Lamb, Lima Beans and Spinach Soup

Photo by Chaim Szmidt at Kosher Scene For many years, my classroom was in Lincoln Square Synagogue. When I made this soup at a cooking demonstration, a large group of people who were taking a Chumash class in a room next to my kitchen lined up at my door at the end of their class, [...]

Lamb Dried Fruit Tajine Recipe

Tajines are a glowing example of how you can work on a dish very little and end up with something glorious! Such is the magic of Moroccan cooking. Tajine is the name of the earthenware pot that gave its name to all dishes cooked in it. In our native Moroccan cooking, there is no such [...]

Yemenite Meat Halbah Soup Recipe

A meal onto itself, a wonderful comfort food.  All you need to round it out is some good bread and salad. All of you avoiding red meat, use a turkey thigh. A word about Halbah, which is the trademark ingredient of Yemenite cooking, and which gives the soup its name: If you believe that unappealing [...]

Lamb and Pine Nut-Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe

This treat might cure you of all misguided urges you might have to open a can and find a dozen insipid ready-to-eat grape leave rolls: Instead, spend a few minutes on the preparation of these fabulous gems, and enjoy them with family and friends! You can stuff the leaves with anything, meat, fish or vegetarian, [...]

Lamb Shanks with Artichokes and Mushrooms Recipe

Lamb shanks are one of the most ideal cuts of the lamb: Lean, tender, low maintenance, and best of all, very well priced! I am making this dish the Tajine way: All in one pot: see what I mean, when I say low maintenance? And the shidduch of flavors just can’t be beat: Lamb, artichokes, [...]