In Search of Israeli Cuisine
Joan Nathan, the doyenne of Jewish cooking, travels all over Israel with a group of passionate foodies.
Watch sample scenes from the research trip for the upcoming documentary.
(To be produced in 2012)
Israel is just 62 years old. Aharoni, a famous TV food show host, tells us that in the early days it was considered inappropriate to think about good food. There were more important things to do. “I was ashamed of my roots,” he says. Well, times have changed. There are fine restaurants all over the country, 150 boutique wineries and just as many cheese makers. Are they any good? Chefs are traveling the world, returning and opening restaurants. Are they creating their own styles or copying French, Italian and American cuisines?
In Search of Israeli Cuisine (new working title), a feature length, cinema verité documentary, will find out. These sample scenes were made on a research trip to Israel last March. Accompanying Joan Nathan were food journalists Marc Furstenberg, Leah Koenig, Beverly Stephen and Thomas Head. Major assistance for the trip was given by the America-Israel Friendship League.
The filmmakers will return to Israel in 2012 with Joan Nathan and a new group of serious foodies to make a comprehensive film. They will dig deep into the food culture crisscrossing the country, going to kitchens, restaurants, farms, wineries, in search of true Israeli cuisine.
If you’d like to be part of that group, send an email with your qualifications and passions to sherman.pictures@florentinefilms.com. Please DO NOT CALL.
Joan Nathan is the author of eleven books including Jewish Cooking in America, which won the James Beard Award. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times, hosted the PBS series Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan, and has been interested in Jewish food since she lived in Israel after graduating from college. Her new book Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, will be released this fall. [more]
Roger Sherman is a producer, director, cinematographer, and still photographer. His films have won a Peabody, an Emmy, and two Academy Award nominations. [more]
Visited on Research Trip
Aharoni
Chef, TV host, Journalist
Tel Aviv
Gil Hovav
Chef, TV host, Journalist
Tel Aviv
Meir Adonoi
Chef/owner
Catit restaurant, Tel Aviv
Erez Komarovsky
Chef, Baker, TV host
Upper Galilee
Moshe Basson
Chef, Owner
Eucalyptus Restaurant, Jerusalem
Mo Agay,
owner
Mor Duch Restaurant Jeruselem
Lina, Jerusalem
A Hummus restaurant
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