In Israel, bourekas are high on the list of favorite snack foods. Every neighborhood bakery has a large selection of these savory pastries - potato, cheese, mushroom and more.
For some people, breakfast is coffee and a plate of bourekas. The bakery will happily pop them in the microwave for you to eat on-the-go. You'll find them by the plateful at most simchahs and business meetings. Many people eat them every Shabbat.
Unfortunately, these flavorful morsels are high in trans fat. The same artery-clogging trans fat that was banned in New York restaurants.
Prompted by California's recent ban on trans fat in bakeries and restaurants (the first state to do so), the English language newspaper Haaretz ran this article about the health implication of bourekas and other foods made with parve solid fats:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1006700.html
Hopefully, for the sake of everyone's health, Israelis will re-invent a healthier boureka.
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