Comments on: The great hummus war of 2009 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/10/26/the-great-hummus-war-of-2009/ [Please go to \'Settings\' to change your Tagline] Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:38:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Purrusalda de links (1/11/09) | Ondakin http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/10/26/the-great-hummus-war-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Purrusalda de links (1/11/09) | Ondakin Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:24:52 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=784#comment-279 [...] Líbano e Israel se encuentran inmersos en una pelea a muerte por la paternidad del hummus que amenaza con dejar en disputa infantil lo de Perú y Chile con el pisco. Ambos países compiten [...] [...] Líbano e Israel se encuentran inmersos en una pelea a muerte por la paternidad del hummus que amenaza con dejar en disputa infantil lo de Perú y Chile con el pisco. Ambos países compiten [...]

]]> By: Neal Ungerleider http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/10/26/the-great-hummus-war-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Neal Ungerleider Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:11:39 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=784#comment-257 This reminds me of a funny story from New York. The owner of a Brooklyn kosher pizzeria of my acquaintance, located in a traditionally Orthodox American Jewish neighborhood, was catering to more & more Israeli patrons. The Israelis would frequently order falafel instead of pizza, while simultaneously complaining that the (Mexican & Jewish-American) cooks couldnt get the flavor right. In the end, the owner hired a Palestinian-American who immigrated a few years back. Ten years later? The Palestinian and the Israeli are co-owners. Maybe Brooklyn really is the promised land. This reminds me of a funny story from New York. The owner of a Brooklyn kosher pizzeria of my acquaintance, located in a traditionally Orthodox American Jewish neighborhood, was catering to more & more Israeli patrons. The Israelis would frequently order falafel instead of pizza, while simultaneously complaining that the (Mexican & Jewish-American) cooks couldnt get the flavor right. In the end, the owner hired a Palestinian-American who immigrated a few years back. Ten years later? The Palestinian and the Israeli are co-owners. Maybe Brooklyn really is the promised land.

]]> By: Eileen White Read http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/10/26/the-great-hummus-war-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Eileen White Read Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:03:39 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=784#comment-227 Great story. I recommend the Academy Award-winning, musical film send- up of the "Israeli - Palestinian hummus conflict ," called "The West Bank Story." The sister of an Israeli hummus cafe owner falls in love with the Palestinian proprietor of an adjacent hummus cafe. The Israelis build a wall between the two cafes, the Palestinians blow it up. The singing lovers end up moving to a city where Jews and Arabs live in peaceful coexistence - and there's great hummus. Where? Beverly Hills. Won the Academy Award in 2006 for best short film. Great story. I recommend the Academy Award-winning, musical film send- up of the “Israeli – Palestinian hummus conflict ,” called “The West Bank Story.” The sister of an Israeli hummus cafe owner falls in love with the Palestinian proprietor of an adjacent hummus cafe. The Israelis build a wall between the two cafes, the Palestinians blow it up. The singing lovers end up moving to a city where Jews and Arabs live in peaceful coexistence – and there’s great hummus. Where? Beverly Hills. Won the Academy Award in 2006 for best short film.

]]> By: Food Fight in the News: Who Owns Hummus and Tabbouleh? | Food & Think http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/10/26/the-great-hummus-war-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Food Fight in the News: Who Owns Hummus and Tabbouleh? | Food & Think Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:17:08 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=784#comment-225 [...] Between this and the 500-pound kibbeh (a snack made of minced meat and bulgur wheat) which earned Lebanon a world record earlier this year, you could be forgiven for calling the country obsessed with setting records. But this is no mere hobby; it’s a culinary campaign—specifically against Israel, the previous hummus record holder—to establish national ownership of these foods and the economic potential they represent. The name of the recent event says it all: The “Hummus and Tabbouleh are 100 percent Lebanese” festival. Neal Ungerleider has a good post on this topic at True/Slant. [...] [...] Between this and the 500-pound kibbeh (a snack made of minced meat and bulgur wheat) which earned Lebanon a world record earlier this year, you could be forgiven for calling the country obsessed with setting records. But this is no mere hobby; it’s a culinary campaign—specifically against Israel, the previous hummus record holder—to establish national ownership of these foods and the economic potential they represent. The name of the recent event says it all: The “Hummus and Tabbouleh are 100 percent Lebanese” festival. Neal Ungerleider has a good post on this topic at True/Slant. [...]

]]> By: Afi Scruggs http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/10/26/the-great-hummus-war-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Afi Scruggs Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:48:09 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=784#comment-221 Loved this! I live in Cleveland, where hummus rules. My neighborhood has a Lebanese store to about five minutes north of my house, and a Kosher carry-out about five minutes east. They both serve hummus, falafel, pita, etc. Now I know. And thanks for explaining the coffee thing, too. Loved this! I live in Cleveland, where hummus rules. My neighborhood has a Lebanese store to about five minutes north of my house, and a Kosher carry-out about five minutes east. They both serve hummus, falafel, pita, etc.

Now I know. And thanks for explaining the coffee thing, too.

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