Israeli cuisine spicy or sweet-and-sour, with ingredients such as bell peppers, chili peppers, figs, onion, artichoke bottoms, Swiss chard, beet, dried fruits, tomato, vine leaves, potatoes, mallow, eggplants and zucchini squash, and stuffing such as meat and rice in Balkan style, bulgur in Middle Eastern fashion, or with ptitim, a type of Israeli pasta. The Ottoman Turks introduced stuffed vine leaves in the 16th century and vine leaves are commonly stuffed with a combination of meat and rice, although other fillings, such as lentils, have evolved among the various communities. Artichoke bottoms stuffed with meat are famous as one the grand dishes
Jeremy Vine a contestant on the 13th series of "Strictly Come Dancing". Jeremy Vine was born in Cheam in Surrey. He is the elder son of Guy Vine (d. 2018), lecturer in civil engineering at North East Surrey College of Technology, and Diana (née Tillett), who was a housewife and sometime doctor's receptionist. His younger brother is the comedian Tim Vine; they have a sister, Sonya. Vine was educated at Lynton Preparatory School in Ewell, then Aberdour School in Burgh Heath, and then Epsom College. He played the drums in a band called The Flared Generation, which his brother Tim was also