Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Lévana
Gluten-free Italian? You can’t be serious! Or can you? What is the problem, with all the fabulous grains on the market? And as if I was not pressing my luck hard enough, I am making this dinner dairy-free! Move over Mozarella! I warn you: Gluten-free or not, you’ll get hooked on the pizza! For our [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Lévana
Ready in a jiffy, and so fabulous. Don’t hesitate to use frozen berries: Available year-round, cleaned, sweet and full of flavor, you just can’t go wrong. No need to thaw. By the time they macerate in the liqueur, just a few minutes, they will be ready and at room temperature! Ingredients: 3 cups ricotta cheese [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Lévana
Why not just stay in tonight and enjoy a wonderful intimate dinner-and-movie that will make you look like a pro, save loads on a restaurant trip, babysitting and whatnot? You can do it, excellently and in no time! I will be demonstrating: Trio of tuna: Seared, handroll, tartare Sauté spinach and portobello Spicy buckwheat couscous [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Lévana
I also used to think that rice is rice, until I found dozens of different varieties, at specialty food stores (Fairway, Zabar’s, Kalustyans, etc…) I urge you to make a visit to any one of them, and treat yourself! Or best of all: Go online! Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil 1 large onion 1 inch [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Lévana
Anyone looking for a nice departure from the traditional all-American Cheesecake? This is for you! light and ethereal, with a wonderful almond crust and scented with lemon peel. I just made it for a fundraiser demo and watched it disappear with great pleasure! Almond crust ingredients: 1/2 cup almonds 1/4 cup brown sugar Dash salt [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Lévana
A friend recently forwarded me an invitation to the Martha Stewart Show. Should I go, I kept asking myself? The “invitation” was fraught with recommendations written in a style that made them sound more like warnings (what you should wear, when you should arrive, how you will forfeit your turn if you don’t do a, [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Lévana
Dinner at the Pasta Factory Teaneck on Mother’s Day was a great experience. We had one of the Mother’s Day prix fixe menus, and it was spectacular: Corn Tomatillo soup, baby rack of lamb, and assorted desserts. Every bit as delicious as in our Levana Restaurant days, which is not surprising as they brought in [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Lévana
INDIAN FEAST GLUTEN-FREE Gluten-free is no challenge at all when planning Indian treats, as the Indian diet is blessed with such a mind-boggling grain and flour selection. Also, thanks to all the wonderful inroads that have recently been made in the food industry, quality dairy-free yogurt and milk are widely available as well, so you [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Lévana
Every single ingredient in this wonderful soup is in on the secret of its success: All the members of the onion family are present; fresh thyme; The mixture of dark miso and dry red wine do wonders to imitate the beef broth that is the trademark of onion soup but that is off-limits to Kosher [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Lévana
Chocolate Oats Pots de Crème Long before the whole-grain fashion began (I am not telling you how long, I heard ladies don’t do that, but I will give you a hint: circa my ultra-lean student years, the very years that inadvertently turned me into a cook, as I was constantly bartering all kinds of favors [...]
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