A bundt cake sitting on top of a white plate.
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Recycling Challah Bread in Style: Mock Baba Recipe

Baba The beloved French yeasted rum-soaked pastry. It is also labor-intensive, so I enjoy it wherever I find a delicious one all ready for me. Challah Leftovers = Mock Baba! No problem! I just turned humble Challah leftovers into…
vichyssoise
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Vichyssoise Recipe. My Version of Julia Child’s

Vichyssoise is getting on the road! Please do not find me sacrilegious if I start off with an inspiration from Julia Child's wonderful classic, Vichyssoise, and take it on some less-traveled road. Who knows, you might  even welcome my making…
chocolate truffles
mango dressing
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Mixed Greens with Curried Mango Dressing Recipe

My mango dressing is bright and spicy! It is delightful not only over greens, but also with  fish or chicken, grilled or poached. The pungent curry is a wonderful foil for the fruity and tart mango. Use only as much mango dressing as will…
Chestnut Mushroom Soup
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Cholent Jazzed up: Chestnut Mushroom Soup Recipe

Chestnut Mushroom Soup sounds a lot more refined than cholent, doesn't it? And yet, that's pretty much all it is! This shabbos looked like it was going to be another unseasonably chilly day, soup weather. And I had several non-meat eaters…
Pan-seared white fish with creamy sauce
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Fish in Tehina Sauce Recipe

This fish in tehina sauce is a delicious and ridiculously easy It is a very good illustration of everything I promise in the Pantry Chapter of my new cookbook, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen. Glorious Meals Pure and Simple: A Good Pantry:…
parsnips
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Parsnips in Moroccan Hot and Sweet Sauce Recipe

Poor parsnips too often serve as crowd actor And then, ultimate indignity, they get discarded, as in chicken soup. Pfffttt, just like that! Not fair! But in this delicious dish, parsnips are IT! You will also love the simplicity of the dish.…
fig tart
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Fig Tart Goat Cheese Recipe

Fig Tart with goat cheese! Add to this winning pairing rosemary and honey! Rustic, funky and unpretentious elegance. My Fig tart is easy to make the gluten-free way too: You could use any flour you like! No cooking wine or cooking sherry…
Pasta tuna sauce
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Pasta Tuna Sauce Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Pasta Tuna Sauce Pasta Tuna Sauce: as funky as it gets! We do want canned, not fresh, tuna for this dish. Easy and healthy, it comes together into time. Making a gluten free version will be every bit as good, I am not on a gluten free diet,…
lamb meatballs
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Lamb Meatballs in Apple Chutney Sauce Recipe

Lamb meatballs are a great ethnic favorite. I had just made a batch of  Apple Tomato Chutney. It just looked too delicious to be used only as a condiment; I went all out and incorporated it in these Indian lamb meatballs. Needless to add,…
Fresh basil pesto in white bowl
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Pesto Sauce Recipe. All Variations

Pesto Sauce The great Pesto sauce classic wears many exciting hats. It is traditionally based on most often based on basil, olive oil, and toasted walnuts. Be sure to check out my sun-dried tomato pesto as well! We have seen it pesto…
nut truffles
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Moroccan Spicy Nut Truffles Recipe

Nut Truffles They are for nut lovers only. All others need not apply. Sort of like the famous Pfeffernusse, only Sephardi style. Moroccan, to be exact. They make a perfect gift too. Move over chocolate, and enjoy your day off: you’re…