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
Wicked Is the Vine Wicked Is the Vine Wicked is the Vine is a 1947 radio play by Sumner Locke Elliott. It was inspired by the Lizzie Borden murder. In 1918, two sisters, Sarah and Ellie Vinson, come into conflict. It results in murder.. Elliott wrote the play in Australia for "Lux Radio Theatre". It was one of the few original plays they had commissioned. He wrote it while trying to emigrate to the US. The original production aired in 1947 and starred Brenda Dunrich and Neva Carr Glynn. One listener wrote in complaining saying the show was "well acted and well produced, we