Two falafel experts share their tips and tricks for making the beloved Middle Eastern street food. No matter the add-ons, Admony says that the single most important thing about making falafel is ...

April is Arab American Heritage Month and we wanted to feature one of our favorite dishes from the Arab world – falafel. Falafel is wonderful street food. In the markets of the Eastern Mediterranean, ...

Last month, I went on a quest to find the best falafel in the Bay Area. It mostly ended up in disappointment. Yes, there were a couple places making falafel I’d happily eat again, but they required ...

The King of Falafel was in a bad mood. It was early on a recent weekday morning and Feres “Freddy” Zeideia, the ringmaster of the Astoria-based King of Falafel and Shawarma cart that has done business ...

A good falafel, whether baked or fried, is crispy on the outside and light, fluffy, and moist on the inside. A notable textural contrast like this is as important, as its multifaceted flavor which ...

A good falafel sandwich is a perfect food. Or, as Scott Zwiezen of Los Angeles’ Dune calls it, “a super versatile and flavorful street food that appeals equally to vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters ...

Falafel seems to be a food most people enjoy in a restaurant or from a food truck or stand. Or, if people do make it themselves, many will go the convenience route and use a boxed, just-add-water ...

Yael Raviv (above) is author of “Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel (Studies of Jews in Society).” by Yael Raviv, is a work of culinary anthropology that looks at ...