TULANE UNIVERSITY: Calvin Mackie, founder and CEO of STEM NOLA | STEM Global Action, and chef Alon Shaya and his wife, Emily, have received Tulane University’s Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of ...

Always in my pantry." Alon Shaya swears by tomato paste, "I use it for sauces. I use it for soups. I use it to make a ...

Chef and co-founder of Pomegranate Hospitality Alon Shaya was born in Israel, raised in Philadelphia, and moved to Italy before settling in New Orleans for 23 years — half of his life.

We begin with Alon Shaya. In his book, "Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel," the award-winning chef frankly and unabashedly tells his life's story. From a lonely childhood to the ...

Chefs like Philadelphia’s Michael Solomonov and New Orleans’s Alon Shaya are shining ever-brighter spotlights on the foods of Israel and the Middle East, giving the region’s sun-drenched ...