Babka
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NYC Babka Winner. My Own Babka Recipe. All Variations

Babka and New York City: That endless and unabashed love affair is no secret. Babka is the ultimate dessert comfort food, Jewish soul food. Mind you, babka mania extends way beyond Jewish homes and Shtibles, and pours into all homes, Jewish…
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Spinach Lasagna Recipe. Gluten-Free and all Variations

Lasagna is a real chore to me, sorry. Dear reader, please don't ask me why until recently I found the preparation of lasagna so daunting. I do love lasagna flavors, and I do appreciate it as a great treat. I can whip up a couscous or a Bourguignon…
kumquat
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Kumquat Recipes: Salsa, Meat Sauce and More

Kumquat growing in your backyard? This is the lovely sight we were treated to recently. We were invited at a Shabbos lunch in Jerusalem, and our hosts had a kumquat tree brimming with beautiful and fragrant fruit growing in their backyard.…
hot cereal
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Hot Cereal Recipe. Breakfast for Champions. All Variations

Hot cereal is for all of us to enjoy! My idea of breakfast for Champions! Recently my very pregnant daughter Bella mentioned that her ob-gyn recommended she include more fiber and more vegetable protein in her diet. Always tinkering with the…
perfect turkey
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Perfect Turkey. Tips, Recipes and Leftover Ideas

Perfect Turkey: The Whole Scoop! Thanksgiving was our busiest day all the years we had our Restaurant, Levana. I suspect the reason was, beside bringing many families together and offering complete and delicious Thanksgiving meals with bells…
whole grain baking
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Bread Baking Tips and Basic Whole Grain Bread Recipes

Bread Baking Tips! Whole grain baking, bread and all baked goods, will reconcile you with all those uninspiring bread loaves displayed at your local supermarket or commercial bakery. I am sharing my secrets and bread baking tips for the…
chocolate chip cookies
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My Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: CCC? Si si si!

My Chocolate Chip Cookies are famous! We all think of eating cookies as a short-lived and vaguely illicit pleasure. Except I honestly think, and you can ask anyone, there’s no cookie in the world more worshiped and more baked than my smart…