a producer, director, cinematographer, still photographer, and author. His films have won an Emmy, a Peabody, a James Beard Award, and two Academy Award nominations. His subjects include art, history, science, social issues, the environment, and food. Charlie Rose called his PBS American Masters special, Alexander Calder, an extraordinary American masterpiece. The Wall Street Journal said Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds, another American Masters special, was Perhaps the best film ever produced in the American Masters PBS series. Kat Kinsman, writing for CNN s Eatocracy, said of The Restaurateur, a portrait of Danny Meyer, Beg, borrow as needed, but do yourself a favor and see Roger Sherman s doc. About Medal of Honor,The New York Post said, There won t be anything more worth your while on TV. He is currently screening In Search of Israeli Cuisine, a portrait of the Israeli people told through food, in film festivals (theatrical) across the country.