Note: Since this street food trend is getting a little out of control, it's time we get to know the vendors behind it all. Today we're kicking off a weekly series that will profile street vendors from across the country. First up, the Food Shark in a little town in West Texas. Name: Food Shark Vendors: Krista Steinhauer (chef) and Adam Bork (art director, mechanic, food prep, and cashier extraordinaire) Location and hours? Center of town in Marfa, Texas, on Tuesdays through Friday for lunch between 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Marfalafel What's on the menu? Falafel (or in Food Shark terms, "marfalafel"), hummus, salads, and a variety of daily specials including regional fare (like Mexican) and more How...
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"Isn't pita bread the real enemy?" In case you haven't gotten enough Brüno already, Coldmud points to a surprisingly SFW clip involving a Hamas-hummus mix-up. [Video, after the jump.]...
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Nina of Veggie Wedgie makes a beautiful beet hummus that she adapted from Donna Hay magazine. There's no fuss or muss to this recipe; simply blend all the ingredients until smooth and serve. It's a double dose of pretty and healthy to help you get through the winter blues! Related Essentials: Hummus In Videos: Hummus Rap...
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Though Israelis and Palestinians have trouble seeing eye to eye, they do stuff similar street foods in their mouths. Olives, falafel, flatbreads, nuts, and hummus crowd the streets of Jerusalem, but what do these foods say about the war-torn metropolis? In this engaging (and twelve-minute long) special from Al Jazeera, we visit places like the hummus joint "From Gaza to Berlin," where the name comes from the physical location (Berlin Street) and the built-in regional metaphor. Like Israel, the food here is somewhere between East and West. "There is no Israeli food. All our food is from neighbors and Jewish immigration that came to Israel," says one local....
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Remy likes hummus. A lot. So much that he made a rap music video to illustrate the greatness of this "paste with some taste." Watch him rhyme while stuffing his face with hummus and pita bread after the jump. Preferably, you'd have a tub of hummus nearby....
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