Cooking Demo: Thursday July 8th: Main Course Salads

Posted on 30th of June, 2010 by Lévana

Whatever dinner mood you may be in – French, Latin, Chinese, Italian – there is a complete and exciting main course salad to suit your food preferences and cravings: meat, fish or vegetarian. Since this is the way my husband and I eat almost every day, I can only assure...
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Chilled Minted Escarole Pea Soup Recipe

Posted on 30th of June, 2010 by Lévana

Escarole is a member of the lettuce family, rather neglected in America: It has a delightfully bitter edge that makes it a big salad star, and lends itself perfectly to quick cooking, paired as it is here with milder ingredients for this wonderful cold soup. Ingredients: 1/3 cup olive oil...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Soup Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

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Recipe for Lemonade and all Variations

Posted on 24th of June, 2010 by Lévana

I never drink soda, and I never serve soda, and nobody ever complains. Au contraire! They all clamor for one of my drinks, in pitchers, which I fill and refill in the wink of an eye. For large parties, I serve my drinks in a fun diner-style three-gallon cold drink...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Summer Drinks Recipes

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Cooking Demo: Monday June 28th: The Perfect Shabbos Lunch

Posted on 23rd of June, 2010 by Lévana

Would you rather not leave the heat on for shabbos? Who could blame you? Many of my fabulous cold summer Shabbos menus have appeared in many publications: Time to share one of them with you! Minimal cooking and effort, maximal flavor, that’s the whole idea! I will be demonstrating: Chilled...
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Lemon Blueberry Tart Recipe

Posted on 23rd of June, 2010 by Lévana

You can bake the crust up to two days in advance and make the lemon curd up to a week in advance, then fill the baked crust with the curd just before serving.  The pie crust comes out wonderful made with gluten-free  flour as well (I used millet flour!) Tart...
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Filed under: Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

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Kosher Fruit Concentrates

Posted on 17th of June, 2010 by Lévana

I recently called the Star-K to ask if we could use fruit concentrates without a kosher sign, and they explain that although technically it would be OK, we do need a kosher sign as the processing plant might also be processing grape products, which do need a reliable hechsher.  So...
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Monday June 21st Cooking demo: Chilled Summer Treats

Posted on 17th of June, 2010 by Lévana

In my catering days I used to prepare cold wedding banquets, and they were just as unforgettable as their hot counterparts. How can you miss with such intense and assertive flavors? This menu is gluten-free to boot! I will be demonstrating: Iced red and yellow pepper soup Moroccan dry rub...
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A Lovely Thing Happened on the Way to Birdland

Posted on 14th of June, 2010 by Lévana

First read this email I sent to the ticket office, it will tell the first part of the story: I am so sorry I made a very stupid – but a very honest – mistake. Next week is my daughter’s birthday and my gift to her was Birdland-and-dinner. I realized...
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Tuesday, June 15th Cooking Demo: Father’s Day: The Good Junk

Posted on 10th of June, 2010 by Lévana

No you needn’t kiss your favorites goodbye! You can enjoy your fast food as hearty as you like it, and right at home. So what’s the secret? None other than starting out with lean choices, cooking from scratch, and making it yourself in minutes.  Impress Dad with these recipes on...
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Sauté Kale, Mustard Greens, Seaweed and Shitaki Recipe

Posted on 10th of June, 2010 by Lévana

I bet you don’t always know what to make of – let alone with - those masses of leaves and  roots piled demurely at every ethnic food market display you pass hurriedly on your way to and from work: kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens and whatnot. The good...
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Filed under: Asian Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kale Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher Recipes, Mustard Greens Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Seaweed Recipes, Shitaki Recipes, Stir-Fry Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

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