Soba Noodles with Roasted Roots Recipe

Roasting the roots intensifies their flavor and is practically all you have to do to make this delicious dish. The cinnamon is a great match for the root flavors.  Return to your roots: Would  you  like  to  eat  the roasted root veggies all by themselves?  Go right ahead and snack on them; they are fantastic. [...]

Brussels Sprouts and Zucchini in Tomato Sauce Recipe

Mediterranean flavors at their best. I find brussels sprouts somewhat underrated and underused in our country. They are much more exciting than they sound, and much less innocent than they look; and their pungent bite provides a nice counterpoint to the mildness of the zucchini.  Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, quartered 3 [...]

Chinese Cookies Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptable

Who knew they could be made right at home? And who knows why they are called Chinese cookies for that matter? I don’t think the Chinese have ever even heard of them. It’s a little like French kiss or French laundry or French goodness knows what else, which always leaves the French scratching their heads [...]

Salmon Tilapia Nori Roulade with Tahini Sauce Recipe

Don’t let the multiple steps daunt you: They are quick and simple, and the end result is a fun and professional-looking coil, perfect for a first course or as hors d’oeuvre.  You could just as easily make them with 2 colors meat, like ground turkey and ground beef. Not only was it fun to make, [...]

Dried Fruit Couscous Recipe. Meat and Poultry Variations.

  This recipe is excerpted from my new cookbook: The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple. Couscous is wonderful and fun, the rock star of Moroccan cuisine. Couscous is native to Morocco, and the word refers to both the grain and the traditional dish made with the grain. It is semolina, or [...]

Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday August 29th. Pareve Shabbos Lunch: Gluten-Free

A Pareve Shabbos meal? that’s right: No oxymoron there! I am always asked to make a pareve cholent, just like the one I often make at home. Here are several of our favorite Jewish Specialties, recast as Pareve and light healthy fare. And Gluten-Free to boot! Time permitting, I want to try and make a [...]

Plum Tart Recipe

  I have my mother to thank for providing the inspiration for this beautiful tart. The base is not a classic pie crust as we know it, more like a cookie dough, making this tart much less perishable than the classic apple pie. You will create in no time a dessert that looks as professional [...]

Chilled Cream of Asparagus and Zucchini Recipe

Making stock for soup? Never heard of it. My choice of vegetables guarantee me a wonderful soup: Asparagus, zucchini, celery root, leeks, tarragon: How can you miss? Celery root gives the soup not only great flavor, but a slight bulk as well, allowing you to make this a creamy and very low starch soup. Grating [...]

Mock Crab Cakes with Red Pepper Coulis Recipe

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 no trouble using it. Mock [...]

Arborio Risotto with Spinach and Asparagus Recipe. All Variations

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 to mix and match! If [...]