Travel and Food

Michael Solomonov named best chef for his Israeli cooking

The Philadelphia-based co-owner of Zahav and other restaurants takes home prestigious James Beard award By Jessica Steinberg Co-owner of Philadelphia’s acclaimed Zahav restaurant, chef Michael Solomonov was just named best chef of the year at the 2017 James Beard Awards, the Oscars of the cooking world (Courtesy Michael Persico) It’s a big moment for the

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Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

Honeymooning Israeli dies on flight from Europe to Miami

Man said to suffer allergic reaction after eating kosher meal By Stuart Winer Illustrative photo of an Iberia airline plane touching down in Miami, Florida, 1985. (CC-BY-SA: Aero Icarus/Wikimedia) An Israeli man died overnight Tuesday after eating a meal on a plane to Miami, where he and his newlywed wife were traveling to for their

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Middle East, Travel and Food

Australian government to build second international airport in Sydney

Sydney (dpa) – The Australian government will build a second international airport in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday. The details of a plan to build Western Sydney Airport will be announced by the country’s treasurer in the budget next week, Turnbull said in a statement. The new airport will cost taxpayers 5 billion

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International, Travel and Food

“Blood everywhere, broken bones, noses, open fractures” — 27 injured in mid-flight chaos

At least 27 people were injured Monday when an Aeroflot plane traveling from Moscow hit an air pocket while approaching Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Russian embassy in Thailand said in a statement. The injured include 24 Russians and three Thai nationals who suffered injuries ranging from bruises to fractures and broken bones. Four people required

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Oscar Mayer cuts nitrates and some preservatives from all its hot dogs

CHICAGO — Oscar Mayer has become the first major hot dog brand to remove nitrates, some preservatives and fillers from its entire wiener line. Oscar Mayer, owned by Kraft Heinz, said Monday that the removal of nitrates, nitrites, artificial preservatives and byproducts is the result of “more than a year of recipe tasting and tinkering.”

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Travel and Food

San Diego couple sold house, explores world

By Jeffrey Lazarow ON THE OPEN ROAD — We thought we were free until we began living on the road…then we became relatively free. Are you comfortable with the turmoil in the world? Of course not. Would you like to change it? Probably. Can you? No. Are you completely satisfied with your life…fulfilled? Can you improve

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Cineplex not nearly so wondrous as our yesterdays

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — These are the springtime festival days of Israel—Holocaust Remembrance Day last week, Israel Independence Day today, Jerusalem Day soon. I remember when, several years ago, it was reported in the international media that a huge, luxury Cineplex was being constructed in the suburban Israeli community of Kfar-Saba.  I retain

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Middle East, Travel and Food

Disney Wonder Becomes First Passenger Vessel To Transit New Panama Canal Locks

PANAMA CITY, April 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Disney Wonder transited the Panama Canal as the first passenger vessel to go through the canal’s new set of locks, marking a milestone for the cruise industry. The Disney Cruise Line 2,713-passenger ship was transformed in late 2016, expanding the length of the Disney Wonder to

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