mocca oatmeal cake
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Oatmeal Cake with Chocolate Icing Recipe

Oatmeal Cake Oatmeal anytime! If you thought oatmeal was just breakfast, try oats in this fantastic oatmeal cake. Dessert doesn't get healthier than this! I adore everything oats The flavor, the texture, the ease of preparation, the…
Cornmeal Yogurt Blueberry Pancakes
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Cornmeal Yogurt Blueberry Pancakes

These blueberry pancakes have all the appeal of latkas, without the frying. This being Chanukkah, I trust we have plenty of chances to eat more than our fair shares of latkas: You will love my latkas recipe, complete with all tips on frying…
irish soda bread
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Irish Soda Bread Recipe. Quick Breads

Irish Soda Bread is ready in a snap. Like all quick breads, it has all the deliciousness of yeasted breads, without yeast, kneading or rising time. Perfect for brunch. I'm big on quick breads, take a look on my blog! Here's just one of them:…
berry trifle
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Bread Berry Trifle Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

 Berry trifle is also called summer pudding. Mine is a healthy spin on the British Dessert favorite. I think you will be berry-ed out after this recipe. Or will you? Never enough berries! Traditional berry trifle, like most trifles, includes…
Lamb soup
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Moroccan Spinach Lamb Soup Recipe

Lamb Soup is overlaid with Moroccan flavors. Mine smells as heavenly as it tastes. We know our lamb! For many years, my classroom was in Lincoln Square Synagogue. The teacher himself later told me that he found teaching exquisite torture…
pot au feu
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Crockpot Pot Au Feu Recipe

My recipe for Pot Au Feu is included in my first cookbook, Levana's Table: Kosher Cooking For Everyone. Pot au Feu is the perfect crockpot recipe! Pure poetry in a pot. The ingredients going into Pot au Feu being so perfect and making such…
Lamb dried fruit tajine
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Moroccan Lamb Dried Fruit Tajine Recipe

Lamb Dried Fruit Tajine Talk about a glowing example of how a just little work can lead to a glorious feast! Such is the magic of Moroccan cooking. Stovetop Cooking is THE BEST! You will make a sensation on Passover and all year-round…
Vegetarian burgers
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Vegetarian Burgers Recipes. Fish/Meat Variations

Vegetarian Burgers Vegetarian burgers are wonderful and super easy to put together. A complete-meal cousin of the Big Happy Latkas Family.  Just as you can make latkas with virtually any vegetable (and fruit), so can you make burgers with…
Turkey Salad
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Turkey Salad Recipe. Chicken Salad Variations

Turkey salad There’s  a great post-Thanksgiving treat! Whenever I make a turkey, I have not only a feast to offer on Turkey day, but a leftover-turkey feast on post-turkey days: you just wouldn't believe how many hats this bird can wear,…
Orange Poppy Seed Cake
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Orange Poppy Seed Cake Recipe

Orange Poppy Seed Cake is amazing: It is fairly bursting with poppy seeds and fragrant with orange zest. Moreover, it soaks up the orange syrup and takes on a lovely glazed sheen. A win-win! It is my daughter-in -law Elisheva's favorite…
roasted turkey
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Maple Roasted Turkey with Apples, Fennel and Parsnips Recipe

My Roasted Turkey will make a turkey lover out of you! I guarantee it! The veggies all go in too, in the same roasting pan, and getting deliciously flavored by the roasted turkey cooking liquids. Roasted turkey with apples, fennel and parsnips?…
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…