By Adam Michael Segal
 
Do you remember the funny flick from the early 90’s entitled Cool Runnings?
 
Starring the late Canadian iconic actor John Candy, the film loosely portrayed the real-life comedic tale of Jamaica’s national bobsled team and their odyssey at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
 
Well, a new version of this funny and somewhat fascinating story is [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
If you’re in Vancouver and in the mood for a glass of good vino, you won’t have to look too hard to find it. Thanks to the hard work of International Cellars Inc., which represents Galil Mountain, Dalton Wines and Golan Heights Winery (the latter better known under their Yarden label), Israeli wines [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

When there’s no place like home, this Canadian-Israeli clicks her ruby red slippers and heads on over to Puah Cafe in Jaffa. Built with finds from the local flea market (Shuk ha Pish Pisheem), all the items at the cafe are also for sale. This place reminds me of any number of dives, [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Meet Gabriel Israel, the Canadian connection in Fusion Global Winery, a wine company founded with 4 Israeli men at its core. They are bringing tastes from global wineries under one “fusion” label. I wrote a piece about the company on ISRAEL21c and was pleased that one of the Israeli partners is living in [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Of course there’s pizza in Israel! Every city and just about every town has pizza: eat-in, delivered or take-out (called “take away” in Israel, so your Hebrew lesson for today is how you say “take away” in Hebrew. Ready? It’s “tek eh-way”. Great! You’re ready to order!).
But with Israel being predominantly Jewish, dietary [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

Madonna is in town for the final leg of her Sticky & Sweet worldwide tour, and what does the Material Girl demand for food? Kosher meat from Tel Aviv, of course.
Arriving on August 30, as soon as she and her crew touched down at Ben Gurion Airport, the order of some high-protein kosher [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Perfecting berry varieties takes years of experience and years of patience. First a breeder decides what traits he’d like in the new variety -  tastier fruit, bigger fruit, or maybe pest tolerant ones – and then goes hunting in the field out in nature to find the best plants.
Taking them back to [...]

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By Paul Shindman
If Second Cup tried the Israeli market and failed, can an Israeli coffee shop chain crack the tough Canadian market and succeed?
A little history and background is needed to understand why the leading Aroma coffee shop chain from Israel recently opened two stores in Toronto.
Coffee aficianados know that instant coffee is simply a [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Two weeks ago I went to the Agritech agricultural trade show in Tel Aviv. It gave me whistful pangs of sentimental longing for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair , and for the summers at the Ex in Toronto braving the smell and seeing all the animals in their glory, battling for prized blue [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

(Above picture: Karin’s kitchen in Jaffa, Israel. Today she is going to show you how a Canadian girl has changed her diet to resemble the average Israeli. Well almost. She still hasn’t lapped up the last of the Canadian maple syrup!)
You are what you eat. Was it Health Canada or my Scottish mom [...]

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