Current sectionFoodShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeOysters at the Tel Aviv restaurant Basta. A Paris fantasy. Credit: David BacharThis summer, an oysters craze has taken over Tel Aviv. But is the culinary trend an attempt to disconnect from reality, or an odd secular backlash against the current religious climate in which messianic politicians aim to resettle Gaza?September 04, 2025Oysters and schug, that Yemeni hot sauce that's big in Israel. Can the two really go together? It's noon on another terribly hot day in August, and the first of the day's diners are lining up at the Basta restaurant in Tel Aviv's Carmel Market.In the NewsIsrael, Lebanon Resume Talks Amid IDF Eviction Orders, Hezbollah Drone AttacksIran Accuses UAE of Direct Role in Attacks Against It at BRICS MeetingIsraeli AG Suspends Witness Harassment Case Against Netanyahu AidesIsraeli Soldier Killed by Mortar Fire in Southern Lebanon, IDF SaysWhy Israeli Music Icon David Broza Still Believes in the Power of ArtRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump Statue'A Slave Economy': Inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox Parallel StateStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran Standoff