Tag: local food

Farm To Table Israel Connects People To The Land

Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

Greenhouse agriculture in Kazakhstan

A story of greenhouse agriculture in Kazakhstan

Make Jerusalem artichoke soup

Here's a great vegetarian recipe with in season Jerusalem artichoke to help you cut some meat out of your diet: What I particularly like about this soup is that the usual potato for making it "hearty" is absent. Instead, ground almonds thicken it slightly, leaving room for the chokes to shine through with lightly spicy flavors.

Artichokes and Oranges: December’s Seasonal Produce

It's officially winter in the Middle East. We'd hoped it would be raining now, but climate change is often...

November’s Seasonal Produce

November in the Middle East offers a colorful spread of fruit and veg, including some heritage varieties.

What’s in season May

Sour green plums the size of large marbles are in the local Middle East markets now, a seasonal favorite of the Iraqis. Eat them out of hand as a snack, sprinkling each bite with a little salt. The classic Iraqi way to cook them is to pair them with meat in a flavorful stew. And if you want to ask for them in Persian just say "Gojeh sabz!"

What’s in season April

April's biggest bargain is fresh, green garlic

Humans possess intelligence when it comes to selecting a nutritious diet

Studies have shown animals use flavour as a guide to the vitamins and minerals they require. If flavour serves a similar role for humans, then we may be imbuing junk foods such as potato chips and fizzy drinks with a false ‘sheen’ of nutrition by adding flavourings to them. In other words, the food industry may be turning our nutritional wisdom against us, making us eat food we would normally avoid and thus contributing to the obesity epidemic.

Food in season in March

If you live in the near Middle East or the middle Middle East, or are just visiting - take this handy guide with you to find and taste what's in season for the month of March.

Indigikitchen shows the young and indigenous their food roots

Mariah Gladstone’s childhood laid the perfect foundations for the work she does these days, breathing new life into Indigenous Peoples’ food traditions through her online cooking show Indigikitchen.

World’s best eatery NOMA reborn as an urban farm

Celebrity chef and foraging superstar René Redzepi told the New York Times on Monday that he is closing his Copenhagen restaurant...

Palestinians cultivate the West Bank’s first organic mushrooms!

It's been weeks since a Palestinian vegetable vendor from the West Bank town of Jericho last imported mushrooms, selling instead...