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Please don't hesitate to contact us: contact@hummusguide.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-64937076422269590402023-07-09T15:57:00.002-07:002023-07-09T16:20:35.572-07:00UNHEALTHIEST STORE BOUGHT HUMMUS BRANDS<script type="text/javascript">
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Also, please log on to the original link and like them in the dailymeal.com</div></div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.thedailymeal.com/1314188/unhealthiest-store-bought-hummus-brands/</div><div><br /></div><div>I felt it's important to share this brilliant article by Kay Braeburnl, as it touches on something that I wrote about years ago and I'm happy more food journalist are writing about now.</div><div>While Kay was writing about the unhealthiest store bought Hummus - I was writing about the fact that many of the spreads in Stores today aren't actually hummus and aren't healthy.</div><div>Hummus means chickpeas in both Arabic and in modern Hebrew slang. Hummus spread means a spread made by Chickpeas.</div><div>The way to make this spread is very very basic and anyone can do it even at home. There's a few secrets to great hummus and one of them is how one cooks the chickpeas and what additional veggies and other seasoning is cooked with the chickpeas to give them a special flavor.</div><div><br /></div><div>The problem is that as Hummus has become popular in the US - many stores have used the word as a substitute for any spread that is a bit grainier than peanut butter. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixRdk4x3OFLXKJIEKg-nBnQpMdfX2fyrDkU10pzML9Qveb0iq3XDODyxzN9F4SMS-CgMOgreg-93wTSCvDFAGWubIHlpUCRnxYTlxnpinkoa4VLtpnvM8ZoQgI-9_Men0XbRdlD4uwUOFBDs7-lLkDiz80PT3JjkU8j0-xXdmAxdO5hTVsy9m2U6ML" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="780" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixRdk4x3OFLXKJIEKg-nBnQpMdfX2fyrDkU10pzML9Qveb0iq3XDODyxzN9F4SMS-CgMOgreg-93wTSCvDFAGWubIHlpUCRnxYTlxnpinkoa4VLtpnvM8ZoQgI-9_Men0XbRdlD4uwUOFBDs7-lLkDiz80PT3JjkU8j0-xXdmAxdO5hTVsy9m2U6ML=w572-h322" width="572" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>That's how they came up with Chocolate Hummus made without chickpeas, Avocado Hummus made without chickpeas, Onion Hummus made from Onions rather than chickpeas etc...</div><div><br /></div><div>Imagine a world where Peanut butter was made from everything except peanuts ( Would Americans Buy Avocado Peanut Butter or Onion Peanut Butter ? )</div><div><br /></div><div>Somehow with Hummus people don't care maybe cause they don't fully understand the literal word Hummus as meaning chick peas.</div><div><br /></div><div>Remember Seinfeld's Frozen Yogurt episode anyone? I put a shortened version up above.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to eat a dark fatty chocolate spread do it - but why must you call it Hummus? If you want to eat a guacamole spread but hate the fat - why call it Hummus?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While Hummus has a lot of fat - it also has many nutritional elements - once the chickpeas, olive oil, tehina and the other components are gone are dilluted with other ingredients like chocolate Guacamole or even lots of preservatives - all that's left is a spread not associated with Hummus and many times it is truly unhealthy.</div><div><br /></div><div>I believe thanks to reporters like Kay - more people will start realizing they must only buy Hummus that is made the traditional way and that does aspire to be the healthier spread rather than a whatever we found and could sell as a packaged good.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, what Kay's story also shows is that today even some traditional Store bought Hummus isn't what one would consider health and has many elements that destroy it's reputation built over thousands of years.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy reading the article.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b>The 10 Unhealthiest Store-Bought Hummus Brands</b></h1><div>By Kay Braeburn|</div><div>June 14, 2023 4:30 pm EST</div><div><br /></div><div>Hummus is healthy, right? That's the assumption. This has made it a go-to snack for folks trying to eat healthier and vegetarians looking for a convenient source of protein. If you stick to a traditional hummus recipe, it is a filling, nutrient-dense addition to your diet that's low in sugar and unhealthy fats. A 2020 study in Nutrients on the benefits of hummus in the American diet showed that consuming it was connected to healthier glycemic control (both short and long-term) and was seen to "improve cardiovascular health through the lowering of cholesterol, lipid, and blood pressure levels." Hummus should be healthy. </div><div><br /></div><div>That said, some pre-packaged hummus brands have gone off-book by adding sugars, heaps of salt, and cheaper oils that aren't as heart-healthy. This list will help you avoid the worst offenders.</div><div><br /></div><div>Do keep in mind that when compared to many snacks, even the unhealthiest store-bought hummus brands still offer more nutritional value than something like a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. But choose your brand wisely.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">1. Ithaca: Grillo's Pickles Hummus</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to read labels when buying Ithaca brand hummus if you're watching your sodium intake; the Grillo's Pickles flavor is one of the worst offenders. The second ingredient after chickpeas is Grillo's pickles, and dill and garlic were also added for an extra kick of pickle flavor. If you're looking for your hummus to taste like pickles, this one delivers, but pickles are a salty flavor and that's going to drive up the sodium content.</div><div><br /></div><div>How much salt should be in your hummus? Dietitian Lindsey Pine told Time to aim for hummus brands with 80 milligrams of sodium per 2-tablespoon serving at the very most. A 2-tablespoon serving of Grillo's Pickles hummus contains a whopping 230 milligrams of sodium. Ithaca's Buffalo Ranch flavor also has 230 milligrams of sodium. That's a lot of salt considering that according to the Harvard School of Public Health, we generally need 500 milligrams of sodium per day; with this Ithaca hummus, you've just eaten about half of that in 2 tablespoons.</div><div><br /></div><div>That doesn't mean you're stuck with only ever eating plain hummus (even though plain hummus is delicious). There are lots of options for additions that will take your hummus up a notch that aren't salt bombs like chopped pickles.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Good & Gather: Jalapeno Avocado Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>The main ingredients of hummus are traditionally chickpeas and tahini with some recipes adding a small amount of heart-healthy olive oil. This keeps the dip relatively low in fat but Good & Gather has other plans. The ingredient list for Jalapeno Avocado Hummus is worrying as it shows there is more water, avocado, and canola oil than there is tahini; it also contains 6 grams of fat per serving.</div><div><br /></div><div>Something containing fat does not automatically make it unhealthy; what matters is the type of fat. If you're adding oil to hummus, olive oil is the conventional choice and has health advantages while canola oil does not. Olive oil is considered heart-healthy and is also packed with antioxidants, which provide a wide range of health benefits. While canola oil isn't the worst oil out there for your heart, it does not provide you with beneficial antioxidants. In fact, a study published in Lipids in Health and Disease showed that when rats consumed it, their antioxidant levels actually decreased.</div><div><br /></div><div>On top of the substitution of canola oil instead of olive oil, Good & Gather's line of hummus lacks nutrients like calcium. The brand also has a Brownie Batter Dessert Hummus, which is packed with brown sugar, agave nectar, and chocolate chips. Tasty? Yes. Healthy? Not necessarily. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Lantana: Dark Chocolate Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>With an eye toward providing exciting flavor choices, Lantana has strayed far from hummus' healthy roots. This Dark Chocolate Hummus is made with a base of chickpeas but nothing after that is what you would consider hummus. The next few ingredients are water, canola oil, cocoa powder, and three different sweeteners. The label claims that the hummus is "sweetened with dates," and that is true, but that seems to imply that dates are the only sweetener, which is not true. The hummus also contains brown sugar and agave syrup. In case you still weren't sure if this is a good lunch option, the next ingredient is literal dark chocolate chips.</div><div><br /></div><div>Traditionally, hummus has no added sugar while this one totals up to 5 grams of it. To put that in perspective, 1 teaspoon of plain white sugar is about 4 grams. The serving size is 2 tablespoons (6 teaspoons), so for every 5 teaspoons of hummus, there's a heaping teaspoon of sugar.</div><div><br /></div><div>By omitting tahini altogether, Lantana has reduced the amount of protein you expect to find in hummus by half. The brand has also added the preservative potassium sorbate. Pam Fullenweider, R.D., M.S. told Prevention that people should avoid "pre-made hummus crafted with preservatives like potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate." While the FDA considers potassium sorbate to be a safe food additive, a 2010 study in Toxicology In Vitro showed that potassium sorbate is genotoxic to certain cells in our blood. Genotoxic means that it directly damages the DNA of cells, which can lead to mutations. No, thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Haig's Delicacies: Hummus Rich and Creamy</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>This hummus proves that even if a brand sticks to a traditional recipe, the proportions can greatly affect the healthiness of the end result. Haig's Delicacies Rich & Creamy Hummus has no oils added and includes a classic ingredient list of only chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, water garlic, spices, and sea salt. Seems like it would be a healthy choice, right? Well, the fat content of hummus is mostly determined by the proportion of tahini to chickpeas. The more tahini, the higher the fat.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tahini is a paste made by grinding up toasted sesame seeds. Comparing the nutrition of equal amounts of chickpeas and tahini, they're about equal when it comes to protein and fiber, but 2 tablespoons of chickpeas have 1.5 grams of fat while 2 tablespoons of tahini have 16 grams of fat. You can see how altering the proportions can make a huge difference</div><div><br /></div><div>This flavor is called Rich & Creamy and it certainly delivers richness with twice the typical fat content, coming in at 5 grams with 1 gram being saturated fat. Hummus is typically calorie dense, which is fine but because tahini doesn't offer significantly more protein or vitamins than chickpeas, increasing the ratio of tahini increases the fat without any improvement in nutrition. </div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Sabra: Caramelized Onion Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Not only is hummus good for improving your cardiovascular health and managing blood sugar levels but it's also packed with vitamins and minerals –- or at least it should be but that's not always the case. Sabra's Caramelized Onion Hummus, for example, is not.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to The Nutritional Value and Health Benefits of Chickpeas and Hummus, a 2016 study published in Nutrients, "consumers of chickpeas and/or hummus have been shown to have higher nutrient intakes of dietary fiber, polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, folate, magnesium, potassium, and iron as compared to non-consumers." This is a great reason to add hummus into your diet until you pick up a package from Sabra and see that it, somehow, appears to not be as nutrient-dense as you'd expect. The nutritional facts list calcium, iron, potassium, and vitamin D with a zero for all of them. Sabre seems to have removed the nutritional value that would normally be found in chickpeas and tahini while also adding extra sunflower oil (enough to bump the fat content up to 6 grams) as well as brown sugar.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6. Fresh Cravings: Honey Jalapeno Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Fresh Cravings Hummus has multiple things working against it in the quest to be considered a healthy option. One is that all of the brand's hummus flavors use a blend of canola and olive oils. As a blend, you don't know the ratio of canola oil to olive oil. Another is the brand's use of honey and sugar in its Honey Jalapeno flavor.</div><div><br /></div><div>The biggest issue is that all of Fresh Cravings' hummus offerings contain potassium benzoate and potassium sorbate, two preservatives some people work to avoid. Technically there's nothing so terrible about potassium benzoate on its own. It's a synthetic preservative and, while some people prefer to avoid it, it isn't likely to cause issues at approved levels. It can, however, convert to become the chemical benzene in the presence of ascorbic acid. The CDC says that benzene is a cancer-causing chemical that can be found in cigarette smoke, industrial emissions, hazardous waste sites, and car exhaust. It also can interfere with bone marrow function and cause a range of health issues. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7. Boar's Head: Traditional Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>This Traditional Hummus by Boar's Head is hiding a high level of fat compared to other brands at 7 grams per serving. There are so many other options for plain hummus that are better for you.</div><div><br /></div><div>The jump in fat content is likely due to its ingredients list beginning with chickpeas, water, sunflower oil, olive oil, and then tahini. Ideally, you'd want there to be less olive oil than tahini in a hummus and you wouldn't want extra oils in it at all. The medical journal Foods published a 2022 study comparing the health effects of olive oil versus sunflower oils and the results showed that consuming olive oil was correlated to improved cardiovascular health while sunflower oils were not.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you already have to go light on portions, you'd hope it would be nutrient-packed but this hummus brand also lacks calcium, iron, and potassium. Other flavors of Boar's Head hummus either omit the olive oil (Sweet Chili Garlic Hummus) or the tahini (Apple Pie Dessert Hummus) but add in refined sugar.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>8. Taste of Inspirations: Original Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Taste of Inspirations is meddling with the traditional hummus recipe by adding more oil than tahini in its flavors and producing hummus with lower levels of vitamins and minerals. Sunflower oil is the second ingredient followed by olive oil, and only after that does tahini shows up. Several of the flavors feature those two oils as the second and third ingredients and, as previously mentioned, sunflower oil doesn't have the same cardiovascular benefits as olive oil. Taste of Inspirations also uses guar gum, a thickening agent, to artificially change the texture of a food that should be plenty creamy on its own.</div><div><br /></div><div>The nutrition across the board is very inconsistent. Some are greatly lacking vitamins and minerals like calcium and iron while others aren't. Several flavors have sodium levels in the 100-milligram to 150-milligram range, which is above the recommended 80 milligrams. In the Dark Chocolate Hummus, the second ingredient is sugar and it has only half the protein of others. Instead of having to check all the labels, it would be easier to skip this brand altogether. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>9. 365: Original Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>There's this idea that shopping at Whole Foods for hummus means you're getting safer, higher quality foods — sort of like how you think eating hummus is guaranteed to be healthy. It appears that both may be wrong. In 2020, the Environmental Working Group ordered testing of popular hummus brands and dried chickpeas to check for the presence of the weedkiller glyphosate. If that chemical name sounds familiar that's because it's the active ingredient in RoundUp, the herbicide that studies as recently as 2021 have linked to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. </div><div><br /></div><div>365, a Whole Foods brand hummus beat all the hummus products tested to win first place. However, placing first in weedkiller levels is not typically what you're hoping for in a food product. Fortunately, by comparing the testing results to the FDA's allowed range of glyphosate, while this hummus contains significantly higher levels than the majority of the others tested, it's still solidly within the allowed range so the chances of it actually causing harm are minimal. Still though, knowing that this brand has more herbicide residue than others may mean you'll want to choose a different brand.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>10. Marketside: Dark Chocolate Hummus</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>When a hummus has a chickpea base but with sugar as the second ingredient, you can't classify it as healthy. This Walmart brand Dark Chocolate Hummus is lacking in tahini and as a result, only has half the protein benefit as other hummus options. All of the brand's flavors use alternative oils like sunflower oil and the even less healthy canola oil so you're losing out on all the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits of traditional olive oil.</div><div><br /></div><div>The third ingredient common in the Marketplace brand is water to dilute the mixture; this brand's flavors also have guar gum on the ingredient list, which is typically used as a thickener. Thinning the hummus out and then adding a thickener might explain why this Marketplace's hummus tends to be low on things like calcium and potassium. Some flavors have perfectly reasonable salt levels while others, like the Everything Hummus, have 135 milligrams. Ultimately, if you want to control the ingredients going into your hummus to be sure it's healthy, it's probably better to just make it yourself.</div><div><br /></div><div>Read More: https://www.thedailymeal.com/1314188/unhealthiest-store-bought-hummus-brands/</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-38514311563068938362023-07-09T14:33:00.005-07:002023-07-09T14:40:08.689-07:00Jewish Vs. Arab HummusWe rarely share videos on this blog unless we feel you our viewers will benefit from them. Here's a funny Israeli video pitting two mythical Hummus restaurants in Israel An Arab and a Jewish one. It was made by an Israeli blogger RonnenGG who has about 400,000 subscribers, It was a funny entertaining and extremely honest video . So check it out and give him a like if you agree with his review. I loved his video so I said, why not share with all of you.<div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="407" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WAAlxbOtxvE" width="490" youtube-src-id="WAAlxbOtxvE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>The Arab restaurant in the video is called Halil - and is one of the best and most famous Hummus restaurants in Israel in the ancient city of Ramleh and I've never met anyone in Israel who had a bad word to say about that restaurant. It is at the top echelons of Hummus restaurants in Israel and many Israelis have eaten there as kids so they've come to love this place and cherish it as the Rolex of Hummus.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Jewish Hummus joint is in a kibbutz. It's called Gingi ( Redhead) - It's become extremely popular over the years and many Israelis swear by it too.</div><div><br /></div><div>While the youtube title is catchy - and I guess meant to attract Israelis and Arabs to watch the clip - I think the real difference between the two restaurants isn't the religion of it's owners but rather a difference in tastes of whomever is the head chef.</div><div><br /></div><div>But there is a point in RonenGG's videos and made me think that in my opinions too - many Jewish hummus restaurants don't have the same spicing as comparable Arab Hummus restaurants and their Hummus feel a bit more bland. They got the texture right, they got everything else right but the taste is just not the same.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Israeli restaurant - The Gingi - is newer and only time will tell how long it'll survive even though it's very popular and famous at the moment.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Arab restaurant - Halil has been there for what seems like forever and as long as they continue making what they're making at a competitive price could continue making it for like... forever.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways, enjoy the video and if you don't understand Hebrew you can probably add subtitles on youtube.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy.</div></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-69972752225387011212023-06-20T04:13:00.003-07:002023-08-13T22:14:24.172-07:00Best Hummus in TEL AVIV's upscale neighborhood of Ramat Aviv - the Israeli equivalent to NYC's "UPPER EAST SIDE"-<div><div><br /></div><div>THEY SAY TELL ME WHERE YOUR RICH EAT AND DINE & I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR SOCIETY.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0hJC1S69YXf3vZxrqj9giCBdByuRizRZQCs3ne8kuQ6vBrvIw4U4dBUay6DA917OOihPyd9fmc7V4Pe07r8gruPktfEp4RMHiQ3AnhKfSrB1J9vMcrdhwtvI49Q5D1EqyCl5sznGs2qkyNGuy8DDYQXP9yc4nqBM3cF_0nYPLuwqX4DtR8qq2Pg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1452" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0hJC1S69YXf3vZxrqj9giCBdByuRizRZQCs3ne8kuQ6vBrvIw4U4dBUay6DA917OOihPyd9fmc7V4Pe07r8gruPktfEp4RMHiQ3AnhKfSrB1J9vMcrdhwtvI49Q5D1EqyCl5sznGs2qkyNGuy8DDYQXP9yc4nqBM3cF_0nYPLuwqX4DtR8qq2Pg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>So today, I'd like to introduce all travellers to Israel to the Hummus some of the upper 1% of Israel's wealthiest citizens eat near their homes in the Schuster shopping center in Ramat Aviv Gimmel. Tel Aviv's version of Manhattan's upper east side.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvZ1ci7qKWKPE-8T2A1UwkJ9a3VvY9rN5OlvguBmNBtFzY-2oqFucOG8xThqI7pffVHJkU8Qv3a1nld3tPTPsRhnvecKSIXwwtAPI6MXgPk2j3N-7SP1LelEnOgxobMr6Jjp4-0Oh9TYe6WROE0zhImuVP2JyAgiKeDYP9Ssn3HwXBe7uurulJEg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2582" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvZ1ci7qKWKPE-8T2A1UwkJ9a3VvY9rN5OlvguBmNBtFzY-2oqFucOG8xThqI7pffVHJkU8Qv3a1nld3tPTPsRhnvecKSIXwwtAPI6MXgPk2j3N-7SP1LelEnOgxobMr6Jjp4-0Oh9TYe6WROE0zhImuVP2JyAgiKeDYP9Ssn3HwXBe7uurulJEg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Back in the day there was a famous Israeli TV show called by the same name - Ramat Aviv Gimmel - depicting the lives of the rich and famous living in this neighborhood. </div><div>It was a huge hit in Israel and made this area even more mythical and expensive. </div><div>Back then, it made the local shopping center famous and there was always visitors from around the country sitting in one of the many coffee shops there and star gazing at the many celebrities, famous politicians, artists, and CEO's doing business lunches and meetings there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some claim one can even see Quentin Tarantino around the neighborhood. It is a possibility as it's already well known that Tarantino moved to Israel and was living in Tel Aviv. So who knows...</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxynglOr0sVLvZJVXlsYT_da2SGIZqZsceETvg-xwgcGBC148CysY1vYdx5bvwbY5fn2pI0AdZlPBXZW6Siw7VqtT7kcjaCF4-CoTyKrbPKUHqvJnhOqU2tPD7joiG9-JVV0-Xm4pdVoZlgaqf9uz3NPKE0HAwaPrO-0aJIBRTwG5-0Tw4xcZvWQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2582" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxynglOr0sVLvZJVXlsYT_da2SGIZqZsceETvg-xwgcGBC148CysY1vYdx5bvwbY5fn2pI0AdZlPBXZW6Siw7VqtT7kcjaCF4-CoTyKrbPKUHqvJnhOqU2tPD7joiG9-JVV0-Xm4pdVoZlgaqf9uz3NPKE0HAwaPrO-0aJIBRTwG5-0Tw4xcZvWQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>But unlike Manhattan or anywhere else in the world - where it's easy to identify the upscale from the down and trodden neighborhoods - just by the look of the local shopping mall - in Israel, just like in Israel - even in the most expensive neighborhoods - the local shopping center is a weird mix of expensive stores surrounded by Rot, Rust, and Mould . </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a dilapidated shopping mall that looks more ghetto than Gucci.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxp2VOlObklJf2AXNlUl7P-8_pSdCeW7oDDH2_X1DYCWzTyBhaVl_enSrxUbbORq8oWjLJdplPTL_H_0vTLDLTdx3Tx1WjNCE7bWGnLHo-wIIR90iZ1UwHaD_MdBBZVi7SoIGXf79jCdplWOKQlb7AvmMYTB7DezzYcCL3AV5prtfgeG2NYCCKGg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2582" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxp2VOlObklJf2AXNlUl7P-8_pSdCeW7oDDH2_X1DYCWzTyBhaVl_enSrxUbbORq8oWjLJdplPTL_H_0vTLDLTdx3Tx1WjNCE7bWGnLHo-wIIR90iZ1UwHaD_MdBBZVi7SoIGXf79jCdplWOKQlb7AvmMYTB7DezzYcCL3AV5prtfgeG2NYCCKGg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>That is Israel in a nutshell - a country where chaos and ugliness is accepted and everyone's fine overlooking the surrounding and focusing only at the reality they'd like to see .</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFDuA8pin9F-isuibEBmn9eBPH2qz1uYBeH9V1EZa6mdjDHYgoK6mJKfElkbMXXTmYOO4aeJkhiF3Cw0SYrIf8IXYTU7HJtDsb9Tx81f37qd0kSDmmblDmm8J97RdGNgHf-EMzo3BU7JGHdtXtvN11tgCjCVLOkQF1folh33XfbOY88F5CuJ-YXA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2582" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFDuA8pin9F-isuibEBmn9eBPH2qz1uYBeH9V1EZa6mdjDHYgoK6mJKfElkbMXXTmYOO4aeJkhiF3Cw0SYrIf8IXYTU7HJtDsb9Tx81f37qd0kSDmmblDmm8J97RdGNgHf-EMzo3BU7JGHdtXtvN11tgCjCVLOkQF1folh33XfbOY88F5CuJ-YXA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Black walls and ceilings</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Residents pay anywhere from $1,000,000 for small apartments to over $10 Million for a home nearbye - and yet accept this cockroach infested dilapidated shopping center under their homes.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX3a0uEd3h_3vc4S9mIxPLVNRCcmQM_O0Y3aF9cVa12-xdRsqVKPHB0NKorCCXY340OqcU3Rovy0c8ANZxPv7hQVUHDOHVNBMViK2QvRNPwoM2O18zBCbDX3E1k7P1UAXTR_hD8G0e_IYJhdcGToyz5NgR1VneQ3DNcAKqVLt5HTAfWebKTB_JdA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1554" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX3a0uEd3h_3vc4S9mIxPLVNRCcmQM_O0Y3aF9cVa12-xdRsqVKPHB0NKorCCXY340OqcU3Rovy0c8ANZxPv7hQVUHDOHVNBMViK2QvRNPwoM2O18zBCbDX3E1k7P1UAXTR_hD8G0e_IYJhdcGToyz5NgR1VneQ3DNcAKqVLt5HTAfWebKTB_JdA=w322-h400" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Tel Aviv was named as one of the most expensive cities in the world - some say the most expensive and yet as crazy as the pricing of everything is - one gets so little for what one pays - be it horrendous decor, awful service, and overall subpar standards of consumerism.</div><div><br /></div><div>Is it just me or have others experienced that too in Israel and especially in Tel Aviv? Drop a comment if you too feel there's a problem with this Israeli horrid concept of getting so little for what you pay for...</div><div>I believe only by enough tourists and travellers finally saying enough is enough maybe things could start to change cause change is needed.</div><div>Israelis can't ask for a premium while giving their customers a subpar quality in return.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyc49eDvTLpU6wdJ1w07oj5XQPVgrJ1UEX8M6qlzMMfQKt0p1gYUXVELaUKLcANCTotX98HhV5po5Qwxfi3kq4t8RG_99RL1J-O2Yg_ZpJRkSC-LIeAtvFsp4N4xS2BpCDpSBEmbmdraRxg1znpTTKG0gb4FTX9eObDrCbyGzlU1F_R3fmNAAJzA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2582" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyc49eDvTLpU6wdJ1w07oj5XQPVgrJ1UEX8M6qlzMMfQKt0p1gYUXVELaUKLcANCTotX98HhV5po5Qwxfi3kq4t8RG_99RL1J-O2Yg_ZpJRkSC-LIeAtvFsp4N4xS2BpCDpSBEmbmdraRxg1znpTTKG0gb4FTX9eObDrCbyGzlU1F_R3fmNAAJzA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>But philosophy aside- let's get back to Hummus.</div><div>Even in this grungy yet expensive shopping center - In Gimmel, as it's called by the locals - there is some of the best Hummus in Tel Aviv as is expected in Tel Aviv's shopping center for the rich and famous.</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>LOCATION:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Northern part of Tel Aviv is called Ramat Aviv. Gimmel is the third letter in the Israeli alphabet and Ramat Aviv Gimmel represents the third addition to this neighborhood - in essence it was perhaps the last and newest part of the city when it was built and so allowed new and modern high rises while the rest of the city had only older homes.</div><div>Today that is changing as new and even more modern high rises are being built all over the city - but the myth of Ramat Aviv Gimmel as a place of luxury and wealth still attracts a certain kind of residents to the neighborhood. </div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Ramat Aviv Gimmel - for tourists wanting to visit it - is north of the older neighborhoods of Ramat Aviv which are home to Israel's largest university - Tel Aviv U , as well as to many museums that are beloved by tourists like The ANU museum of Jewish People, The Steinhardt museum of natural history, the Rabin Israeli Museum and one of Tel Aviv's largest museums - the museum of Eretz Israel .<div>For tourists who are on their second or third visit to Israel - and they're planning a trip to the university or one of the many museums nearbye , Gimmel shopping center - could be a wonderful break to eat and get a sense of the weirdness of Israel from a less touristy point of view.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhA4aVZly1dxxobAG1rxyb02p57yyq8BYEhR36N6Q9elPxBfcq95eMZPHEOZJpyx9CX6haWpmLAWioLU03Yv8BbUtVtd9MbW9KJt-Rxx4_rRATzHtorXGiX-_9m3JUYAGjBsHOJ_MUMAaZWQnn0xZ0YqEeahg6CDZbISgRH9Gdcl5SAWpnMBHJYg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhA4aVZly1dxxobAG1rxyb02p57yyq8BYEhR36N6Q9elPxBfcq95eMZPHEOZJpyx9CX6haWpmLAWioLU03Yv8BbUtVtd9MbW9KJt-Rxx4_rRATzHtorXGiX-_9m3JUYAGjBsHOJ_MUMAaZWQnn0xZ0YqEeahg6CDZbISgRH9Gdcl5SAWpnMBHJYg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>HUMMUS :</div><div>There are a lot of coffee shops, high end bakeries and other food options for the locals. So Hummus might not be the first thought on the minds of tourists visiting this area.</div><div>They usually go into one of the nicer ( if you can call it such) restaurants, pizzerias, French bakeries etc...</div><div>But the locals... they love their hummus as can be seen by the packed Hummus joints.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are 3 places I'd like to recommend but things are extremely fluid in this shopping center. Rent is extremely high and many stores open and close just as fast including most of the restuarants there, so things might change also in the Hummus scene there from the time you read this to the time you actually visit this shopping center.</div><div><br /></div><div>The three Hummus joints I'd like to recommend in Shuster shopping center - or Gimmel shopping center - as some call it - are : </div><div>MIFGASH GIMMEL</div><div>CASPI</div><div>TZIPORA</div><div><br /></div><div>Ask different residents and they'll swear only one of them is great and the others suck. </div><div>As someone who's eaten at all of these joints many times, I can attest they're all really good, clean and recommended.</div><div><br /></div><div>MIFGASH GIMMEL:</div><div><br /></div><div>Mifgash Gimmel is the oldest and has been there for years. It's run by a few brothers that all work there diligently Some of the brothers are religious - so the place is perhaps the one that feels the most Kosher which it is. It's probably the most successful of the three Hummus restaurants, as it's the oldest so the locals know and love it .</div><div><br /></div><div>During lunch it's packed also with kids after school, who's parents maybe sent them there to buy lunch when the parents didn't feel like cooking. It's kid friendly and has a lot of options for kids.</div><div>The owners are always on premise joking with the adults and kids and letting everyone test new dishes they've made in the store.</div><div>The joint has a 1970's feel to it - like the old Hummus joints of past. </div><div>But don't let the decor fool you - this is a very high end food place run in the best of ways.</div><div>During the busy hours - there's always huge lines - but no matter how busy the place is - you'll get your food in probably under 10 minutes.</div><div>The Falafel is always fresh and people love their Shawarma.</div><div>They also have a large assortment of plastic boxes with homemade food to take home with popular dishes like Schnitzel ( Fried Chicken in bread crumbs) , Rice with lentils etc...</div><div>On Fridays, before the Sabbath kicks in, many residents rush to that place to buy fresh food for their family's Shabbat dinner.</div><div>They claim to make all the dishes in their restaurant. I've tasted a lot of their dishes and they do taste fresh and have a homemade taste to it - not like a generic supermarket made dish made in a factory.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Hummus is very good. I won't stay outstanding but it's very very good. Their Falafel on the other hand is outstanding. One of the best in Tel Aviv. Also, their Pita Bread is outstanding - maybe the best of the three restaurant joints in the Gimmel shopping mall and I've seen many residents sometimes just buy the pitas there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Their falafel in a pita is always super packed and you'll probably have leftovers to take home. Another thing I love about their falafel is that it's ALWAYS and I do mean always fresh. Even if you come in the hours between lunch and dinner when the place is relatively empty - they'll probably make you some fresh Falafel balls just for your pita so it'll be fresh and hot. I guess that's why they've managed to survive in this cutthroat shopping center where so many hundreds of small business owners came and went not figuring out how to cater to the high net residents of this neighborhood - These brothers treat every customer like a king regardless how they come dressed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mifgash Gimmel is near the supermarket and has seating.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>CASPI:</div><div>Caspi according to their website was intended to be a local Hummus restaurant. It opened it's first restaurant in 2011 by Chef Yaniv Caspi.</div><div>Since then they became a chain and now have 13 Hummus restaurants in Israel aiming to maintain a local vibe to their restaurants. According to some websites it's operated both by the Caspi family as well as by the Cafe Cafe group - which is a national chain of coffee shops similar to Coffeebean or Starbucks in the US.</div><div>If Cafe Cafe are still a partial owner it could mean there's a lot of money behind this chain as it's affiliated with a larger Israeli food corporation.</div><div><br /></div><div>As Caspi have become a Hummus brand - it was only fitting they also open up a local Hummus restaurant in Ramat Aviv Gimmel .</div><div><br /></div><div>Of the three excellent Hummus restaurants in the Gimmel shopping center - it is my number 3 option. While I like it a bit less - I can't say it's not great hummus. It's still very high end hummus and if this was the only Hummus joint in this shopping mall I'd still highly recommend it - but in my personal opinion it's a bit less than the other two hummus restaurants.</div><div><br /></div><div>That said - many local residents swear by this restaurant and love it and buy only there a lot of Hummus for their home and lots of locals are always sitting there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of the three hummus restaurants - this one has a bit more of an upscale feel. Not sure why. All three still feel more like a small local joint than a full restaurant - but Caspi did make a bit more effort to make their place look a tad nicer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Caspi is trying to bring higher end Hummus to the masses via franchising so that's an interesting venture that could change the Hummus scene in Israel.</div><div>I guess a lot of people who've visited their other locations - feel more comfortable going back to the familiar taste of Caspi.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>CASPI's Hebrew only website: https://www.kaspishuk.co.il/about</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>TZIPORA GRILL MARKET</div><div><span face=""Open Sans Hebrew", arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, serif, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-size: 16px;">Abba Ahimeir Street 29 Tel Aviv</span></div><div><span face=""Open Sans Hebrew", arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, serif, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div>Tzipora is one of the newer restaurants in the Gimmel shopping center so it's hard to say if they'll have any staying power.</div><div>According to their website - they are also a chain with 6 restaurants across the country.</div><div><br /></div><div>Their other branches have nicer seating but Tzipora has glass casing so it'll probably be a bit warmer to sit there in winter.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0PJakH4oX76lX6FnSPsWh5bU08XGFAK37-h7LPWw-boE-W3va1ypg4IUBaF5JlxcEBVjg_4ado4e_vhXuf61m6y6LILBLgc7XIBGVMgL7tKtE-IoU1ao0V3WOUoekZVvqBbpGcJ99_x_Tavh2XSb4CHU0AVOvylvz2kfEjWHGuogQ864vy8ikiA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0PJakH4oX76lX6FnSPsWh5bU08XGFAK37-h7LPWw-boE-W3va1ypg4IUBaF5JlxcEBVjg_4ado4e_vhXuf61m6y6LILBLgc7XIBGVMgL7tKtE-IoU1ao0V3WOUoekZVvqBbpGcJ99_x_Tavh2XSb4CHU0AVOvylvz2kfEjWHGuogQ864vy8ikiA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I personally love their Hummus the most in this shopping center so I do hope they will succeed and stay as I do believe 3 similar and competing restaurants help all three stay relevant and supply the best customer service and give the most to their clients.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tzipora based on research online is mostly focused on their Grill menu. They have a lot of options for meat lovers.</div><div><br /></div><div>It seems they have deals with all the major local delivery services so I guess an important part of their business model is delivering food to the residents who don't feel like climbing down from their ivory towers and eat at the disgusting shopping center downstairs.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While they seem to be focused on meat - I've tried a bunch of their non meat items and I can attest it's all very high end.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>GRADING:</div><div><br /></div><div>All three Hummus joints are high end. Taste is subjective so I guess it's best to taste all three and make your own opinion. Share your thoughts if you've ever eaten in one of these.</div><div>In a random polling of my family - I loved Tzipora's Hummus the most. I think it's in a league of it's own. My sister and her family love Caspi the most and my mother and father swear that Mifgash Gimmel has the best falafel in Tel Aviv and are extremely loyal to it and so are also byassed about it's Hummus. So here you have it - even in one family - the reviews are mixed and different family members are loyal to different restaurants in the same shopping center.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">MIFGASH GIMMEL: 8.5</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Falafel in Ramat Aviv</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Also, Best Pita bread</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">And Best Food for home takeout especially to feed kids.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">TZIPORA: 8.5</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Hummus in Ramat Aviv Gimmel</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">CASPi: 8.5</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">High end hummus chain with high end hummus that's destined to grow.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Best in person seating in Ramat Aviv Gimmel if you want to sit on site and eat in a more restaurant feel.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>FINAL THOUGHTS:</u></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>THEY SAY TELL ME WHERE YOUR RICH EAT AND DINE & I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR SOCIETY.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMkTzTDycvdcMBpoLBNtdy_828RFoWYQ2ga3x348-F1QGm2U2eAU3v2ZQIOcLeX_CyAhKSJuEjwXUyH71gzwIKfcVwu1yLpnDFyHzJRMfE-4iVXENG5skF44FU4XnNH3VDz3XRJ6ddbgPGDooPIOl37cYwsBHDY9ygwLUjVeLKQxjEWqYa8C9GRg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMkTzTDycvdcMBpoLBNtdy_828RFoWYQ2ga3x348-F1QGm2U2eAU3v2ZQIOcLeX_CyAhKSJuEjwXUyH71gzwIKfcVwu1yLpnDFyHzJRMfE-4iVXENG5skF44FU4XnNH3VDz3XRJ6ddbgPGDooPIOl37cYwsBHDY9ygwLUjVeLKQxjEWqYa8C9GRg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>A Wine Bar in Ramat Aviv Gimmel Schuster Center</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ramat Aviv Gimmel's Schuster center is Israel in a nut shell.</div><div>High end Wine Bars, French bakeries and expensive fashion stores docked amidst a run down shopping mall that looks third wall at best.</div><div>New generations of kids from the top 1% of society run around in this shopping mall and grow up learning to not look at their surrounding and focus only on the here and now and only on the little beauty tucked away amidst the ugliness all around.</div><div><br /></div><div>A society cannot exist for long - if they accept ugliness as a way of life.</div><div><br /></div><div>A society cannot exist for long if they accept that corruption is so deep that even the 1 percenters have a shopping mall they attend to that looks so awful and dilapidated and no one stands up against it. Why don't the residents boycott this locale? Why doesn't the city force the shopping center to fix this eye sore?</div><div><br /></div><div>A society cannot exist for long with generation after generation of people living without caring about anything going on in the streets under their homes.</div><div><br /></div><div>A society cannot exist for long if the residents only care about what they'd like to buy next but don't care about the place that is their neighborhood, their childs growing up environment, their meeting grounds with their friends, neighbors, families.</div><div><br /></div><div>And when you see that this is the shopping center of the 1% - this is the shopping center of the influencers, the thought leaders, the celebrities, the CEO's, the doctors, lawyers, politicisans and ome of the most powerful people in Israel you ask yourself - what about the other 99% - How do they live? What do they accept as normalcy? </div><div><br /></div><div>You realize there's a problem under the surface of Israel that will probably eventually explode to the surface and who knows it's ramifications. 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Two flavors that are still really good and no one will ever complain about - well no one except those that already tasted their Homestyle Hummus.</div><div><br /></div><div> The main difference between the four Hummus isn't that much the taste but rather the texture. While the Homestyle seems to be the coarsest, the Nazareth somewhat coarse and the Classic the creamiest.</div><div>For those who love creamy rather than coarse - you will find everything you are looking for in the Classic.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VIjVKJDk4bw/X_0frwUNzFI/AAAAAAABpNg/M5dz5E2NS70IsCSlOUkcuigZDcnbjEROgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1296/gallery-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1296" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VIjVKJDk4bw/X_0frwUNzFI/AAAAAAABpNg/M5dz5E2NS70IsCSlOUkcuigZDcnbjEROgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/gallery-08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><u><b>TASTE:</b></u></div><div>The hardest thing in making supermarket hummus is figuring out how to ensure it doesn't have that "plastic" aftertaste of preservatives and other ingredients which make it feel somewhat generic.</div><div>Some of the Hummus companies place a lot of garlic or garlic flavoring that hides the fake aftertaste, </div><div>while others simply place more focus on texture than on taste.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>To get additional flavors that taste a bit different and don't have the same aftertaste and garliccy flavor - some larger supermarket chains have started experimenting in recent years in distributing creamed veggies made from other ingredients not chickpeas yet still call it Hummus - even thought hummus based on my understanding has to be made from chickpeas.</div></div><div>It's like calling a butter made from Cauliflower - PEANUT BUTTER - knowing people prefer butter made from peanuts over butter made from Cauliflower.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe Cauliflower cream is interesting - but peanut butter should be made from peanuts or it's false advertising.</div><div>Hummus is made from Hummus - i.e. chickpeas in Arabic and Hebrew. </div><div><br /></div><div>Because of Covid 19 - a lot of restaurants have closed and many people prefer buying supermarket hummus that feels safer and has less potential for Covid 19.</div><div>That's why it's super important to choose the right one.</div><div><br /></div><div>It seems that Holy Hummus is still a small label and isn't available in many supermarkets and even in the ones it is available it tends to run out very quick as it's possible the word on the street has already spread about the uniqueness of this tasty hummus.</div><div><br /></div><div>I purchased this hummus first time at the Israeli supermarket - Samy Makolet on Fairfax blvd in Los Angeles, CA . Sammy Makolet is one of the most famous specializing Israeli supermarkets and I understood it's also sold in the other famous Israeli supermarkets in LA.</div><div><br /></div><div>Samy Makolet also tend to run out of it quite fast and I had to follow up to figure out when they get more supply to purchase more of it. </div><div>From the Holy Hummus website it seems it's a NY based company so they might already be available to purchase all over the nation or at least in large cities from LA to NY.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because of Covid 19 - I couldn't do blind tests with friends - but I did recommend they all purchase it and let me know their thoughts and they did - and they were all blown away by the taste that is quite unique for a supermarket hummus.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bottom line - I hope with Covid 19 and the fact many people aren't shopping in smaller supermarkets only buying from large retailers like Costco, Amazon, Whole Food, Krogers etc ... that people will still discover this new company that is still mostly sold in smaller supermarkets and is mostly sold out.</div><div>Unlike the large Hummus brands - that tend to occupy the majority of the Hummus Fridge even in smaller specialized markets - this Hummus tends to hide in the corner.</div><div>If not for Covid and shortage of supplies - I probably would've never discovered this brand myself and stuck to the large brands I know.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also hope this brand slowly make their way into the larger retail chains - cause their taste - is ready for the mainstream spotlight .</div><div>But as they make it to the larger retailers - I hope they will not compromise their unique and unbelievable flavor that tastes as good as many restaurants and will help educate Americans to the real taste of Middle Eastern Hummus.</div><div><br /></div><div>Their website:</div><div>http://www.holyhummus.com/</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-67694713358306625312021-01-11T17:18:00.007-08:002023-04-03T01:56:39.731-07:00 BEST HUMMUS IN LOS ANGELES 2020 - DR. 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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />DR. SANDWICH has been recognized by a lot of middle Easterners as having the best Hummus in LA and in Beverly Hills ( They have two restaurants). It also has unbelievable Pita bread - that tastes fresh and is very different than any other Pita's one purchases anywhere in LA. Unlike the American Pitas that are bought in Supermarkets and in many Middle Eastern Restaurants that are very thin and usually somewhat hard - Dr. Sandwich's pitas are thick, fluffy and are so fresh - they feel like they just came out of an oven.</span></div>
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1. The most annoying thing is that a Hummus plate costs $10 - and it comes with a relatively small amount of hummus on the plate and only ONE!!! PITA bread.</div>
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Because of their great hummus - they have huge lines snaking around the place - but unless they figure out their pricing scheme - and what they offer for their expensive prices - they might find themselves fighting for clients in the future and once some people will be tired of paying so much for so little food and without getting the full Middle Eastern experience - with several Pitas and a plate full of Pickles - they might one day discover that customers are leaving and never coming back.</div>
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<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011235</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300094</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 7OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011242</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300095</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822017510</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300097</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 17OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822012256</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300099</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 32OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822301121</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300100</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 30OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011990</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300104</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic with pretzels 4.56OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011921</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300106</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Jalapeno 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011341</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300117</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Olive 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011747</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300132</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Pine Nut 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822127530</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300134</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Pine Nut 7OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822990011</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300136</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Pine Nut 17OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822012157</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300139</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Pine Nut 32OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822012430</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300142</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 7OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011549</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300143</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822017503</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300146</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 17OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822328647</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300148</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 32OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822301114</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300150</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 30OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822434553</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300151</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 5LB – 6ct</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011969</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300153</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper with pretzels 4.56OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011433</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300158</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Supremely Spicy 7OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011440</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300159</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Supremely Spicy 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822017558</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300161</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Supremely Spicy 17OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822027540</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300164</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Spinach & Artichoke 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822014731</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300166</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Sun Dried Tomato 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822027700</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300266</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Spinach & Artichoke 32OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822027588</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300298</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Spinach & Artichoke 17OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822990011</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300501</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Pine Nut 17OZ – 6ct</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822017503</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300502</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 17OZ – 6ct</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822020114</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300593</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Basil-Pesto 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822330466</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">300736</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Tuscan Herb Garden 32OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822342049</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301216</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Classic 32OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822342131</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301271</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Classic with pretzels 4.56OZ – 8ct</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822342209</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301283</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 23.5OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822017497</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301290</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Classic 17OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822342506</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301430</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Bold & Spicy with tortilla chips 4.56OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822017510</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301480</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Garlic 17OZ – 6ct</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822342728</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301481</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Classic 2OZ – 6 x 2oz (12 x 6pks)</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822011648</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301483</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Lemon 10OZ</td></tr>
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">040822342735</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">301484</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Sabra Hummus Red Pepper 2OZ – 6 x 2oz (12 x 6pks)</td></tr>
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No other Sabra products are affected. In particular, Sabra products <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">not included</u> in the recall are: Sabra Organic Hummus, Sabra Salsa, Sabra Guacamole and Sabra Greek Yogurt Dips.</div>
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Consumers can contact Sabra Consumer Relations at 1-866-265-6761 for additional information from 9:00 am to 8:00 PM eastern time. For product reimbursement, consumers can contact <a href="http://www.sabrahummusrecall.com/" style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #005f9f; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;">www.sabrahummusrecall.com</a>. Full list of impacted product is below. The company has subsequently taken steps to correct this matter.</div>
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The Israeli consulate of Beverly Hills, the Bait Israeli and the IAC ( Israeli American community) just launched their first Israeli Hummus festival in Beverly Hills.</div>
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The event will take place <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 20px;">outside Beverly Hills city hall - which makes it even more symbolic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 20px;"> " </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 27px;"><b>Join the IAC, Bait Israeli, and the Israeli Consulate for the the First Annual Hummus Festival! The Festival will feature a smorgasbord of hummus from various vendors, fresh pita, a Judiaca booth, activities for the children and live music in both Hebrew and English! Come early to get your hands on all the fare!</b>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why is an event celebrating Hummus being criticized by a blog dedicated to Hummus lovers of the world?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 27px;">Perhaps there is nothing wrong with the Israeli community celebrating a food dish most Israelis love and cherish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 27px;">It's probably a great opportunity to promote various Israeli restaurants in Los Angeles and their own Hummus dishes.</span></span></div>
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The Hummus festival should not have been marketed as an Israeli Hummus festival but rather as the Beverly Hills Hummus festival.</div>
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Hummus is a dish loved by everyone - and brings much pride to both Arabs and Israelis. </div>
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Unlike the real estate conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the middle east - a conflict that unlike the media noise about it - at it's base is a conflict focused on a land dispute - i.e. REAL ESTATE. </div>
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There is no conflict between Israelis and Arabs living in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Fernando Valley etc. Former Israeli and Arab country residents now residing in the US might have opposing opinions about the solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict in the middle east - but in the US - their legal country of resident there is no US based real estate conflict. </div>
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That is why, I feel the Israeli consulate erred in being a partner to this event. So did the city of Beverly Hills that approved of this event outside their city hall.</div>
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The event should have been called The first Beverly Hills Hummus Festival - without having it belonging to any one nation or it could have been the Middle Eastern Hummus Festival and have all middle eastern restaurants be part of it.</div>
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Many Israelis are Hummus connoisseurs and so when it comes to Hummus they don't care who makes it as long as it has a great taste.</div>
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In Israel - the best Hummus restaurants, in many people's opinions are owned by Arabs and are located in Arab villages not in the big Jewish cities. Also, some of the best Hummus is made by Palestinians and some are even in contentious areas like east Jerusalem. </div>
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People who love hummus know that sometimes one has to put politics aside and just focus on the taste and choose where to eat based on taste not the opinions of the creator of the hummus.</div>
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Many Israelis living in Los Angeles love going to the Arab restaurants in LA for the great Hummus they serve. </div>
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That said - do we really care about the politics of the owner of the Thai restaurant we love? the Indian restaurant we love? The Italian restaurant we love?</div>
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Perhaps the idea of creating an Israeli Hummus festival - is to hint to members of the LA Jewish community it's a Kosher event with Kosher Hummus. That's OK but then they should have labeled it for what it is. A KOSHER Jewish Hummus festival rather than an Israeli Hummus festival.</div>
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Even in Israel - not all Israeli restaurants are Kosher. Some are certified as Halal - which obey the Islamic laws - and some Israeli restaurants go by no religious laws and only obey the country's health laws.</div>
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Moreover - what does Israeli Hummus festival actually mean ? The Hummus is made by local restaurants here. They are called Israeli - perhaps because the owner might be Israeli - but the food is actually middle eastern in most cases. </div>
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Saying Israeli Hummus is like saying American Pad thai, American Alu Gobi, American Spaghetti.</div>
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While Americans love Pad Thai, Alu Gobi and Spaghetti they aren't American dishes even if they are served in an "American restaurants" - Hopefully, there is no hard feeling by anyone in the US for calling Pad Thai a Thai dish, Alu Gobi an Indian dish and Spaghetti an Italian dish.</div>
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Consulates always want to promote events that promote their country and so I understand why someone at the consulate approved of promoting an Israeli Hummus festival.</div>
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I feel for most of us - words still mean something - and words can hide behind them a lot of things - including racism and hatred.</div>
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The Beverly Hills Farmer's market which is hosting this event could have gotten probably the same amount of response and maybe even more if they labeled this the first Hummus Festival and underneath add in the paragraph describing this event- Kosher Hummus, Halal Hummus, yes and even claim there is an authentic Israeli Hummus - which I have no clue how it tastes different than an Arab or middle eastern hummus. They could have still added fun for the whole family including Israeli music etc..This way they would not have alienated anyone and made it into an event for all middle easterners who love hummus - regardless if they are former Israelis, Lebanese, Syrians, Egyptians, Persians and all other Middle eastern Hummus lovers.</div>
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Hummus must continue to be a tasty dish that unites all middle easterners and not something that seperates them just like other issues seperate them.</div>
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I hope those of you reading this will not think I am biased against any political view. This isn't about what the solution to the conflict should be. This is merely about how we not politicize Hummus.</div>
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Here's a link to the event. If you feel like it - let the organizers know that Hummus festivals must unite people and not be something that is separates members of the middle eastern family.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1869753399925456/" target="_blank">FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ISRAELI HUMMUS FESTIVAL</a></div>
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A few friends travelling to India asked me about the best Hummus in Mumbai. It's been awhile since I've travelled to India so my Hummus knowledge of that continent is a bit rusty. Would love to get advice from anyone who's travelled lately there for the best kept secrets there as well as the more traditional and famous Hummus places you encountered during your travels.</div>
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I don't trust Yelp and all the other large online sharing sites cause I've seen that even with my own reviews on these large websites - The negative reviews I've written on Yelp have been deleted without explanation. I've even seen one Middle Eastern restaurant that I myself have given negative reviews on Yelp - together with dozens of other people who gave it negative reviews - and one day Yelp cleaned it up and deleted the negative reviews. Their rating moved from bad to good. </div>
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I Googled around looking for Hummus in Mumbai and found this blogger - who lived in Chicago and moved to Mumbai and is now travelling and writing about healthy living. She created a blog called the India Edition. She has published her articles also on <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "pt serif" , serif; line-height: 30px;">Huffington Post Canada & UK, Vagabomb and India Food Network.</span><br />
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Unlike some other blogs which feel like they were created as an advertisement - this one looks like the real deal promoting real good food that the blogger truly loved.</div>
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Thank you <a href="http://www.theindiaedition.com/about-me/#sthash.iFsyZAfo.dpbs" target="_blank">Danya</a> for your honest blog.</div>
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Here's a direct link to her article on her blog - The India Edition:</div>
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Hummus is one of my favorite snacks – you can make or buy it and keep it in the fridge for a day or two for easy access. It is filling and nutrient-rich and naturally vegan and gluten-free. Make it even healthier by eating it with fresh veggies like carrots, cucumbers and peppers. There’s something about restaurant hummus – it just tastes <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">better</em>. It took me a while to figure it out but I think I cracked the code! </div>
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This one is the easiest for a quick lunch or snack – their hummus is always the same which is something I appreciate. Standard is key! They have several locations: at Cuffe Parade (the original restaurant but I haven’t been in years), Kemps Corner (a small cafe in Crosswords) and at Palladium Mall. </div>
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This is my go-to home delivery order on a lazy Sunday evening or weeknight. Their hummus is super creamy from the tahini! </div>
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The only fine dining spot on my hummus list, Souk is located on the top floor of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. They serve a more authentic range of Middle Eastern food – my favorite dish there is definitely the zucchini and aubergine fritters. The view is lovely as well. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-77442340188701127932016-08-07T11:57:00.002-07:002016-08-07T11:57:57.346-07:00SUPERMARKET HUMMUS 'CONTAINS MORE SALT THAN IN FOUR BAGS OF CRISPS': REPORT<br />
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border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></header><header class="article-header" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;">In many cities worldwide - Hummus has become an item on menus not just in middle eastern restaurants but in all restaurants - from Delis to American diners.</header><header class="article-header" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></header><header class="article-header" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; 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SUPERMARKET HUMMUS 'CONTAINS MORE SALT THAN IN FOUR BAGS OF CRISPS': REPORT</h1>
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“Healthy” tubs of hummus, taramasalata, tzatziki and guacamole may contain more salt than four bags of potato chips, according to a U.K.-based public health watchdog.</div>
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Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) conducted a national survey of 210 chilled dips sold at the U.K.’s biggest supermarkets. Hummus is the most popular dip, with Britons consuming <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2013/aug/07/british-love-affair-with-hummus" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">£60 million</a> worth annually. However, the Middle Eastern delicacy made from chickpeas is often laden with salt and fat.</div>
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One of the worst offenders was Marks & Spencer’s Caramelised Onion Houmous containing more salt per 100g (1.53g) than four <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254926800" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">packets of ready salted potato chips</a>—over a quarter of the<a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/reference-intakes-RI-guideline-daily-amounts-GDA.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">daily maximum recommended</a> salt intake (6g).</div>
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Across all supermarkets, taramasalata dips, made from fish roe, contained the most salt on average. A serving of ASDA’s taramasalata (0.62g per quarter pot) contains the same amount of salt as 13 Ritz crackers.</div>
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Over 20 percent of the dips surveyed exceed the daily recommended intake of fat. A serving of Waitrose’s Cheese and Chive dip contains 31.3g of fat per 57.7g portion—more fat than a <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/content/ukhome/meal_builder.html" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Big Mac</a> from McDonald’s. As part of a healthy, balanced diet, an adult should consume <a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/reference-intakes-RI-guideline-daily-amounts-GDA.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">no more than 20g daily</a>, according to NHS guidelines.</div>
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“Once again, we demonstrate the unnecessary amounts of salt and fat being added by the food industry to what could be a healthy product. A diet high in salt leads to strokes and heart disease, the commonest cause of death in the U.K.,” said Graham MacGregor, professor of cardiovascular medicine at London’s Queen Mary University and chairman of CASH, in a statement issued to <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;">Newsweek</em>.</div>
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“Reducing salt is the most cost-effective measure to reduce the number of people suffering, which is why it is imperative the government announces a new robust plan for reducing salt in our diet.”</div>
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CASH advises consumers to be wary of portion size—spoon out an amount onto a plate rather than eating straight out of the container. The public health watchdog also suggests making your own dips rather than buying them from a supermarket. “Some plain low-fat yogurt, cucumber and a sprig of mint can make for a tasty homemade tzatziki,” the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/shop-bought-dips-like-houmous-contain-alarming-amounts-of-salt-and-fat_uk_5799c6dde4b0796a0b616fa7" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">report recommends</a>.</div>
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I wondered if there are any lists for hummus and found this interesting story online.</div>
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Vegans often have a reputation of being hummus-lovin’ hippies. Well, at least part of that is true—we do LOOOOVE our hummus! Who knew that chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and some lemon or garlic could come together to create the most versatile, delicious condiment extraordinaire of all time?</div>
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Here are some of the many reasons why hummus is most definitely a magical food from heaven:</div>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3. It enables you to eat raw veggies by the masses. How the f*ck else could a carrot stick taste so good?</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4. Pita bread is nothing more than a vessel for shoveling hummus into your mouth.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The same goes for chips, crackers, slices of toast, sticks of celery, and really any food in sight.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5. It takes a bland veggie platter from being “the only vegan option at the party” to the most exciting.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">6. It’s easy to customize: Mix in your favorite hot sauce for some DIY super-zesty hummus or …</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">… mix it with a mashed avocado (another miracle food), and you’ve got guaco-hummus! #winning</strong></h4>
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And you can <a href="http://www.peta2.com/blog/recipe-of-the-week-guacamole-hummus/" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">make the whole dang thing from scratch</a>!</div>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">7. Its main ingredient is garbanzo beans (aka “chickpeas”), which are just little balls of heaven and versatility.</strong></h4>
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Another main ingredient is tahini, aka “sesame seed paste”—another heavenly food that we recommend you get in touch with.</div>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">8. Chickpeas are also the main ingredient in falafel, a f*cking awesome vegan food which pairs most deliciously with a big side of—you guessed it—HUMMUS.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">9. No need to buy condiments anymore, cause hummus basically dominates:</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hummus on a bagel? It’s the new vegan cream cheese.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And it’s the new ranch dip.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">10. It’s readily available at pretty much ANY grocery store. And there are SO MANY BRANDS TO CHOOSE FROM.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">11. Like Sabra Hummus. Duh. Tried ‘n’ true ‘n’ oh-so-creamy.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">That minced garlic pile in the middle of the Sabra Roasted Garlic Hummus? God help me.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12. Tribe Hummus makes an <a href="http://www.tribehummus.com/products/tribe-original" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Everything Hummus</a> that tastes just like an everything bagel. Can you handle that???</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">13. Oh, and Trader Joe’s has a massive variety of hummus:</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why, yes, I DO find myself buying this one often. You’d think it’d be too much, BUT IT NEVER IS.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Trader Joe’s Tomato Basil Hummus can seriously double as a creamy pizza sauce. I can hardly handle the versatility.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cilantro jalape<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ñ</strong>o hummus? OK, now add burritos, tacos, and taquitos to the list of hummus-friendly foods.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">14. Are you so obsessed with hummus that you need to have it with you AT ALL TIMES? Well, thank Godzilla that it comes it tiny travel packets that don’t require ANY REFRIGERATION.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">15. Those li’l packets are great, but I’ll admit that I do consider a standard container of hummus “personal size.”</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">16. You can add hummus to almost anything to make it EVEN BETTER.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Seriously, try stirring it in with marinara for a delicious creamy sauce to pour over pasta.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Or try mixing it with olive oil and soy sauce for a super-flavorful creamy dressing (this dressing + kale + <a href="http://www.peta2.com/lifestyle/start-eating-nutritional-yeast/" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">nutritional yeast</a> = the best salad ever!).</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">17. Really, hummus can be a main course itself.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">18. Did I mention it’s SUPER-EASY to make at home? Yeah, homemade hummus is everything!</strong></h4>
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Homemade hummus can be customized with basically anything: garlic, peppers, spices, artichokes, spinach, lemon, olives, Sriracha sauce … ANYTHING! And you can even make it in a blender if you don’t have a food processor!</div>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">20. Forget cake. Allz I need is my birthday hummus.</strong></h4>
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<strong style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">21. You can never go wrong serving hummus, because EVERYBODY LOVES HUMMUS.</strong></h4>
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The prestigious Israeli Haaretz newspaper published a list of great Hummus restaurants in Israel.<br />
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Haaretz is a very respected magazine that in the past seemed to have a more social active agenda and now has become more of a financial newspaper. It's hard for me to say who the readership of this paper is. My dad has been reading this newspaper for decades. But I Feel today it is geared towards yuppy readers.</div>
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Some of the restaurants listed here, like number 1 on the list Abu Shaker are truly authentic and amazing. Others like - Puah - are restaurants geared more towards yuppies. </div>
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Puah, looks run down - but it's the opposite from a hole in the wall - it's a very successful restaurant that sells not only expensive food but also a very specific atmosphere geared for yuppies looking for something authentic and willing to pay extra for a restaurant that feels old fashioned even if it's not that old at all. </div>
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I personally prefer the more authentic Hummus joints even if they are really run down, but I am fully aware that yuppies are a group that actually goes a lot to restaurants and that's why I've decided to include this list for those who want to explore the various new and not so new hummus restaurants in Israel.</div>
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The article is titled: ten restaurants with great hummus:<br />
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1. Abu Shaker - downtown Haifa</div>
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2. Hummus Blu Blas</div>
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Kfar Baruch Junction</div>
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138 Bialik st. Ramat Gan</div>
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8 Rabbi Yohanan st. Tel Aviv</div>
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8. Saluf Vebanav ( Saluf and sons)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-56497122723343390232015-04-20T14:12:00.002-07:002015-04-20T14:13:04.545-07:00SABRA HUMMUS - LISTERIA RECALL<div>
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Just as Americans are starting to fall in love with Hummus thanks to Pepsi who's a partial owner of Sabra hummus - and aggressively distributing it everywhere - a major recall has been announced by all media outlets.</div>
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It's a blow to Hummus lovers- as these type of recalls tend to influence buyers even after the danger has passed.</div>
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People tend to forget the details and just remember that Sabra Hummus is associated with Listeria.</div>
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Sabra Recalls 30,000 Cases of Classic Hummus for Possible Listeria Risk</h1>
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Sabra Dipping Co. LLC of White Plains, NY, has recalled 30,000 cases of Sabra Classic Hummus due to the possible presence of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Listeria monocytogenes.</em></div>
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Only certain lots of the Classic Hummus are being recalled, and no other Sabra products are affected. There are no reported cases of illnesses to date.</div>
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The recalled products and product codes are:</div>
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040822011143/300067 – Sabra Classic, 10 oz. – 3-059/Best before May 11, 2015</div>
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040822011143/300067 – Sabra Classic 10 oz. – 3-060/Best before May 15, 2015</div>
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040822014687/300074 – Sabra Classic, 30 oz. – 3-059/Best before May 11, 2015</div>
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040822342049/301216 – Sabra Classic Without Garnish, 32 oz. – 3-059/Best before May 11, 2015</div>
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040822017497/301290 – Sabra Classic, 17 oz. Six Pack – 3-058/Best before May 11, 2015</div>
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040822017497/301290 – Sabra Classic, 17 oz. Six Pack – 3-059/Best before May 11, 2015</div>
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040822342209/301283 – Hummus Dual Pack Classic/Garlic – 3-058/Best before May 11, 2015</div>
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Consumers are advised to throw out any product with those codes, which are on the top of each package. The recalled products may also be returned to the store where purchased for a refund. Those with questions may call Sabra at 888-957-2272 Monday through Friday.</div>
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In healthy individuals, infection with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Listeria monocytogenes</em> may cause short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. However, young children, the elderly or those with compromised immune systems can contract serious and sometimes fatal infections. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Listeria</em> can also cause miscarriage and stillbirth in pregnant women.</div>
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Tribe Hummus Looking To Woo Consumers By Appealing To Dislike Of Mass-Produced Food</h1>
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Ask the chief executive of Tribe Mediterranean Foods to describe his company’s hummus factory, and he’ll gush for a full five minutes that make a cold production floor sound like a warm wonderland of chickpeas.</div>
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As Tribe CEO Adam Carr recently described it to The Huffington Post, after the legumes used to make his company’s hummus are trucked in from the West Coast, they're not just soaked overnight in giant tubs, but are also tenderized -- a veritable “chickpea spa” with “chickpea pamperers.”</div>
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“We then move our tender chickpeas into the caring hands of the flavor matchmakers,” Carr continued, explaining those people don’t necessarily follow a strict recipe but vary the ratio of sesame seed paste, oil and spices needed to make hummus depending on the season.</div>
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Quality control testers at the end of the factory line, or “seasoned spicers” in Carr’s words, then test every batch of hummus, consuming up to three-quarters of a tub each workday.</div>
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“Obviously, they use a new spoon every time,” Carr said.</div>
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There is a strategy behind how Carr speaks of Tribe’s Taunton, Mass.-plant as if he's a modern-day Willy Wonka of hummus. Tribe, the second-largest hummus brand in the United States, just underwent a complete brand makeover. Besides snazzy new packaging, increased social media engagement and new flavors, Carr said, connecting with consumers about how exactly hummus is made is a key aspect of the company’s marketing push.</div>
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“Consumers are getting wary of mainstream machine-made food branded as healthy,” Carr said. “We still follow a process that takes a tremendous amount of human touch. There isn’t a strict formula that you can adhere to so that you can add X of this and Y of that and have it taste the same every time.”</div>
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Carr said his company realized over the past year just how much American foodies most likely to consume hummus dislike the idea of having their food appear mass-produced. But Tribe is hardly alone in coming to that conclusion. Last month, Starbucks rolled out a line of pastries <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-starbucks-food-20130727,0,920961.story?page=1" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">intentionally designed to look imperfect and “homemade,”</a> in a bid to boost sales. Meanwhile, in the craft beer market, MillerCoors is trying to cement its <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-blue-moon-to-beer-snobs-show-some-respect-20130804,0,799024.story" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Blue Moon brand as truly artisanal</a>, fighting "beer snobs" who dismiss it as another mass-produced brew.</div>
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Tribe’s marketing effort is more scattershot than that, and includes trying to position the brand as equal parts playful, healthy and classy. For example, as part of its branding, Tribe is introducing a giant chickpea as a company mascot.</div>
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At the same time, Carr said Tribe is hoping to tap into that undercurrent of dislike for standardized production in order to increase sales. His company commands some <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/a-chick-pea-revolution-hummus-as-the-next-salsa-1871vaMrS0uXRvcCpG2k3Q.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">8 percent of the U.S. hummus market</a>, according to Bloomberg. Sabra Hummus, the industry’s undisputed leader, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/sabra-hummus_n_3391688.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">has over 60 percent of the market share</a>. Last year, sales for "refrigerated flavored spreads" -- comprised mostly of hummus -- totaled $530 million, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323798104578453174022015956.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0073; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">according to The Wall Street Journal.</a></div>
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Carr said he hopes Tribe's marketing increases the number of households who consistently buy hummus.</div>
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“This is a fast-growing category,” Carr said. “People love hummus.”</div>
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But better late than never - so we're posting a bit late - the blog from KCRW of the Hummus competition that was conducted here in LA.</div>
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Yours truly was one of the judges in a Hummus competition and sat on the same panel as Evan Kleinman - one of the most respected food critics in California who's honesty, and exquisite taste has helped educate Angelenos and make LA one of the food capitals of the nation. </div>
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In the first LA Hummus competition <span style="background-color: white; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15625px;">Egyptian Nancy Boules of</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #7b7b7b; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15625px;"> </span><a href="http://cafedahab.com/" style="color: #be000d; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Cafe Daha</a>b won. </div>
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Hummus Competition – aka Continuing Food Education</h1>
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Posted June 5, 2012 by <a href="http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/author/evan/" rel="author" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Posts by Evan Kleiman">Evan Kleiman</a> | <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Comments Off</span> | 3,357 views]</div>
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I don’t judge many food competitions, but when I was asked to judge a Hummus Competition I was intrigued. I eat hummus. I make hummus. But I’m not an expert on the addicting puree.</div>
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I’ve never been to Israel or Lebanon or Egypt so I have no frame of reference for what is considered correct and delicious in situ. I have no idea of regional variations. The contest, organized by filmmaker Avital Levy, and billed as a <a href="http://jewcer.com/project/hummus-wars" style="color: #be000d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">fundraiser</a> for her documentary “Hummus Wars” would feature “<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5-7 contestants – all very different – a couple Israelis, a few Americans, 1 or 2 who never made hummus before, a chef for Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks studios and one for an Egyptian restaurant.</em></div>
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I don’t judge many food competitions, but when I was asked to judge a Hummus Competition I was intrigued. I eat hummus. I make hummus. But I’m not an expert on the addicting puree.</div>
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I’ve never been to Israel or Lebanon or Egypt so I have no frame of reference for what is considered correct and delicious in situ. I have no idea of regional variations. The contest, organized by filmmaker Avital Levy, and billed as a <a href="http://jewcer.com/project/hummus-wars" style="color: #be000d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">fundraiser</a> for her documentary “Hummus Wars” would feature “<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5-7 contestants – all very different – a couple Israelis, a few Americans, 1 or 2 who never made hummus before, a chef for Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks studios and one for an Egyptian restaurant.</em></div>
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Since 2007 Israel and Lebanon have battled with chickpeas and tahini over the Guinness World Record for the largest bowl of hummus. As the years go by the competition has pushed the size from a paltry 900 lbs to the current Lebanese behemoth bowl at 23,042 lbs (see photo above). The title has gone back and forth across the border over the years.</div>
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The competition at a private home in the Hollywood Hills featured American, Israeli and Egyptian competitors. How could I turn down such an excellent opportunity to further my hummus education? My fellow judges were Dudi Caspi, writer for Shavua Israel and hummus lover and Dan Katzir, filmmaker and <a href="http://www.hummusguide.com/" style="color: #be000d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">hummus blogger</a>. The MC started the evening off with the comment, “The moon is rising over the trees like a big bowl of hummus.”</div>
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Entries ranged from a lemony, super smooth Egyptian puree to a rough mash made in the pre-blender/food processor style. There was an assertive SoCal version made with Jalapenos and a New York entry that was dense and sweetened with caramelized onions. Cumin was omnipresent in some and nearly absent in others. A couple could have used a little salt. I learned a lot, laughed even more and learned that democracy is a powerful thing. Turns out that we judges came to the same conclusion as the audience “tasters” who were texting their faves.</div>
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The winner for 2012 was the super smooth lemony hummus made by Egyptian Nancy Boules of <a href="http://cafedahab.com/" style="color: #be000d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Cafe Dahab</a>. Runner up was 70 year old Jerusalemite Ram Alkaly, represented by his son Ben.</div>
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Last winter, executives from the snack-food empire Frito-Lay invited Ronen Zohar, the Israeli head of America's biggest hummus company, to watch the Super Bowl from a luxury suite at the Superdome in New Orleans.</div>
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For the snack-food industry, the Super Bowl amounts to something like Christmas and every kid's birthday party wrapped into one, a day on which the average American consumes the<a href="http://www.caloriecontrol.org/pressrelease/score-big-with-low-calorie-super-bowl-recipes-sideline-unhealthy-snacks-on-game-day" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink"> caloric equivalent</a> of 20 servings of <a href="http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/utz/sour-cream-and-onion-dip" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Utz's sour cream and onion dip</a>. For Sabra, whose red-rimmed tubs of hummus are increasingly found inside American refrigerators, the stakes were particularly high.</div>
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"People are dipping in Super Bowl," Zohar said. "They are looking for what to dip. Unfortunately they are dipping in the wrong product. But we try to change this. And we are doing okay."</div>
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Around Sabra's offices just outside New York City, employees are fond of saying that they hope to put their Middle Eastern chickpea dip "on every American table." Though that mission is far from achieved, the company is off to an impressive start. In the last half-decade, overall sales of hummus have climbed sharply in the United States, with Sabra capturing about 60 percent of the market, according to the Chicago-based market research firm Information Resources, Inc. This spring, Sabra announced an<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323798104578453174022015956.html" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink"> $86 million dollar expansion</a> of its Virginia factory, a move that the company says will create 140 jobs.</div>
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As the company's leader during this stretch, Zohar has overseen a wide-ranging publicity effort aimed at simultaneously coaxing Americans to open their minds to a new taste of foreign origin while downplaying controversial aspects of the product's provenance. In an age of significant spending by <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000046963" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">America's pro-Israel lobby</a>, even chickpeas have been swept into the debate over Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands, its attitude toward its Arab neighbors and its reliance on American support.</div>
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Pro-Palestinian activists have in recent years organized boycotts of Sabra's Israeli parent company, Strauss, for providing care packages to the Golani Brigade, a branch of the Israeli army that has allegedly committed <a href="http://www.cpt.org/underattack" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">human-rights abuses</a> in the West Bank and Gaza. Groups in Lebanon have criticized Sabra for reaping the spoils of what they say is an intrinsically Lebanese dish. To quote a saying that has surfaced on the Internet, "First our land, then our hummus."</div>
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Zohar, a blunt-spoken man of 52 who rose through the industry by persuading more Israelis to consume American corn products, dismisses both groups of critics as irrelevant. The Palestinian boycott amounts to mere "noise," he says. As for the argument that hummus belongs to Lebanon: "I am very happy if Lebanon is going to fight about the hummus and not about anything else."</div>
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Like any businessman, Zohar likes to talk about his product's promising future. But hummus has a long history. And in the Middle East, history has a way of intruding upon the present, shaping questions about the legitimacy of what Sabra has been adding to the American table.</div>
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"The history of this food is that of the Middle East," <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Book-Middle-Eastern-Food/dp/0375405062" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">writes Claudia Roden</a>, an Egyptian-Jewish cookbook author who has been credited with introducing Middle Eastern food to the West. "Dishes carry the triumphs and glories, the defeats, the loves and sorrows of the past."</div>
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No one knows for sure how far back the history of hummus goes, but traces of chickpea, the key ingredient, have turned up in Middle Eastern archeological sites<a href="http://forward.com/articles/2119/chickpeas/" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">dating to 7,500 B.C.</a> In his bestselling book, <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Guns, Germs, And Steel</em>, the anthropologist Jared Diamond identifies the chickpea as one of several hardy, nutrition-packed food crops that grew in the Fertile Crescent and enabled its people to develop agriculture and, in turn, cities, armies, systems of taxation and governments.</div>
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As civilization spread outward, chickpeas did, too, becoming garbanzos in Spain and chana in India. In the Middle East, they were boiled, mashed and mixed with the sesame paste known as tahini, becoming "hummus bi tahini," more commonly known as hummus.</div>
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In recent years, the growing popularity of hummus has made the dip an object of controversy. Sabra instigated one of the fights at a publicity event in New York in 2007, where it served several hundred pounds of hummus on a plate <a href="http://humus101.com/EN/2008/05/18/the-largest-hummus-plate-ever/" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">the size of an above-ground swimming pool</a>, prompting its executives to boast that they had produced the largest dish of hummus in the history of the world.</div>
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A year later, an Israeli competitor, Osem, responded by serving <a href="http://humus101.com/EN/2008/05/18/the-largest-hummus-plate-ever/" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">881 pounds of hummus at an outdoor market in Jerusalem</a>. The event took place on Israeli Independence day, or as Palestinians call it, Al Nachbar, The Disaster. A Guinness representative was there to document the victory.</div>
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Lebanon entered the fray about a year after that, doubling Osem's record at a cook-off in Beirut. The chefs, who had been convened by a pair of Lebanese business associations, used spices to decorate what was now the world's largest hummus plate with a picture of the Lebanese flag. While they were at it, they also broke Israel's record for the largest bowl of of tabouli, a bulgur and parsley dish. <a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/Sep/18/Lebanon-aims-for-Guinness-records-as-part-of-bid-to-lay-claim-to-hummus-tabouleh.ashx#axzz2VNDFWX2I" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">According to The Daily Star of Lebanon</a>, the groups that organized the event had a more grandiose goal than merely notching a volume record: They hoped to promote the idea that the Lebanese had invented both tabouli and hummus.</div>
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In the months after that feat, Lebanon and Israel traded shots, with Lebanon delivering what has so far proved the victorious blow, <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/4000/largest-serving-of-hummus" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">serving 23,042 pounds</a> of chickpea dip at a weekend-long gathering in 2010. On the eve of the event, Ramzi Nadim Shwaryi, a Lebanese TV chef and one of the festival's coordinators, told <a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/May/01/Lebanon-fights-back-in-hummus-world-record-battle.ashx#axzz2VNDFWX2I" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">the Lebanese press</a> that he and his allies were in it for Lebanon's honor.</div>
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"We will stand together against this industrial and cultural violation and defend our economy, civilization and Lebanese heritage," he said.</div>
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At about the same time the hummus wars were playing out in Lebanon, a group of Palestinian-sympathizers in the United States tried to call attention to Israel's military activities in the West Bank and Gaza by pressing for boycotts of two Israeli-owned hummus companies -- Sabra, and one of its larger competitors, Tribe.</div>
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The boycotters identified themselves as supporters of a broader movement called Boycott, Divest and Sanctions. Launched by Palestinian activists in 2005 following failed peace negotiations, the organization aimed to apply economic pressure on the Israeli government to end its 46-year occupation of Palestinian territories.</div>
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A <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6dO9eVOY2I" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">YouTube video</a> produced by protesters in Philadelphia who were part of the movement caught the attention of student activists at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/19/princeton-sabra-hummus_n_786077.html" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Princeton</a> and DePaul universities in 2010. They tried to persuade their schools' dining services to stop offering Sabra. Although they didn't succeed, activists in the movement are still trying to garner support for their anti-Sabra efforts.</div>
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Still, Zohar does not seem particularly distressed by the potential implications for Sabra's sales.</div>
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"The protesters make noise, but they make noise to themselves," he said. "It doesn't have any influence on our business."</div>
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As the protests played out in the margins, Sabra aimed its product at the American mainstream. It deployed volunteers in trucks to hand out free samples of hummus in cities around the country, and expanded its product line to include more familiar dips, including guacamole and salsa.</div>
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It launched a national television ad campaign, exhorting people to "taste the Mediterranean," and moved its staff in 2011 from an old industrial building across the street from a Queens cemetery to a sleek suburban office park, where the company heads plotted the conquest of the American marketplace in conference rooms named after touristy, exotic destinations like Madagascar and Morocco. (Perhaps unsurprisingly, none of the rooms were named after Lebanon or Israel.)</div>
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At the root of Sabra's success was an influx of corporate money and resources. Strauss, an Israeli snack-food giant, bought half of Sabra in 2005, and Frito-Lay, the snack-food division of Pepsico, entered a joint-partnership agreement with Strauss in 2008. Zohar worked closely with the Frito-Lay people, who had scored a big victory for a foreign dip in the early '90s, when Tostito's salsa beat Heinz Ketchup to become<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/11/garden/new-mainstream-hot-dogs-apple-pie-and-salsa.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">America's best-selling condiment</a>.</div>
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With Frito-Lay and Strauss' investments, Sabra built its Virginia factory, where it developed flavors intended to appeal to the average American consumer: Spinach and Artichoke, Pesto, Buffalo Style. As Arabs and Israelis quarreled over the origins of hummus, Sabra was putting out a product that bore about as much resemblance to the authentic dish as a Domino's BBQ Meat Lovers pie does to a genuine Italian pizza.</div>
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In Israel, meanwhile, yet another hummus debate was raging, and although it was the least overtly political of the controversies, it was no less capable of provoking feelings of hostility and anger. As the celebrated British-Israeli chef and food writer Yotam Ottolenghi and his Palestinian-born business partner and co-author Sami Tamimi wrote in the 2102 cookbook <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jerusalem</em>, "Jews in particular, and even more specifically Jewish men, never tire of arguments about the absolute, the only and only, the most fantastic <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">hummusia</em>."</div>
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A hummusia is the Israeli equivalent of a New York pizza parlor, a cheap establishment that usually serves only hummus and a few other dishes. But the debates about hummusias are more intense than even the most impassioned pizza threads on Yelp.</div>
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"The hummusia fetish is so powerful that even the best of friends may easily turn against each other if they suddenly find themselves in opposite hummus camps," Ottolenghi and Tamimi wrote. The arguments "can carry on for hours," they noted, with the debaters delving into the minutia of whether hummus is better served warm or at room temperature, smooth or chunky, topped with fava beans or cumin and paprika, or nothing at all.</div>
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In a <a href="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/the-wandering-chickpea/" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">letter to The New York Times </a>at the height of the hummus wars, Israeli food writer Janna Gur went even further, calling Israel's fascination with hummus a "religion." She noted that the most treasured restaurants are invariably owned by Arabs, a phenomenon she traced to the early Zionist settlers who arrived in the Holy Land determined to put the customs of the Diaspora behind them, while embracing a new identity in the Levant. They traded Yiddish for Hebrew, yeshivas for plowshares, and matzoh balls and tsimmis for falafel balls and hummus. "This love affair, that has been going on for decades, shows no signs of dying," Gur wrote.</div>
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Last summer, while traveling in Israel, I visited as many of the hummusias as I could, hoping to come to my own conclusions about the craze. I was joined in this mission by my father, who moved from Israel to New York in the early 1970s and has griped about the quality of America's hummus offerings ever since. Like many Israelis, he looks down not just on corporate hummus brands like Sabra and Tribe, but also on local shops that package their own hummus in take-out containers. As far as he is concerned, the religion of hummus forbids packaging of any kind.</div>
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In the Middle East, hummus is served fresh from the pot, on a big communal plate dripped with olive oil and sprinkled with paprika and cumin. The plate has to be big enough and flat enough so that you can comfortably wipe up the hummus with a pita, an activity that my father refers to as "swiping." He insists that hummus should have a subtle, earthy flavor, and disdains spicy hummus, lemony hummus, hummus with chipotles, hummus with artichoke, hummus with basil, sun-dried tomato or spinach, and most of all, the dip referred to as "black bean hummus."</div>
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As he has pointed out many times, hummus is the Arabic word for chickpea; by definition, hummus made of black beans isn't hummus.</div>
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In Israel, my father and I ate at Abu Hassan, a bare-tabled hummus den in the seaside town of Jaffa, where the staff starts serving early in the morning and shuts down the shop after the pot runs out, often in the early afternoon. We wandered the narrow streets of Jerusalem's Old City, past the pilgrims crowding into the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, until we reached a tiny hummus shrine adorned with black-and-white pictures of people sharing a meal at the shop sometime in the 1930s.</div>
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One day we drove to a city in Palestine's West Bank known for its tahina factories and uprisings. By law, Israelis are forbidden from entering the Palestinian territories, except to travel to the Jewish settlements, but we felt that no hummus pilgrimage would be complete without a trip to Nablus.</div>
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At the checkpoint, an Arab cab driver pulled over and said he hoped, for our own sake, that we wouldn't enter the city in our Israeli rental car. We thanked him and drove past the Israeli guards, through the rounded hills studded with olive trees. My father grew quiet. When he'd first traveled those hills, in 1967, he was in a tank, pushing forward toward the Jordan River as thousands of Palestinian refugees streamed down the sides of the road. The Six-Day War had broken out and the Israeli army had conquered the Palestinian villages.</div>
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After a while we reached the outskirts of Nablus, parked and made our way through the maze-like casbah, to a dim, windowless hummus restaurant with electrical wires hanging from the ceiling. A teenage boy strolled into the room with an unmarked bottle of olive oil, tipping it onto people's plates. After a few minutes of "swiping," my father announced that this was the best hummus he'd tasted on the trip -- though he also remarked that the excitement of entering forbidden territory had enhanced the flavor. By that point I knew that my hummus palate wasn't refined enough to discern the subtle differences between the various hummusia offerings, but I liked them all better than any hummus I'd ever had in America.</div>
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Toward the end of our stay, we traveled to the fertile hills of the Galilee region, where an Arab chef named Husam Abbas had been garnering praise for his gourmet take on Arab food, defying a number of Israeli assumptions about Palestinian culture.</div>
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Abbas, who has been described as <a href="http://goisrael.about.com/b/2012/02/15/worlds-best-hummus.htm" style="border: 0px; color: #7c54d3; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">a leading figure of Israel's Slow Food movement</a>, broke ground at his chain of high-end restaurants by showing Israelis that Arab cuisine isn't just hummus and kebab. His specialties include a spicy watermelon salad with diced mustard stems and stuffed summer squash in a tomato bisque, and he uses produce grown in fields that his family has tended, by his account, for 1,700 years.</div>
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Abbas met us by the side of the road in his pickup truck and led us into his fields. A gruff man with a leathery face, he tramped down the leafy aisles with a cigarette lodged in his mouth, stooping to gather purple-tipped string beans, young cantaloupes that looked more like cucumbers, several kinds of summer squash, and beautifully misshapen heirloom tomatoes.</div>
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Later, in the dining room of one of his restaurants, he explained that when the growing season ends, he and his children go into the hills to gather wild herbs with names like "olesh" and "aqab" and "hobeza." The herbs grow only locally and only in the winter.</div>
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"But because hummus is dry, it can be used throughout the year," he said.</div>
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When I asked how he accounted for the dip's popularity, he kept his answer short: "Low cost, high calorie." He seemed a little annoyed at the need to deliver this dictum.</div>
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As Sabra strives to make its chickpea dip as popular as bagels, burritos and other foreign-born fixtures of the American diet, it is employing a flavor palette that would test the limits of acceptability in the Middle East.</div>
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One recent day, Mary Dawn Wright, Sabra's executive chef, stood before an array of hummus containers at the company's Virginia factory, discussing these techniques. She popped open a tub labeled Asian Fusion.</div>
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"Israelis would never ever think it's considered to be hummus," she admitted.</div>
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A glistening spoonful of some brightly colored carrot and ginger mixture distinguished the dip from anything you'd find in a hummusia. Sabra collaborates with outside "flavor houses," whose scientists also help develop classic American products like Doritos, she explained.</div>
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Asian Fusion is just one of more than a dozen flavors that Sabra has invented in its effort to convert more Americans to hummus, and Wright was almost certainly correct in her frank assessment of what Israelis might think of them. Even Zohar didn't bother to feign enthusiasm for Sabra's Buffalo Style flavor. "I detest it," he said.</div>
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But for Zohar, and presumably for the rest of Sabra's executives, personal feelings about the flavors are as irrelevant as hummus' place of origin. What matters are the cravings of the average American consumer, and Zohar seems to think that no American is beyond the company's reach.</div>
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At the Superbowl, he noticed that many of the tailgaters were eating Louisiana fare -- "all kinds of crabs and shrimps, whatever it is."</div>
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He didn't see any hummus containers amid the jambalaya and gumbo.</div>
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"Maybe in New Orleans they are eating hummus not as much as people in New York are eating hummus," he said recently. "But give us two years. They are trying it, and when they try it they become a lover."</div>
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Who makes the best hummus? Everyone in Israel is passionate about the taste of genuine hummus, and each individual believes deeply that his or hers is the best.</div>
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In Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, hummus remains a daily staple. Village streets are dotted with tiny shops that prepare hummus swirled in a brown-and-cream-colored bowl, drizzled with extra virgin olive and sprinkled with paprika or cumin.</div>
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Many cuisine-related sources describe hummus as an ancient food. The earliest known recipes for a dish similar to hummus bi tahini are recorded in cookbooks published in Cairo in the 13th century.</div>
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Hummus is a simple, wonderfully flavorful dip or spread made from garbanzos (chickpeas) and tahini (sesame seed paste). Its texture is velvety, rich and firm enough to scoop up with wedges of pita bread or crisp vegetables. The taste is robust, nutlike, garlicky and so satisfying that you won’t be able to stop eating it.</div>
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One significant reason for the popularity of hummus in Israel is the fact that it is made from ingredients that follow Jewish dietary laws, and it may be combined with either meat or dairy meals. It is seen as almost equally popular among Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs, and as a result, hummus has become a sort of “national food.”</div>
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My prize-winning recipe takes as long to make as the time it takes to measure the ingredients and blend them in the food processor. For a change of color and flavor, I sometimes add roasted peppers when blending in the tahini, but the peppers are delicious on their own, too.</div>
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Some say that authentic hummus must be thick, so that you can carve deep valleys over its surface and fill them with olive oil. Then just tear off pieces of fresh pita bread to scoop up the pungent dip and pop it into your mouth.</div>
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Laurie Harris and Richard Hecht, who teach at the University of California, Santa Barbara, recently returned from four and a half months in Israel. While there, they were determined to enjoy every type of hummus they could discover. They sampled plates in Mahane Yehudah Market, the central shuk in West Jerusalem; along the pedestrian mall that is now Jaffa Road; and in shops in Musrara, not far from the city center and the Old City walls.</div>
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Hecht, who wrote “Abu Steve Is Coming Out of Retirement,” a small book about a man who opened a Jerusalem hummus restaurant, said, “Jerusalemites take great pride in the hummus at Abu Shukhri in the Old City. They will tell you that it’s a matter of minor gradations in taste — more garlic, less lemon. Hummus is basically all the same, but in Tel Aviv, they say the best hummus is at the very small restaurant Sultan, in the Arab town of Qalansuwa.”</div>
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The very best in Jerusalem, in the opinion of Hecht and Harris, is the hummus at Lina, <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/foodaism/item/brunos_hummus-hamas_insight_20090717" style="color: #888f96;" target="_blank" title="Bruno and the World’s Best Hummus">a restaurant in the Christian Quarter of the Old City</a>.</div>
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Hecht has his own ideas about what distinguishes top-notch hummus.</div>
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“It begins with the selection of fresh chickpeas in the shuk or market,” he said. “If you can’t find the fresh chickpeas, then use the dried.”</div>
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Still, no serious hummus connoisseurs would ever think of using garbanzo beans from a can nor use a food processor. True hummus is prepared in a large pottery cooking vessel with a narrow neck, over a low flame. The beans are stirred gently with a long wooden spoon until the right texture is achieved. Some use mortar and pestle to slowly grind the chickpeas.</div>
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Hecht also shares his special recipe for hummus and musabbaha, which is a breakfast hummus, served in the morning as we would eat hot cereal or cooked rice.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #7e2217;">JUDY’S HUMMUS</span></b></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7e2217; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" ,; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">∗ 1/2 roasted pepper (optional, recipe follows)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #7e2217; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" ,; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">∗ 1/2 cup lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #7e2217; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" ,; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">∗ 4 garlic cloves, peeled</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #7e2217; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" ,; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">∗ 1 teaspoon ground cumin</span><br />
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∗ 4 to 6 firm, crisp, red, yellow or green bell peppers<br />
∗ 2 to 3 garlic cloves, minced<br />
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∗ 1 jar or can (2 ounces) anchovy fillets<br />
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Place a large sheet of foil on the lower rack of the oven. Put the peppers on the rack above, in the middle or top of the oven. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes or until the skin has puffed and darkened slightly on top. Turn each pepper over and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes longer.</div>
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Remove the peppers from the oven. While they are still warm, carefully peel off the skins. Pull out the stems and discard the seeds. Cut the peppers into segments that follow their natural ridges. Layer the peppers in a bowl with the juices, garlic and enough olive oil to cover. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. When ready to serve, arrange the peppers on a serving dish and garnish with anchovies and parsley. Or place an anchovy fillet in the center of each segment, roll up and place a toothpick in the center. </div>
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∗ 3 cups fresh or dry chickpeas or garbanzo beans, soaked overnight in water in a large pot<br />
∗ 1 teaspoon baking soda<br />
∗ 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil<br />
∗ 3/4 cup tahini sauce or paste<br />
∗ 1 large garlic clove, finely minced<br />
∗ 1 teaspoon ground cumin<br />
∗ Salt to taste<br />
∗ 1/4 cup lemon juice or more to taste<br />
∗ 1/4 cup pine nuts<br />
∗ 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil<br />
∗ 1/3 cup finely minced fresh parsley</div>
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Drain the chickpeas, cover with fresh water and baking soda, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, partially covered, until chickpeas are tender, about 50 minutes. Strain and cool about 20 minutes.</div>
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Pour 2 cups of the cooked chickpeas into a food processor, reserving the rest to be used later for garnish and the Breakfast Hummus. Add 1/4 cup olive oil and slowly process the mixture, adding the tahini, garlic clove, cumin and salt. Add the lemon juice and the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil. When the mixture is smooth, remove from the processor. If the mixture is too rough, continue blending until smooth. With a rubber spatula, spread the hummus into a shallow dish in circular motion, leaving an indentation in the center of the dish.</div>
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In a small frying pan, lightly brown the pine nuts. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil into the indentation in the center of the dish. Place the reserved whole beans into the indentation. Sprinkle the pine nuts and parsley over the olive oil and beans in the center of the plate. Serve with whole warmed pita for dipping.</div>
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<i>Makes 4 to 5 cups.</i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7e2217;">MUSABBAHA (BREAKFAST HUMMUS)</span></b></h3>
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Use the basic hummus recipe, but prepare the following sauce.</div>
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∗ 1 cup boiled chickpeas (reserved from Richard’s Hummus, Lina Style)<br />
∗ 3 cloves garlic, minced<br />
∗ 1/4 teaspoon cumin<br />
∗ 1/3 cup tahini or more to taste<br />
∗ Juice of 1 large lemon<br />
∗ 2 tablespoons olive oil<br />
∗ 1/4 teaspoon black pepper<br />
∗ 1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
∗ 1/4 teaspoon chili powder<br />
∗ 1/3 cup finely minced parsley</div>
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In a small saucepan, combine the chickpeas, garlic, cumin, tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, pepper, salt and chili powder. Simmer gently; do not boil. When the mixture is warm, serve for breakfast or pour into the center of the plate of Richard’s Hummus, Lina Style, and sprinkle with parsley.</div>
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<i>Makes about 1 1/2 cups.</i></div>
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<i>Judy Zeidler is a food consultant and author of “Italy Cooks” (Mostarda Press, 2011). Her Web site is <a href="http://www.judyzeidler.com/" style="color: #888f96;" target="_blank" title="Zeidler">JudyZeidler.com</a></i></div>
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CLOVER, Va.—Prodded by the largest U.S. hummus maker, farmers in the heart of tobacco country are trying to grow chickpeas, an improbable move that reflects booming demand for hummus.</div>
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For Sabra, which makes hummus at a plant near Richmond, Va., a secondary source of supplies could help protect the company if a chickpea shortage occurred because of crop failures in Washington or Idaho. Sourcing chickpeas locally also would lower its shipping costs. But the Virginia effort carries risk, because experts say the state's high summer humidity could prove a significant obstacle to its viability.</div>
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Long a staple of Middle Eastern cuisine, hummus is earning a growing following among Americans seeking more-healthful snacks. The chickpea dip is low in fat and high in protein. Sales of "refrigerated flavored spreads"—a segment dominated by hummus—totaled $530 million at U.S. food retailers last year, up 11% from a year earlier and a 25% jump over 2010, according to market-research firm Information Resources Inc.</div>
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The growth has caught the attention of big food companies like PepsiCo, which bought a 50% stake in Sabra in 2008, and <a class="companyRollover link11unvisited" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=KRFT" style="color: #093d72; outline: none;">Kraft Foods Group</a> Inc.,<span data-change="-0.08" data-changepercent="-0.15512895094046927" data-company-name="Kraft Foods Group Inc." data-country="US" data-datetime="Apr. 30, 2013 4:00 PM" data-exchange-iso="XNAS" data-iso="$" data-offset="-4" data-pc="51.570" data-price="51.49" data-ticker-name="KRFT" data-ticker="KRFT" data-volume="2601043.00" data-widget="dj.ticker" id="0.9520910722203553"><a class="tkrQuote tkrNegative" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=KRFT?mod=inlineTicker" style="background-color: #ffcccc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.3em; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span class="tkrName">KRFT</span> <span class="tkrChange">-0.16%</span></a></span> which owns Athenos, another big hummus brand. Sabra on Tuesday is expected to announce an $86 million expansion of its hummus plant near Richmond to help meet demand. It expects to add 140 jobs to the facility, which currently employs about 360, over the next few years.</div>
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Sabra doesn't disclose financial data, but IRI data show its hummus sales were about $315 million last year, up about 18%. And because some retailers, including <a class="companyRollover link11unvisited" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=COST" style="color: #093d72; outline: none;">Costco Wholesale</a> Corp., <span data-change="-0.2" data-changepercent="-0.1841112031667127" data-company-name="Costco Wholesale Corp." data-country="US" data-datetime="Apr. 30, 2013 4:00 PM" data-exchange-iso="XNAS" data-iso="$" data-offset="-4" data-pc="108.630" data-price="108.43" data-ticker-name="COST" data-ticker="COST" data-volume="1511668.00" data-widget="dj.ticker" id="0.28405060223303735"><a class="tkrQuote tkrNegative" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=COST?mod=inlineTicker" style="background-color: #ffcccc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.3em; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span class="tkrName">COST</span> <span class="tkrChange">-0.18%</span></a></span> don't provide information to IRI, the figures understate Sabra's retail sales.</div>
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Sabra, based in White Plains, N.Y., has helped introduce more Americans to hummus through huge sampling events in major cities in which it has handed out 10,000 2-ounce packages a day. Sabra began its first national television advertising campaign earlier this year.</div>
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"Most of the consumers out there still don't know what hummus is," said Adam Carr, chief executive of Tribe Mediterranean Foods Inc., a Sabra rival. "We think that there are going to be lots of new users coming to the category."</div>
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Growing demand for hummus has pushed up prices for chickpeas, spurring farmers to increase production. The average price that farmers received for chickpeas was 35 cents a pound last year, a 10-cent increase over the mid-2000s, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</div>
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Though chickpeas are a tiny crop compared with corn or wheat, last year's U.S. harvest totaled a record 332 million pounds, up 51% from the previous year, according to the USDA. The value of the U.S. chickpea crop hit a record $115.5 million last year, USDA data show.</div>
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Last year's U.S. chickpea harvest jumped 51% from the previous year. Above, Virginia farmer James Brown is testing the legume.</div>
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U.S. farmers are expected to plant a record 214,300 acres of chickpeas this year, up 3% from last year and a fivefold increase over a decade ago, the USDA said. Demand for the U.S. crop from Spain, Turkey and Pakistan also has led farmers to plant more.</div>
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In Walla Walla, Wash., farmer Pat McConnell, 51, said he intends this spring to plant about 950 acres with chickpeas, more than double his crop last year. "They've become a pretty lucrative option," he said. "I really think chickpeas are going to continue to grow in popularity."</div>
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Virginia officials are eager to develop new crops in a state where tobacco farming has shrunk dramatically since the 1990s because of declining cigarette sales.</div>
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Sabra has provided financial support for chickpea research at Virginia State University, and this spring, Virginia State recruited farmers to plant chickpeas in on-farm trials.</div>
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But Virginia's summer humidity and heat could make chickpeas more susceptible to a fungus known as Ascochyta blight that long has threatened chickpea crops in the U.S.</div>
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Virginia State University agronomist Harbans Bhardwaj is working on identifying a variety more suited to the climate, that could potentially be planted months earlier than most chickpeas. Mr. Bhardwaj thinks Virginia farmers may be able to grow the crop on a commercial scale within three years.</div>
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James Brown, a 72-year-old tobacco, corn and soybean farmer in Clover, Va., said he knew nothing about chickpeas when an extension agent from Virginia State called him several months ago and asked if he would plant the legume.</div>
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He said he jumped at the opportunity because he is looking for ways to make his roughly 300-acre farm more profitable.</div>
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Mr. Brown planted four acres with chickpeas in mid-April. That week, his wife served him the first chickpeas he'd ever eaten. "They tasted pretty good," the farmer said.</div>
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<strong>Write to </strong>David Kesmodel at <a class="" data-ls-seen="1" href="mailto:david.kesmodel@wsj.com" style="color: #093d72; outline: none;">david.kesmodel@wsj.com</a> and Owen Fletcher at<a class="" data-ls-seen="1" href="mailto:owen.fletcher@dowjones.com" style="color: #093d72; outline: none;">owen.fletcher@dowjones.com</a></div>
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<strong>Corrections & Amplifications</strong><br />Sabra co-owner Strauss discloses some of Sabra's financial results in Strauss's securities filings. An earlier version of this article failed to note the parent company's disclosure.</div>
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A version of this article appeared April 30, 2013, on page B1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Hummus Conquers America.</div>
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Even thought Egypt is going through a political roller coaster - more people are travelling to it than ever. Perhaps it's cause Egypt is getting a lot of daily exposure in the mainstream media and perhaps it's cause for many in the Western world there is something extremely romantic in travelling to a nation who's people decided to take their future into their own hands and through a peaceful revolution changed their own government .<br />
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A few asked me about Hummus in Egypt and I didn't know what to answer. I love Egypt and the Egyptian people. It's a magical country that has so much history and ancient architecture that is a monument to the beginning of modern civilization.<br />
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Since Google is tied so heavily to the Egyptian revolution - I figured it'll also be OK if I google to find out what the pro's think about Hummus there and if anything changed after the revolution also in terms of the standing of the top Hummus restaurants there.<br />
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But sadly when I googled the words : BEST HUMMUS EGYPT - there were no links to actual restaurants for 2 whole Google pages. Dozens of links - and none to actual dining places in Egypt.<br />
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I decided to change my search words and typed HUMMUS and EGYPT...<br />
I thought maybe if I'll make it a broader search I will get a list of hundreds of Hummus restaurants in Egypt.<br />
After all, when one types just the word HUMMUS and reads about it in Wikipedia - one of the first thing Wikipedia does mention for all Hummus history seekers is that:<br />
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<b><u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"The earliest known recipes for a dish similar to </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">hummus bi tahini</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> are recorded in cookbooks published in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" title="Cairo">Cairo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> in the 13th century"</span></u></b><br />
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So how could the nation that had the first recorded Hummus recipe published - not have any thing in GOOGLE?<br />
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But I was not willing to give up yet - so I Googled the words: BEST MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT EGYPT - and sadly, all that popped up were links to middle eastern restaurants in the US.<br />
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I was shocked that I couldn't find any Egyptian Hummus restaurants in Egypt. <br />
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Hopefully now that Egyptian are standing up and taking destiny into their own hands - they will also help remind the world - they are also the leaders with Hummus and in the future when people around the world Google Hummus and Egypt - they will not just get the best Egyptian restaurants in the US.<br />
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I would love to hear thoughts from those who have been in Egypt recent.<br />
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One of the amazing things is that TRIP ADVISOR has a list of the top 10 restaurants in Cairo. <br />
Their number 1 restaurant isn't a local cuisine but rather a Japanese restaurant.<br />
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#2 is a Lebanese restaurant.<br />
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<span class="street-address" property="v:street-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">InterContinental Cairo Citystars</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"> | </span><span class="extended-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">Omar Ibn El Khattab St., Heliopolis</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">, </span><span class="locality" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span property="v:locality">Cairo</span> <span property="v:postal-code">11737</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">, </span><span class="country-name" property="v:country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">Egypt</span></div>
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<span rel="v:address"><span class="format_address" dir="ltr"><span class="country-name" property="v:country-name">Trip Advisor gives #3, #4, #5 best restaurants in Cairo to an Italian, Indian and Four Seasons restaurants.</span></span></span></address>
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<span rel="v:address"><span class="format_address" dir="ltr"><span class="country-name" property="v:country-name">#6 is finally an Egyptian restaurant. Here's the info:</span></span></span></address>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 31px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px;">Kebabgy - </span><span class="street-address" property="v:street-address" style="background-color: white;">3 El Thawra Council Street</span><span style="background-color: white;"> | </span><span class="extended-address" style="background-color: white;">P.O. Box 732, El Orman - Giza</span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span class="locality" style="background-color: white;"><span property="v:locality">Cairo</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span class="country-name" property="v:country-name" style="background-color: white;">Egypt</span></div>
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<span class="country-name" property="v:country-name">Then #7,#8,#9 are again not local cuisines and finally at #10 </span><span style="background-color: white;">are again Egyptian: </span></div>
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<span class="country-name" property="v:country-name" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 31px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px;">Koshari al-Tahrir - </span></span><span class="street-address" property="v:street-address" style="background-color: white;">Sharia Abd el-Khalik Sarwat</span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span class="locality" style="background-color: white;"><span property="v:locality">Cairo</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span class="country-name" property="v:country-name" style="background-color: white;">Egypt</span></div>
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Only in #11 is there a recommendation for a cheap Egyptian restaurant:<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 31px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px;">Koshary Abou Tarek -</span><span class="street-address" property="v:street-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;">16 Maarouf St.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;"> | </span><span class="extended-address" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;">Champollion</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;">, </span><span class="locality" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;"><span property="v:locality">Cairo</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;">, </span><span class="country-name" property="v:country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;">Egypt</span><br />
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<span class="country-name" property="v:country-name" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;">Looking at the reviews on Trip Advisor it's sad that traditional Egyptian Restaurants are at the bottom of the top 10 restaurants in Cairo. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif;">Many believe that a pride of a country rests on it's traditional cuisine - so Egyptians must find a way to help their local eateries improve their local cuisines and not just serve high end international cuisines. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif;">For other cities - here's links to</span> the thoughts of the big guns of travel and what they recommend:<br />
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<b><u>LONELY PLANET:</u></b><br />
Lonely Planet publications a very respectable international tour company and they do have some recommendations about Egyptian restaurants. While I highly trust Lonely Planet about travel - their food recommendations can be a hit or miss, and the restaurants they currently recommend mostly have less than 10 likes each - so it's hard to know if others agree or not with Lonely planet's taste buds:<br />
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/restaurants/egyptian?sort_dir=desc&sort_order=popular<br />
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<b><u>TRIP ADVISOR:</u></b><br />
Except for it's top 10 list - TRIP ADVISOR also has a list of many restaurants that travellers have attended and liked - but while I love Trip Advisor's recommendations about hotels - with Food it gets more tricky as many times the highest rated restaurants are mediocre places as it's about the average rating of millions of travellers and in that kind of scenario - not always the greatest places shine.<br />
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<b><u>FROMMER</u></b>:<br />
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/egypt/0398020003.html<br />
They have a lot of restaurants but also many aren't neccasserily Local Egyptian. Here's one of the ones that is recommended but from their description doesn't seem cheap or fast and reservation is required so it's not for those just wanted to come on a whim and eat some Hummus.<br />
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<b style="text-align: left;">"Abu Sid</b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> (Off 26th of July St., Zamalek, Cairo; tel. </span><b style="text-align: left;">02/27359640</b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">): Reservations are required at this upscale eatery, and when you get to the table, traditional Egyptian cuisine never tasted so good. "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b>AND IF EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b>THERE'S ALWAYS FACEBOOK....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There's not a lot of information on this place. The page is very limited and has only about 250 LIKES but still more than any other place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">That's it Hummus Lovers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Enjoy Egypt.</span></div>
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The Village Voice a publication that's always ahead of the pack published it's list of 10 best Middle Eastern Restaurants for 2012. </div>
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Here's their top 10 and the reason they'v chosen it:"</div>
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So I found this interesting article online when I googled the word Hummus. This is an article from the blog I Googled Israel giving a brief history of Hummus and top 10 places to eat Hummus in Israel:</div>
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So wrote the poet awhile back, and his words are so accurate - especially when we are looking at Hummus.</div>
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The success of food trucks in LA has led to a fusion of various cuisines - including Asian and Mexican.</div>
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And while some of these fusions do work and create a new hybrid that is interesting -</div>
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The combination of middle eastern and Mexican cuisine doesn't work in our opinion on any level.</div>
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There is no need for a Burrito - cause Middle Easterns already have the Pita.</div>
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There is no need for hot peppers - cause middle easterners already have Garlice</div>
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And there's no need for Guacomole sauce- cause we already have Hummus.</div>
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Thus I don't understand why people love this new cuisine and the fact that it's becoming so popular proves that at the end of the day - people don't really want to eat great food - but prefer eating dilluted food as long as it has a catchy name!</div>
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Both Mexican and Middle Eastern foods are wonderful - both are spicy both are unique both are very popular and both are healthy.</div>
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But the combination of both creates such a cacophony of different strong tastes that it becomes something incoherent and chaotic.</div>
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The texture of Mexiterranean is also a travesty as that too is inconsistent with either one of the two original cuisines that created it.</div>
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TO CONCLUDE:</div>
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Mexiterranean to me is like a TIGON or a LIGER - a combination of a Tiger and Lion. Can it be achieved thanks to modern science? Yes. Is it good for the new hybrid animal? No. Does it create a totally deformed new animal? TOTALLY!! Is it dangerous? YES. It breaks the heart of anyone that loves Tigers and Lions and sees what science can do to destroy both breeds.</div>
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So perhaps the question of the day isn't COULD THIS HYBRID BE DONE but rather -</div>
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And to that my answer is a simple and very loud - NO!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417073204403226608.post-54575098741981792602012-04-11T10:02:00.001-07:002012-04-16T19:31:40.725-07:00<u><b>WE FOUND LOVE IN A HUMMUS PLACE</b></u><br />
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Another cool Hummus themed project we wanted to share. A Hummus music video shot in a Hummus bar in NYC.<br />
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The video is called : We found love in a Hummus place.<br />
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It's already gotten over 16,000 hits on Youtube.com<br />
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To learn more about the project go to HUGE MISTAKE's WEBSITE:<br />
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The music video was created by talented film maker Shen Liberman - a filmmaker to watch and the video is a spoof of Rihanna's song: :"We Found Love".<br />
The music video has that 80's retro feel and it's a really fun video to watch.<br />
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The video was shot as an ultra low budget project and that forced the creators of the video to replace their lack of money with a lot of creativity.<br />
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Hopefully as art will deal more seriously with Hummus, like in this wonderful video -<br />
Hummus bars and restaurants will start treating their Hummus with more respect.<br />
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It's sad that such a fine dish is still given so little respect and especially in the US - Middle eastern restaurants - put so little energy into really fine tuning the recipe and so many of them serve bland and uninspiring hummus that is hurting it's acceptance by the public as a high end treat.<br />
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In the middle east chefs study for years the fine art of making it.<br />
And for those smiling as they read this - FYI - making great Hummus is just as complex as making great Sushi, Pasta or complex fish sauces . The basic idea of making Hummus is simple. Mastering how to make it exquisite is complex.<br />
Many Middle Eastern friends have complained to me that American Hummus - is to a cake lover - like eating a Twinkie. Something that tastes like a plastic commodity - not like a baked good.<br />
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Hopefully as Hummus enters the pop culture more and more - with film and music videos like the one's we've covered - chef's will realize it is something they need to pay more attention to.<br />
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After all - Hummus based on this video - can help you find love.<br />
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Bon Apetite lovers of life, lovers of people and lovers of hummus.<br />
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Thanks Shen for making this wonderful video.<br />
We're looking forward to see your future projects.<br />
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Awhile back we reported to all of you about the Hummus Wars between Israel and Lebanon.<br />
We even followed up on that funny story that kept developing like a true Middle Eastern Soap opera.<br />
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Well, like all real life soap operas - Hollywood eventually comes knocking - and this story is now being made into a film by gifted Los Angeles director - Avital Levy.<br />
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The project already has a trailer that can be seen and they're raising money for it on Jewcer.com - A Jewish kickstarter.<br />
And for those who have been living under a rock for the last six month and have never heard the name Kickstarter - <br />
Kickstarter.com has become the premiere destination for many filmmakers and all other visionaries to raise funding for their various projects.<br />
But while Kickstarter has endless projects and thus it's easy for fund seekers to get lost in the shuffle - <br />
Jewcer aims at catering to a more specific crowd and for more focused projets and hopes that will make it easier for those interested in Jewish themes to find the right project they'd like to fund. <br />
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<b>"Jewcer is a crowdfunding platform for projects, ideas and causes benefiting the global Jewish community and Israel. Jewcer innovators and funders make a positive impact on the world by sparking innovations and turning ideas into reality."</b><br />
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Their goal is to raise $8000 and they've already raised $345<br />
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Here's what they write about the project:<br />
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<b>"Hummus Wars is a documentary about national pride through food and by breaking a world record. Each country has the intention of winning and remaining steadfast about their superiority, ownership and historical connections to hummus. The goal of the documentary is to shoot the battle from the perspective of each country - Israel and Lebanon while capturing the events and points of view from within these countries which have been neck to neck to win since 2007. Ultimately, this is the story of people, community and two little countries attempting to reach a form of self-determination through their status with hummus."</b><br />
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Directed by Avital Levy<br />
Cinematography by Aner Moss + Avital Levy<br />
Edited by Orly Shuber + Avital Levy<br />
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So for all you Hummus lovers - I hope you help them out, cause I think the world needs more Hummus themed films.<br />
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Good luck to the filmmakers and we can't wait to see your Hummus film.
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If you want more info here are the links both to Jewcer and to the Hummus War's page:
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ES TU BRUTE are the last words of Casear, in Shakespeare's Casear.<br />
The idea that you've been betrayed even by your closest friends.<br />
Not just betrayed. Stabbed in the back. Killed by a friend's painful dagger!
That's what I felt lately with Sabra's Hummus.<br />
Sabra has been an old friend.<br />
With all the chaos and instability in the world - Sabra Hummus has always maintained a high level of consistency and while it's never been a spectacular Hummus- it's always been good enough that it could serve as the go to Hummus when there was no other alternative around.<br />
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But the love story's gone.<br />
The little magic their hummus used to have is lost.<br />
I've tried several of their Hummus variations in LA and while initially I tried to give every justification in the book as to why I'm not loving their hummus.<br />
Finally I had to admit.<br />
The Hummus tastes different.<br />
It tastes more bland.<br />
It tastes more artificial.<br />
It tastes more generic<br />
It tastes like there's more preservatives in it and yes... it even tastes a little bit more plasticky than before.<br />
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It's sad when denial ends and you got to face the mirror and say to yourself - I've been dillusional for so long.<br />
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I have no idea why after all those years - Sabra has decided to move on from it's loyal base of Hummus lovers and fans.<br />
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But that's life.<br />
Nothing stays constant.<br />
Sony used to rule the music world with their walkman.<br />
But there's a new king in town. Who remembers walkman today - it's all about the ipad...<br />
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So goes the glory of the hummus world.<br />
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Good bye Sabra.<br />
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