Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Lévana
I love all my “babies”, but this is one of my greatest triumphs. Whenever I need to get to anyone’s heart with no time to waste, I whip up this cake for them. My daughter Bella recently asked me with great urgency whether I had thought of including this recipe in this book. “Whatever [...]
Filed under: Cake Recipes, Cheese Cake, Dairy Recipes, Dairy-Free Cheesecake Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Desserts, Gluten Free Recipes, Jewish Holiday Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipe, Shavouot Recipes, Tofu Cheese Cake | 7 Comments »
Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Lévana
This morning I received something which for years I used to perceive as a berating lecture, but which I have long since identified as an unmitigated compliment, indeed a tribute: It has to do with being dogged, and never taking no for an answer. From one of the owners of Sushi Metsuyan, Daniel Berlin. His [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Lévana
Surprise Mom (or that special lady in your life) with your new culinary skills. Show her how it’s done the simple, quick and nutritious way. I’ll bet you thought there was no way to make a delicious Hollandaise Sauce without all the usual kitchen’s culprits (eggs, butter, cream), so wait till you taste mine! Instead [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Lévana
Any chance I get to sneak in those veggies that are somewhat neglected in America, and beloved beyond, I am there: So for today, that will be Fennel! It works its unseen magic and yields a silky texture and sweet – but not cloyingly sweet – flavor. A real nutritional bargain too! Ingredients: 1/3 cup [...]
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Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Lévana
Check out this terrific write up about my weekly cooking class demos (as well as some of my recipes) on The Kosher Scene!
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Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Lévana
Don’t miss next week’s special Seasonal Spring Bounty Cooking Class Demo at Lincoln Square Synagogue on Monday, April 26th. Winter is over and wonderful vibrant food colors and fragrances are upon us in every food display: cheer up and enjoy them while they last! Another part many of you will love is, it’s all gluten-free! [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Lévana
I have always rather neglected this wonderful treat, as the traditional preparation requires frying, my nemesis: I don’t think I have more than a handful of fried dishes in my whole repertoire. But I tweaked the recipe to do my bidding as a baked, not fried, treat, and the result is scrumptious! I have streamlined [...]
Filed under: Dessert Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 16th, 2010 by Lévana
Children adore it, and of course so will you. Bananas got too ripe? Don’t even think of chucking them, as they make the greatest smoothies, muffins and cakes, their flavor reaching their sweetest and most intense peak! The riper the better: freeze them, and when ready to use run them under warm water, the [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Lévana
I was a caterer many years, and catered countless simchas. When my time came to plan for my children’s wedding and be a plain-clothes customer, I had a “choice” between striking fear in the hearts of those caterers and bullying them around, and writing up for them the very golden rules I had used all [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Lévana
The preoccupation with dreaming up wonderful and easy summer dishes started very early this year for me. Recently I found myself listening, rather incredulously, to the weather report on the news, one Thursday morning, and the forecast was: Temperature in the high eighties. We were in the last Shabbos of April, and I thought to [...]
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