The cuisine that gets claimed as “Israeli” is either from the Levant predating Israel’s existence, or just diaspora Jewish food. Nothing comes to mind as actually originating-in-Israel “Israeli” food, though I’m sure some settler has come up with some dish at some point since 1948.
I don’t claim the cuisine is Israeli, I had a friend who went to Israel in the 90s and remarked that there were places where she could get food from just about anywhere in the world, usually prepared by people from that region. It’s a shame that such a diverse culinary experience is something I will never experience as I never want to visit the country for reasons of culture, religion, politics etc.
Immigration has made it so that there are loads of places on Earth you can go to have loads of cuisines. Most big cities for instance have migrant populations from nearly every (if not every) country and will have restaurants etc representing those communities.
The cuisine that gets claimed as “Israeli” is either from the Levant predating Israel’s existence, or just diaspora Jewish food. Nothing comes to mind as actually originating-in-Israel “Israeli” food, though I’m sure some settler has come up with some dish at some point since 1948.
I don’t claim the cuisine is Israeli, I had a friend who went to Israel in the 90s and remarked that there were places where she could get food from just about anywhere in the world, usually prepared by people from that region. It’s a shame that such a diverse culinary experience is something I will never experience as I never want to visit the country for reasons of culture, religion, politics etc.
Immigration has made it so that there are loads of places on Earth you can go to have loads of cuisines. Most big cities for instance have migrant populations from nearly every (if not every) country and will have restaurants etc representing those communities.