Eating Out: Good Example of Bad Service
Posted on 5th of August, 2011 by Lévana
What my order most decidedly didn’t look like! The other day I and a couple ladies I was meeting to discuss a cookbook project had dinner at a restaurant in Surfside, where I was spending a week. I placed my order, at the waiter’s recommendation: Seared tuna with grilled...
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Filed under: Eating Out, Fresh Tuna Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Restaurants, Restaurant Service, Stories, Surfside Kosher Restaurants
Mock Crab Cakes with Red Pepper Coulis Recipe
Posted on 4th of August, 2011 by Lévana
Crab cakes and other seafood goodies were always verboten in the world of kosher dining as well as that of all diners who frown at eating seafood, until some inspired professional foodie recreated the texture and flavor with a plain-vanilla-type fish called pollock. It is processed minimally, so I have...
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Filed under: Dairy-Free Recipes, Fish Recipes, French Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Fish Recipes, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Mock Crab Cakes Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Red Pepper Sauce Recipes
Arborio Risotto with Spinach and Asparagus Recipe. All Variations
Posted on 4th of August, 2011 by Lévana
Risotto is our high-maintenance kitchen friend, demanding constant attention as the liquids must be added in stages. The good news, though, is it is very versatile and can easily make a complete meal; besides, the cooking doesn’t take too long. I am including here several interesting combinations, so feel free...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Italian Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, main dishes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Rice Recipes, Risotto Recipes, Saffron Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Spicy Steel-Cut Oat Soup (Lahshou) Recipe
Posted on 4th of August, 2011 by Lévana
This is a most unusual combination of flavors, and it works beautifully. We serve it after the fast of Tish’a B’Av. When we were children, we were often given this soup to fortify our diet. We made it with wheat or barley, but steel-cut oats are just as delicious, accommodate...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Sephardi Soup Recipes, Soup Recipes, Stee-Cut Oats, Whole Grain Soups Recipes
A Dinner to Remember: Pardes
Posted on 22nd of July, 2011 by Lévana
For almost twenty years, we at Levana Restaurant hosted, indeed pioneered, annual wine pairing dinners. Magnificent dishes, with wines to match them in full measure. The memory I keep from the first of those glorious feasts is something very inconvenient I have yet to live down and turn into a...
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Filed under: Hatzalah, Kosher Recipes, Levana Restaurant, New York Kosher Restaurant, Pardes Restaurant, Rave Reviews, Recipes, THe Kosher Scene
Spicy Lettuce Chick Pea Salad Recipe
Posted on 19th of July, 2011 by Lévana
One of my favorites! All of you out there always asking how we turn a same old, same old salad into an exciting main course salad: You can glorify it even further by throwing in some leftover diced fish or chicken, or make it dairy, and throw in some crumbled...
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Filed under: Beans Recipes, Chickpeas Recipes, Croutons Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Feta Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Goat Cheese Recipes, Healthy Cooking Recipes, Jalapeno Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Moroccan Salads Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Salad Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: The Meatless Feast. Gluten-Free!
Posted on 19th of July, 2011 by Lévana
The nine days are almost upon us. Thank Goodness we hear less and less grumbling about being “limited” to meatless dining: Incidentally, this is the way we eat at home all week, so no hardship here, only delicious treats, with sizzling international flavors. I’ll be demonstrating: Spanish white gazpacho Moroccan...
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Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday July 18th. Moroccan Feast. Salad Buffet. Gluten-Free
Posted on 14th of July, 2011 by Lévana
We grew up eating no end of salads at almost every meal: Is it any wonder we loved our veggies and ate them without any prompting? I am even including a dessert salad. True to form, we will bake an authentic Moroccan bread to go with the feast so we...
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Filed under: Cooking Demos Gift Certificates, Kosher Cooking Classes, Kosher Cooking Demos, Kosher Cooking Demos in New York City, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Moroccan Salads Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Anise and Sesame Galette Recipe
Posted on 14th of July, 2011 by Lévana
My sister Lea’s galettes: Hers the best, even my mother agrees! Galettes were a staple at my house in Morocco, and still are at my mother’s house, where all children clamor for them, calling them Maman Biscuit (they lump all her baked goods into this one generic word: biscuit), submitting...
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Filed under: Anise Recipes, Antesite, Cookie Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Galette Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Low Gluten Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Galette Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Spelt Baking, Spelt Desserts Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Ratatouille Recipe. French Style, and Moroccan Style
Posted on 9th of July, 2011 by Lévana
I don’t think Julia Child would object to a little tweaking of the French Classic, taken in a Moroccan direction. Besides, all things Eggplant are a huge favorite in North African and Middle Eastern Cooking. In Arabic we call this dish “Za’Look” , and must predate Julia’s cooking by a...
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Filed under: Cold Dishes Recipes, Eggplant Recipes, French Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Julia Child, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Preserved Lemons Recipes, Recipes, Vegetable Dishes Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Zucchini Recipes
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