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Martha Stewart Travels To Holy Land, Declares That It Is Good

Where: Israel
September 12, 2011 at 3:05 PM | by | Comment (1)

Around this time last year, domestic goddess and noted Louboutin aficionado Martha Stewart waded into Philadelphia's intractable Geno's-vs-Pat's cheesesteak war, declaring that Pat's was "kinda bland" and giving her approval to Geno's. Having experienced a conflict of that magnitude, the celebrity was no doubt ready for this year's Labor Day trip to a part of the world where the battles are almost as heated: Israel.

Stewart spent her weekend in the Holy Land attending her nephew's wedding, scouting locations for an upcoming TV segment, and macrame-ing things (we're just guessing about that last part, though she still does that though, right?)

Her professional judgment on Israel? It's pretty interesting. Pretty interesting indeed.

Stewart visited sundry markets and farms, consumed a diverse array of street and restaurant food, and toured the ancient sights in Jerusalem. She emphasized that Israel's ancient capital is a "must-see," echoing the recommendations of touristy goodness that we've passed on to you in the past.

Being who she is, she was particularly enamoured by a meal made up of "samplings of yellowtail sashimi, tuna tartare, red mullet and shrimp carpaccio, all served with a cucumber salad with vinaigrette-ginger dressing." Relatedly, she raved to USA Today about delicious cheeses that could be had on account of "150 Anglo Nubian goats" that wander a nearby hillside. So now you know.

There's actually a political backstory here, where anti-Israel activists try to convince celebrities not to go to Israel and Israeli tourism boards respond by going out and getting them. Except in Stewart's case the trip was coordinated with the Israeli Tourism Ministry, not with some random tourism board, because that's how she rolls. Rumors have it that Israeli tourism officials have now set their sights on Oprah, so we'll be looking for her to beat Stewart's statement about how "Israeli-style dining 'fosters generosity and a love of food and entertaining.'" Don't let us down, hackneyed-press-release-writing-PR-flak.

[Photo: Elhanan Yair / Israel Ministry of Tourism via Getty Images via USA Today]

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Nice atricle

Have you noticed the poster in the picture? Martha Stewart also visited the Dead Sea and voted for it in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign, you can vote here: http://www.facebook.com/VoteDeadSea
Olga Pulisman on September 16, 2011 at 7:52 AM #Permalink

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