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Rinku Bhattacharya Indian Flavors. Book Review
Indian Flavors Magic!
Spices and Seasons. Simple, Sustainable Indian Flavors
Rinku Bhattacharya's much-anticipated beautiful new book, will be hitting the shelves in May.
Spices and Seasons. Simple, Sustainable Indian Flavors.
It lives…

Visit to Mexikosher LA Restaurant Review
Mexikosher: With Talented Chef Katsuji Tanabe
Let me start by saying the food at Mexikosher is fresh, delicious and plentiful, the chef is talented, the price is right, and everyone working there is helpful and nice.
The reason I am posting…

Low Carb Diet: Thoughts, Menus and Recipes
Low Carb Diet, even with High-Carb Cravings
Low Carb Diet = austerity and the end of the high-carb good times. Right?
Wrong! please read on: you may remain on your newfound High Fat Low Carb diet, and never look back!
When my son Maimon…

Moroccan Tajines One Two and Turmeric Recipes.
Moroccan Tajine Stovetop Recipes. One, Two and Turmeric. Meat and Fish Variations
This giant chapter on low-maintenance Moroccan Tajines is taken almost verbatim from my latest cookbook, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen. Read it cover to cover,…

The Holiday Kosher Baker, by Paula Shoyer. Cookbook Review
The Holiday Kosher Baker, by Paula Shoyer. Cookbook Review
My copy of Paula's gorgeous new cookbook arrived a couple days ago. All I can say is, thank Goodness that admiring pictures of her fabulous desserts and reading about them is somehow…

Simchat Torah: Party Menu Ideas. All Recipes
Party Menu Ideas:
We love to host the very last meal of Tishrei, Simchat Torah. Great big bash.
I am only too aware that hosting that meal always get tricky. Everyone errs on the tipsy and raucous side, and it gets to be be a late late lunch.…

Say it with Apple Recipes for a Great New Year
Apple Recipes: What better way to express it?
Wishing You All a Wonderful Happy Healthy Delicious Fun Prosperous Productive Peaceful New Year!
The following Apple Recipes are my Rosh Hashanah gift to everyone, beside of course my Complete…

Mahia (Eau de Vie) Nahmias et Fils.
Mahia Nahmias et Fils: Drink - and eat - to your health!
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Dorit and David Nahmias, distillers extraordinaire, of Mahia and Rye Whisky at Nahmias et Fils: their Mahia is fabulous! It doesn't hurt one bit…
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The Good Junk. From Scratch Wins the Race!
Bison burgers with all toppings
Cole slaw
Fresh corn salad
Baked fish sticks with cocktail sauce
Barbecued baked beans
Apple crumb pie

Biblical Feast
Trout baked in grape leaves
Chicken with pomegranate sauce
Date-nut bread
Barley pilaf with kabocha squash and raisins
Almond, olive oil and honey spread
Warm fig tart

The Natural Feast
Mock crab coconut miso soup with rice noodles
Red cabbage salad with avocado and carrots
Black bean, pumpkin and chestnut pudding
Poached chicken breasts with mock hollandaise sauce
Chocolate-dipped fruit