asparagus soup
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Asparagus Soup Recipe. Hot or Cold

Asparagus Soup Mine has a lot going for it! This exciting vegetable lineup guarantees me a wonderful soup: Asparagus, zucchini, celery root, leeks, tarragon: How can you miss? No Need to Make Stock for Asparagus Soup! All my soup fans…
mock crab cakes
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Mock Crab Cakes with Red Pepper Coulis Recipe

Mock Crab Cakes This treat is a staple at my house. Crab cakes and other seafood goodies were always verboten in the world of kosher dining as well as that of all diners who frown at eating seafood. Mock Crab and Mock Shrimp Recently…
risotto
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Risotto Recipe. Arborio and all Variations

Risotto is our high-maintenance kitchen friend: It demands constant attention because the liquids is added in stages. The good news, though, risotto is very versatile and can easily make a complete meal; besides, the cooking doesn’t take…
steel-cut oats
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Moroccan Steel Cut Oat Soup (Lahshou) Recipe

Steel-Cut Oat Soup This is a most unusual combination of flavors, and it works beautifully. I have no doubt the funky Arabic name (Lahshou) will bring a smile to quite a few cyber-friends out there! When we were children, we were often…
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Anise and Sesame Galettes Recipe

Galettes: My sister Lea's are the best Even my mother agrees! And that is saying a lot. Galettes are a staple at my house in Morocco, and still are at my mother's house, where all children clamor for them, calling them Maman Biscuit (they…
ratatouille
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Ratatouille Recipe. French Style, and Moroccan Style

Ratatouille is not just the delightful movie! I don't think Julia Child would object to a little tweaking of the French Classic Ratatouille, taken in a Moroccan direction. Besides, all things Eggplant are a huge favorite in North African and…
baked beans
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Beer Baked Beans Recipe

Baked beans are a huge crowd pleaser! They get invited, with our buddies, to just about every barbecue and ball game. When my son Yakov was a little schoolboy, he would always gush about Eagle Day Camp baked beans. You must get the camp's…
cole slaw
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Cole Slaw Recipe the Easy and Healthy Way

I adore cole slaw. I have long since stopped apologizing for my plebeian tastes. I love to make it for large parties too. It doesn't hurt that it keeps perfectly for a good few days. You will see that my cole slaw is much leaner than the…
Corn Salad
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Corn Salad Recipe with Dill

Corn Salad An almost-constant staple at my table Especially in the summer when the corn is so sweet and tender I use it raw. It works perfectly as a salad and as a side dish. Out of season, I use second-best frozen corn It looks like…
fish sticks
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Baked Fish Sticks with Cocktail Sauce Recipe

Fish sticks used to be fresh fish, remember? We never knew, or have forgotten, used as we are to encountering fish sticks only in the frozen section of processed foods. Rather than zap the infamous fish sticks off the list of healthy foods,…
roasted garlic
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Pasta with Roasted Garlic Dill Sauce Recipe

Roasted Garlic lovers: We are talking about you! Delicious, and a snap to make! You could easily make this dish gluten-free: Rice or buckwheat noodles will taste just as delicious: that's what I use, and not only because I like to limit my…
marble cake
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Marble Cake Chocolate Jasmine Recipe

This marble cake is the ultimate! If you haven't made a chocolate-jasmine match yet, it's long overdue! Check out my Roast Turkey Chocolate Jasmine Sauce Submit to the seduction of chocolate and jasmine! Jasmine tea is easy to find and adds…