THE WHOLE FOODS KOSHER KITCHEN: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple
Attention all fans: The new, updated and GORGEOUS hardcover version, with the same valuable content in its entirety as the current paperback version, is coming out March 15th please G-d! It is sure to make the perfect gift, to yourselves and your friends! All those of you who have this cookbook in its present form: Call it your summer copy, or your Passover copy: Don’t leave home without it!
For the past 35 years Lévana Kirschenbaum’s name has been synonymous with upscale Kosher dining. With her eponymous restaurant Lévana, she, her husband and brothers in law pioneered the idea of fine Kosher dining, an uphill battle in those early days with the Kosher public, which resulted in the remarkable explosion of the Kosher food-and-wine market as we know it today. Then, it was with her library of best-selling cookbooks, bringing her wholesome, delicious dishes to hundreds of thousands of homes worldwide. Finally, it was with her cooking demos that have her traveling around the globe, and her enormous online following on her popular blog, Facebook and Twitter.
With her latest book, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple,Lévana embarked on her most ambitious journey yet: to present a beautiful, comprehensive compilation of her life’s work, her Magnum Opus as she calls it: The hundreds of dishes she shares are at once economical, easily prepared, and absolutely irresistible: Serious ingredients, fun dishes: This is her motto, even when it comes to dessert.
This is the second printing of The Whole Food Kosher Kitchen. The first printing had the same valuable contents but suffered some serious production glitches, so Lévana hired a talented team and together they set out to redo the entire book in a way that does the recipes, text and gorgeous pictures justice. The beautiful resulting book, up to Lévana’s usual high standards, will be available for all to admire and enjoy, please G-d, March 2012. This second printing of the book is nothing short of a masterpiece. One reviewer, comparing the first printing to the second, describes it as “Like Black-and-White TV Gone Color!“
This substantial, beautiful volume goes beyond the traditional scope of a cookbook, and generously shares a whole natural, sensible, and wholesome way of life; it belongs in every household, Kosher or not, just within reach, sure to be used again and again: a cherished, useful gift for any occasion.
This book includes Lévana ‘s latest, as always all natural recipes, with 72 gorgeous full-page photographs by Meir Pliskin. It is chock-full of simple and natural dishes and desserts that uses whole unprocessed foods.
The book includes three comprehensive indexes: Like three valuable cookbooks rolled into one!
A GENERAL INDEX, with more than 350 recipes!
A GLUTEN-FREE INDEX, with natural and delicious gluten-free adaptations of more than 250 dishes!
A PASSOVER INDEX, with more than 250 Passover-friendly recipes!
The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen is now available for pre-order through three convenient options:
The first thousand pre-orders include a bonus DVD featuring 2 full-length cooking demos by Lévana – The Simple, Healthy & Delicious Shabbos Feast & The Simple, Healthy & Delicious Seder Feast!
1) Preorder a single copy for the low price of $24 (40% off list price!)
2) Preorder a case of books for just $20/each (50% off list price!)
3) It’s Dinner and a Show! Preorder the perfect gift combo: A copy of the book plus a cooking demo for the low price of $65 (retail value: $55.00 for the demo plus $39.95 for the hardcover book: a total of $95.00 value: a 40% discount!)
The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchenbook tour is coming soon to a city near you!
To book Lévana for book signings and cooking demos, please find out all information here, and contact Lévana at levana@levanacooks.com
THE WHOLE FOODS KOSHER KITCHEN: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple 1st Edition
The paperback cookbook version is still available for the low price of just $10.00 for a single copy, and for the incredible price of $7.00 per copy for 100 copies or more: Perfect for fund raisers! Get them while they last! Click here to order.
Reviews for The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen:
“Updated, super-healthy kosher food never looked so good. Lévana Kirschenbaum’s easy recipes are precise, down to earth, and delivered with enthusiasm and joy.”
~ Dianne Jacob, author of Will Write for Food
“Lévana’s Passion for wholesome foods will inspire you to change the way you cook and eat today. The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen contains a treasure trove of simple, scrumptious recipes for your eating pleasure. Learn how to eat your way to good health – and enjoy every bite!”
“This is Lévana’s Magnum Opus, a book that takes kosher cooking to a whole new level with everything we ever needed to know about preparing healthy cuisine from soup to nuts… The operative word here is delicious as Lévana proves that healthy never means boring or bland with recipes that the entire family will enjoy.”
~ Helen Schwimmer, food columnist for The Jewish Press
When I read Lévana Kirschenbaum’s recipes, I feel as if they were written for me. This is the kind of food I want to cook. The recipes are creative and enticing, and yet Lévana somehow manages to make them simple to prepare and healthy as well. Most of all I love Lévana’s flexibility. Always the teacher, Lévana shows many ways to vary her dishes, making it easy for cooks to use ingredients at hand and to learn how recipes work as well. Her crepe recipe can be made with chickpea flour, buckwheat flour, spelt flour, oat flour or whole wheat pastry flour instead of all-purpose flour. When making her brownies, you can substitute gluten-free flour, or use potato starch for Passover. “The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen” is full of delicious surprises. I’m eager to wake up to Lévana’s Moroccan breakfast soup of steel cut oats flavored with olive oil, fenugreek, garlic, cilantro and mint. For my next festive dinner I’m trying to decide between her chicken curry with tomatoes and plantains, her beef stew cooked in green tea with parsnips, sweet potatoes, celery root and ginger, and her potato, olive and tomato tajine with tofu and preserved lemon. But even before that I’m going to try her Indian sweet potato pudding with coconut milk, orange flower water, cardamom, saffron and ginger.
- – - Faye Levy, author, “1,000 Jewish Recipes”
LEVANA’S TABLE
LEVANA’S TABLE offers more than 150 recipes that are simple, nutritious, beautifully presented and 100 percent kosher. Together, these dishes form an international mosaic reflecting the author’s Moroccan upbringing and other wide-ranging culinary influences and interests: French, Mediterranean, Asian and vegetarian cooking, as well as food for holidays and entertaining.
Recipes include traditional kosher fare, such as potato latkes, matzoh ball soup and brisket with sweet-and-sour sauce. But this is not your grandmother’s kosher cookbook. There are many Moroccan-style dishes, such as couscous, tagine, tabbouleh and pastilla. Lévana also includes creative contemporary fare that just happens to be kosher: Tricolor Vegetable Terrine with Basil-Leek Coulis; Champagne Risotto with Arugula, Peas and Asparagus; and Porcini-Cruste Black Sea Bass with Mint Sauce. And, of course there are the desserts from the author’s award-winning carrot cake to her sought-after chocolate chip cookies to her decadent Chocolate-Hazelnut Mousse Torte. The book closes with twenty menus for entertaining and everyday; and a survey of kosher wines that are as international as Lévana’s cooking.
Lévana shares her wisdom about sensible eating and cooking in this book/DVD set. Watch her demonstrate more than 20 dishes! Nutrition chart included.
The initial idea for this indispensable book/DVD set evolved from an exciting seminar Lévana recently gave in her classroom at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, at her student’s general request.
The popularity of her simple and practical wisdom for quick healthy meals and sound eating habits soon grew to a three-part series. This collection brings Lévana’s comprehensive classroom to you!
Order this book-DVD set directly from Lévana. Email her at Levana@levanacoks.com, she will ship it to you in just 3 business days!
LEVANA COOKS: DAIRY-FREE!
If you think that steering clear of dairy means giving up your favorite dishes, you’re in for a delicious surprise. Here, respected restaurateur, chef and cooking instructor Lévana Kirschenbaum offers a collection of creative and luscious recipes, made with natural dairy alternatives such as soy, rice, oat, almond and coconut milks – all significantly leaner than their rich dairy counterparts. Addressing the needs of the lactose-intolerant community, as well as everyone who keeps kosher, Lévana includes a wide range of both vegetarian and meat fare, from avocado cucumber soup and blueberry scones, to lasagna and ice cream. Regular cheesecake doesn’t hold a candle to hers!
With beautiful full-color photographs accompanying each recipe, this is a groundbreaking collection of Lévana’s valuable contribution to the dairy-intolerant and kosher communities will surely not escape the larger public.
“Watching Master Chef Lévana Kirschenbaum orchestrate a gourmet meal is like observing a maestro conducting an intricate symphony.” Helen Schwimmer, The Jewish Press
“Levana is a woman of high energy, passion and style with a big heart…she doesn’t sit still for long…she takes great care in her preparations, but she’s also quick and efficient, seeming to work magic.” Sandee Brawarsky, Jewish Week
“The aromas are pervasive, seductive and typical of Lévana’s deeply herbal style. In her warm style, Lévana demystifies fine cuisine even when she insists on the purity and integrity of ingredients. For the kosher community she is irreplaceable, providing international sophistication within the guidelines of dietary laws…she is a major resource: her seamless fusion recipes, authentic cuisine, fresh and natural ingredients, and adventurous seasonings.” Judy Ross, The Blueprint
