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Missouri senator joins effort urging Hillary Clinton to seek presidency (Reuters)
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U.S. and Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war (AP)
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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors (AP)
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Syrian warplanes strike rebel posts in Aleppo (AP)
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Turkey's defiant PM says police to get more power against protesters (AP)
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Bill Clinton to Peres: You are the world's social Einstein (Haaretz)
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Ben Gurion Airport to be shut down to clear decades-old mortar found during renovations (Haaretz)
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Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral in Pakistan (Reuters)
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U.S. officials say they will begin meeting with Taliban at new Qatar office within days (AP)
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Taliban say will open office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war (AP)
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Ex-South African ambassador criticizes Israel, says it 'replicates apartheid' (AP)

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Pleasure Hunting

Women in the village of Qasr al-Sir are putting their traditional cooking skills into catering and promoting a revival of typical Bedouin fare.

By Ronit Vered | Jun 13, 2013 | 04:22 PM

Mansaf

Making wine

Boys from the black stuff

At a Hefer Valley moshav, descendants of Romanian founding fathers have their own take on a family wine-making tradition.

By Ronit Vered | Jun 6, 2013 | 04:13 PM

Homemade ice cream

The ice man cometh

Every week, kibbutznik David Leichman prepares homemade ice cream from natural ingredients, using traditional techniques. Ironically, it’s his love of the cold treat that stops him turning pro.

By Ronit Vered | May 30, 2013 | 05:44 PM

Cocktail power

Behind closed wooden shutters on the ground floor of a nondescript hotel on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, an authentic Victorian bar works its magic.

By Ronit Vered | May 23, 2013 | 01:30 PM

Bread from Shahar's bakery

In the Hefer Valley, descendants of the pioneer generation and newcomers are going back to manual labor and local production

By Ronit Vered | May 16, 2013 | 02:34 PM

The meze selection at Turquoise

Lebanese paradise

As the dream of a night out in Beirut grows ever more distant, the Turquoise restaurant in East Jerusalem's St. George Hotel proves a worthy consolation,

By Ronit Vered | May 9, 2013 | 12:36 PM

Yaqub Hiat in his natural element

On the wild side

After 33 years as a social worker, Yaqub Hiat now devotes his time to a splendid new restaurant whose menu is based on fresh vegetables and exotic herbs

By Ronit Vered | May 2, 2013 | 02:35 PM

Golda Meir drinks a Segal Brothers wine at a state event

A dynasty in wine, intertwined with the history of the state

Zvi Segal came from a long line of distillers and winemakers. An album he compiled offers an intoxicating insight into the development of the local drinking culture.

By Ronit Vered | Apr 18, 2013 | 03:07 PM

Arousa, pita with kebab, at Little Diana

Nazareth spring

Something good is happening in the 'Paris of the Galilee,’ thanks to residents’ determination to restore it after years of neglect and renovations. A tour of alleyways, inns and eateries.

By Ronit Vered | Apr 11, 2013 | 04:33 PM

Gaza cuisine

The common ingredient: Discovering Gazan cuisine

Two women set out to explore cuisine in Gaza - and produced a unique cookbook that is a rich trove of recipes and a fascinating anthropological document.

By Ronit Vered | Apr 4, 2013 | 04:08 PM | 4

Ariel Cohen

Heroes of the Jaffa gang

The Zigel Hagadol restaurant is recreating the Jaffa cuisine of the 1950's and 60's, when seafood and local and immigrant traditions produced new culinary delights.

By Ronit Vered | Mar 28, 2013 | 07:49 PM

A 'dove feast' at Moshav Sharona.

Feasting on doves in a Galilee hamlet

While pigeons have been consumed since ancient times, it’s hard to obtain the delicacy today − mostly because it doesn’t pay to breed them. Maybe the fact that the dove is a symbol of peace also has something to do with it.

By Ronit Vered | Mar 22, 2013 | 06:35 PM

Beet kubbeh soup

The kibbutznik-turned-entrepreneur who serves kubbeh to New Yorkers

Visitors to the restaurant sit around a common tables and eat the semolina dumplings stuffed with seasoned meat or vegetables served in a variety of flavorful broths‏.

By Ronit Vered | Mar 14, 2013 | 05:01 PM

Anglo File

Guy Seemann conducting a parlor meeting in Tel Aviv.

Immigrant launches campaign urging fellow Anglo Israelis to vote in municipal elections

By Andrew Esensten | 11:07 AM

Jerusalem & Babylon

Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres: The last president of Israel

By Anshel Pfeffer | 06:44 AM | 3

Sayed Kashua

Illustration by Amos Biderman

The baby is ill, and Sayed Kashua has had enough of this ailing county

By Sayed Kashua | 01:03 PM | 3

The Twilight Zone

Mohammed Amla

Despite IDF denials, evidence shows dogs still being used to attack Palestinian suspects

By Gideon Levy, Alex Levac | 10:29 AM | 18

Pen Ultimate

Lapid and Bennett

Bennet and Lapid: A fine bromance

By Michael Handelzalts | 12:08 PM

Doron Rosenblum

Doron Rosenblum

The last column: Haaretz's Doron Rosenblum says goodbye

By Doron Rosenblum | 01:34 PM | 6

Portion of the Week

"Elisha Raising the Son of the Shunammite"

Parashat Hukat / The flow of ritual impurity

By Yakov Meir | 11:47 AM

The Makings of History

Ben-Gurion

Will we ever find out what the censor left out?

By Tom Segev | 10:08 PM | 3

Tal Niv

Miki Kratsman exhibition

Snapshot: What happened to the people in these photographs?

By Tal Niv | 05:08 AM

Relatively Speaking

Yona Kronenberg and Anat Ornstein Kronenberg

Yona Kronenberg and Anat Ornstein Kronenberg – A generational and cultural gap

By Aviva Lori | 08:51 PM

Pleasure Hunting

Visitors to the cookbook fair.

Future of the printed word looks bleak, even at international cookbook fair

By Ronit Vered | 05:07 PM

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