{"id":654603,"date":"2026-10-23T06:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/654603\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T06:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:44:18","slug":"israel-takes-its-cuisine-on-the-road-with-us-food-truck-tour-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/654603\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel takes its cuisine on the road with US food truck tour &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (Oct. 23, 2026 \/ JNS)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Tourism Ministry is launching a food truck tour across the United States, offering free tastings of Israeli cuisine in four locations from Oct. 25 to 30.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTaste of Israel\u201d tour, led by Israeli chef Yossi Shitrit, will visit Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 25; Atlanta on Oct. 27; Nashville on Oct. 28; and the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth area on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The food truck will offer complimentary tastings, including vegetarian options, from noon to 3 p.m. at each stop, accompanied by Israeli music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne taste is enough to fall in love,\u201d Tourism Ministry Director-General Michael Izhakov said. \u201cTogether with Chef Yossi Shitrit, one of the leading names in Israeli cuisine, we are bringing the tastes and aromas of Israel to American audiences: from the spice markets of Jerusalem to the beachfront restaurants of Tel Aviv, from the Galilee to the Negev.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States is Israel\u2019s largest source of incoming tourism. Some 295,000 American tourists visited Israel from January through September, accounting for 37% of incoming tourism during that period, according to the ministry. About 448,000 Americans visited in 2025, representing approximately 34% of all incoming tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Shitrit, a prominent Israeli chef, is known for combining traditional Israeli and family influences with contemporary cooking techniques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, everything begins with taste and memory,\u201d he said. \u201cEven when I create a new dish, the flavors of home are always there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The food truck tour is part of the ministry\u2019s international \u201cI AM ISRAEL\u201d tourism campaign, launched in June. According to the ministry, the campaign has generated more than 320 million media impressions and 105 million completed video views and has expanded to Canada and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Oct. 23, 2026 \/ JNS) Israel\u2019s Tourism Ministry is launching a food truck tour across the United States,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-654603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}