Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday May 16th: Chocolate a Toute Heure!
Posted on 11th of May, 2011 by Lévana
Chocolate for dinner and dessert, or for snack, and why not, it’s fabulous and so good for you! I’ll be demonstrating: Black bean burritos Chicken breasts with cranberry chocolate sauce Chocolate zucchini bread Chocolate jasmine marble cake Chocolate espresso bark Chocolate hazelnut meringues Click here to register!
Filed under: Chocolate Cake Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Kosher Cooking Classes, Kosher Cooking Demos, Kosher Cooking Demos in New York City, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes
Stuffed Artichoke Bottoms Recipe
Posted on 11th of May, 2011 by Lévana
Artichokes: A great Sephardi favorite, in every shape and form. Someone in the food industry, bless him, has done all the pesky job of snapping the leaves off the artichokes, and the even peskier job of scraping the fuzz off the artichoke bottoms, leaving us only with exactly what we...
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Filed under: Artichoke Bottoms Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday May 9th: Yom Haatzmaut Israeli Feast
Posted on 4th of May, 2011 by Lévana
We will celebrate Israeli Independence Day right at the demo! I am including some of the great and fun dishes we were served during a recent trip to Israel, including a delightful and fun rose water-scented dessert. I’ll be demonstrating: Yemenite Halbah meat soup Zaatar-rubbed flat bread Stuffed artichoke bottoms...
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Filed under: Cooking Demos Gift Certificates, Israeli Independence Day Recipes, Kosher Cooking Classes, Kosher Cooking Demos, Kosher Cooking Demos in New York City, Sephardi Recipes, Yom Haatzmaut
Onion Goat Cheese Tart Recipe
Posted on 4th of May, 2011 by Lévana
Delicious, fun and easy! A dairy take on the rustic French Tarte a l’oignon. Will work perfectly with gluten-free flour. Get the good goat cheese, the one in the log. INGREDIENTS: Crust: 2 cups flour, any flour 1/2 cup natural margarine (health food stores) 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 ice water,...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Goat Cheese Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Onion Tart Recipes, Pie recipes, Tarte a l'oignon, Vegetarian Recipes
Our Passover Honeymoon
Posted on 1st of May, 2011 by Lévana
Lawrence, Lynda and I at a Wild West BBQ at the Fairmont In nearly thirty five years we have been married (that’s right, my marriage predates my electronic Facebook marriage announcement by about thirty-three years, but thank you all anyway for your recent and misguided avalanche of heartfelt good wedding...
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Filed under: Fairmont Hotel, FRank Lloyd Wright, Kosher Cooking Demos, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Levana Restaurant, NoBo Restaurant, Nobo Teaneck, Passover Holidays, Pessach catering, Presidential Kosher Holiday, Stories, Tlaquepaque
The Dark Side of Labeling: Read Before You Shop!
Posted on 15th of April, 2011 by Lévana
This bottle was part of a gorgeous Mishloach Manot/birthday present basket I received from my daughter Bella. Reading the ingredient list created an uproar among my guests. Intrigued, I looked online for the price, which created some more consternation….I am hoping this image and the blurb that came with it...
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Filed under: Misleading Food Labels, Porcini Oil Recipes, Porcini Powder, Recipes, Truffle Oil, Wild Mushrooms Recipes
If I had a Hammer…. I Would Eat my Veggies More Often!
Posted on 15th of April, 2011 by Lévana
In answer to the very frequent question: “how did you get the idea to use a hammer in the kitchen?” You may find the use of a hammer in the kitchen somewhat odd and unbecoming, but you will quickly change your mind when you see how many thankless tasks it...
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Filed under: Hammer for Cutting Vegetables, Stories
My Mother: Learning to Cook, the Sephardi Way
Posted on 14th of April, 2011 by Lévana
I am always asked whether I have received formal cooking training, and the answer – Machane Imma: I learned mostly from my mother – at first seems somewhat ambiguous, until I introduce her in earnest: My mother, known as Maman to the whole family and even to all our friends,...
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Filed under: Cooking with Mother, Moroccan Recipes, Sephardi mother, Sephardi Recipes, Stories
Levana Cooks with Osem’s Matzah Products
Posted on 13th of April, 2011 by Lévana
I have always chuckled at the old joke that in Israel, every child’s first words are “Ima, Abba, Bamba”. Bamba is a peanut-butter snack manufactured by Osem that children in Israel and beyond seem to be connected to almost surgically: Can’t leave home without it! Osem is the oldest and...
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Filed under: Dessert Recipes, Jewish Holiday Recipes, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Osem, Passover Recipes
LEVANA COOKS WITH OSEM’S MATZAH PRODUCTS: CHOCOLATE BEET COCONUT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE ICING RECIPE
Posted on 13th of April, 2011 by Lévana
It is unfortunate that in America, beets invariably conjure up loaded remarks about, uhmmm, never mind . . . I am always looking for ways to sneak them in, as in this cake, where they do their magic even while they totally escape detection: The result is this dense, moist,...
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Filed under: Beets Recipes, Cake Recipes, Chocolate Cake Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Coconut, Dessert Recipes, Jewish Holiday Recipes, Kosher for Passover Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Osem, Pareve Cake Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Passover Desserts Recipes, Passover Recipes
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