Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.9|5.0
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In Search of Israeli Cuisine
contains terrific interviews with a wide variety of persons operating within
Israel’s food industry. However, the film fails to capitalize on current strengths
and seems to search for some future definition that has not yet materialized
when, in fact, there seems to be a wide range of already completely defined
food types that this country’s rich and long interaction with an entire world
of food cultures offers. Perhaps the best definition of Israeli cuisine is:
Israel has it all. This fact seems to be ignored as if there is confusion
between precisely what is Jewish cuisine versus Israel’s terrifically diverse
food offerings. This situation seems to negatively impact the value of this
film’s ability to promote Israel as a viable player within the high art of
cuisine on an international level.
Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images
Storyline
Michael
Solomonov takes his audience on a journey to search for a complete definition
of Israeli cuisine while explaining that Israeli cuisine is still in its
process of definition.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Roger Sherman for directing efforts.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
While the general conclusion seems to be that Israeli cuisine has not
completely defined itself yet, the search for that definition is worth watching
as the documentary contains terrific backdrop scenery of Israel as well as a
rich offering of Jewish history.
Video Critique Available Here:
Ben
Meyers
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