From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and Jaffa, a food tour of Israel is sure to satisfy your hunger for delicious cuisine as well as a breathtakingly beautiful vacation spot. Long regarded as a religious holiday experience, many are travelling to this region and discovering the exquisite traditional Israeli cuisine.
Food Tours in Israel are booming with the opportunity to not only taste the food, but also engage in hands on cooking classes. Small food tours mean you can learn the unique style and secrets to creating the delicious and fragrant Food in Israel. Imagine how fascinating to visit bakeries as they prepare for the Jewish Sabbath or wineries as they create pomegranate and other types of wine.
Israel Cooking Vacations combine rich and ancient culture with remarkable landscapes of fig trees and open air markets. One week in Israel to experience the old culinary customs of the local Jewish and Arabic residents will leave you hungry for more! Online vacation packages offer many specialized options for your food tours, so shop around to find the best one.
Learning to cook in the Jewish tradition of keeping things kosher is an important part of Israeli cooking. During your culinary tour of Israel, you will learn the laws of kashrut and that those laws, while old and outdated, were designed to make sure the food is healthy. Remembering to never mix milk and meat is important, and a key to kosher cooking. Not only can each dish not include both items, but also they cannot even appear in the same meal. Some kosher kitchen have separate plates for milk and for meat and even separate sinks for washing them.