Archive | 2010 | September | 16
VIDEO: Footage from the Re-opening of the Israel Museum (Jerusalem)
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New York Times: The Real Balabustas of Tel Aviv
It’s not only men who are fanning the flames of Tel Aviv’s hot dining scene. Recently female chefs have started taking over the city’s normally testosterone-fueled kitchens and bakeries. (There are at least three new cupcake shops owned by the ladies.) Tamar Cohen-Tzedek opened Cucina Tamar (HaTsfira 10; 011-972-3-639-0407; entrees about $17 to $26) two years ago, and it’s now one of the top Italian spots in town. ‘‘When I decided to open a restaurant, I didn’t think, Oh, I’m doing this in a man’s world,’’ she says. ‘‘I just did it.’’ So did Einav Berman, who turns out plates like tomato tarte Tatin at her new restaurant, Asif (Lilienblum 18; 011-972-3-516-5198; entrees $16 to $31). At her home kitchen in the Florentin quarter, the American transplant Rima Olvera (above) cooks up a dinner feast for 14 guests every month ($125). And at Joz ve Loz (Yehuda HaLevi 51; 011-972-3-560-6385; entrees $10 to $22), Niva Eshed heads a team of four women chefs (plus one guy) who serve Mediterranean fare like chicken liver ravioli with horseradish sour cream. Unlike in male-dominated kitchens, she says, ‘‘there is no ego. More than for the food, we cook for the experience.’’
Source: New York Times