Seasonal Vegetable Mezze Makes the Israeli Table

If you’ve read the news in the last half century, you’re likely aware of the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians for land ownership: cease fires and broken cease fires; violence; a heavy toll on both sides. But there’s another story—one that sees far fewer headlines—that’s imperative to tell. It’s one that reflects a culture that’s brilliantly convivial, unfailingly generous and endlessly hungry.

In the Israel you don’t read about...