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8 Chinese Tourists
Walk Into Israeli
Hummus Joint,
Rack Up $4.4K Tab

8 Chinese Tourists Walk Into Israeli Hummus Joint, Rack Up $4.4K Tab

Israel investigating whether they were gouged

(Newser) - How did eight Chinese tourists rack up a tab worth about $4,400 at an Israeli hummus restaurant? That's what the Israeli Foreign Ministry is asking after the group was charged a hefty 16,500 shekels for dinner, the New York Daily News reports. "By behaving this way...

Israeli Cafe Gives
50% Off Hummus
for Jews, Arabs
Who Co-Dine

Oct 20, 2015 1:24 PM CDT

Israeli Cafe Gives 50% Off Hummus for Jews, Arabs Who Co-Dine

Israeli eatery hopes common bond of chickpeas will ease ongoing tensions

(Newser) - In a month marred by violence between Israelis and Palestinians, one little Israeli café is trying to give chickpeas a chance. The Hummus Bar in Kfar Vitkin is offering half-off hummus to tables of Jews and Arabs dining together, the Times of Israel reports. "With us we don't...

FDA's Next
Frontier:
Hummus?

May 28, 2014 1:24 PM CDT

FDA's Next Frontier: Hummus?

Hummus maker Sabra wants some standards, people

(Newser) - Sure, any idiot can throw chickpeas, tahini, and some other deliciousness in a food processor and call it "hummus." But Sabra, which Yahoo notes is owner of 65% of the burgeoning American market for hummus, wants the FDA to make sure that manufacturers are putting actual chickpeas and...

America's Hot New Crop
Is ... Chickpeas?

May 4, 2013 10:27 AM CDT

America's Hot New Crop Is ... Chickpeas?

That's because hummus sales are booming, says Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - Look out, US snackers, here comes the hummus. So says the Wall Street Journal , which declares that the relatively healthy Mediterranean dip made from chickpeas is "conquering America." The numbers are hard to dispute: Sales were up 11% last year to $530 million, and that's up 25%...