The Kosher Food and Wine Experience: A Remarkable Journey

Recently I had been trying to firm up a kosher supervision for retail use of  Dashi powder. In my catering days I used to order it from Daniel Berlin at Sushi Metsuyan, so when it came time to write my upcoming cookbook, where I wanted to include recipes using dashi, I thought, who better, let’s [...]

Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday February 28th: the Lean Latin Feast

With this lineup of fabulous Latin flavors, lean food is really easy to enjoy in style. The added bonus is, all the dishes will be naturally gluten-free, without even trying! Come ready to party: Beside the fun and delicious dinner, My sangria is the best! I’ll be demonstrating: Tilapia with green tomato sauce Spicy pumpkin [...]

Frittata Recipe with All the Fixin’s

Spinach  and Smoked Turkey Frittata A frittata is the Latin answer to our classic omelets: It is an open-faced omelet, about an inch high, with other ingredients mixed into the egg mixture rather than used as a filling. The batter is poured into a large skillet and placed on a stovetop, just a few minutes [...]

My Famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

  This recipe is in all my cookbooks, including my upcoming one.  I can never make enough of these; and apparently, neither can thousands and thousands of people. A few years ago, I was involved with a few friends in a massive fund-raising project and made a million cookies (yes, a million, and then some!). [...]

Planning a Party? Read this First, then Have Fun Entertaining!

The following chapter is included in my first book, Levana’s Table: Kosher Cooking for Everyone. My readers have always found it very useful,  and I gave lectures on the subject several times. Recently I participated in the food preparations of a party for a very dear friend, spending a wonderful and fun day with her [...]

The Instant Dorm Feast: Your Quick and Healthy Cooking-Without-Cooking Survival Guide

We all find ourselves, occasionally and sometimes not so occasionally, in situations that bring us apart from the comfort of our kitchens and the amenities that surround us daily: a vacation week, a business convention, a year away in college, even a week under the weather. All too often, a quick look at the room [...]

Our Cooking Demo Venue in NYC has Changed! Please Take Good Note of it!

My demos are getting more cozy! See you at the demo! It’s dinner and a show! Dear friends, As you may know, for many years I have conducted my cooking demos weekly at Lincoln Square Synagogue, and have come to consider both the demos and the guests attending them as a very important part of [...]

Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC. Monday February 14th. The student’s – and EVERYONE’S – survival guide!

Dear students and all other solitary people faced with mediocre fare out there, hunkering for a taste of home, unite! There are so many inexpensive, quick and nutritious ways to whip up a meal in a jiffy. Only please treat yourselves to these one-time purchases that will make a world of difference: a blender, a [...]

New Gluten-Free Product on the block! Pasta and Ice Cream Cones

Just sampled a very good new gluten-free product: Goldbaum Natural Foods. Their ice cream cones and brown rice spaghetti were super: Check it out!

Oat Quinoa Turkey Chili Recipe

Oat Quinoa Turkey Chili For all of us whose love of beans remains, alas, unrequited, let me say you can make a perfect chili substituting oat, quinoa, and lentils in any proportion for the feisty beans, so you can have your chili and eat it too! Ground turkey is an ideal choice as it is [...]