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Levana Cooking Demos: the Portable Feast!

Never Too Young (or Too Old) to Cook! Levana Cooking Demos Going Strong Dear friends, For the past thirty years I have been fortunate to  host weekly cooking demos, at the 92nd Street Y, at Lincoln Square and in my very home. We've had…
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The Art of the Hand Written Letter Revived

I just received a Hand Written Letter! It gave me quite a thrill. Forgive me for doing a double take when I checked my mail today. I thought the art form had been extinct since the advent of electronic mail, better known as e-mail. My dear friend…
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My Demo at De Gustibus Last Week!

De Gustibus: Pleasure seeing your crew and cooking with you again! An All-Moroccan Feast: Yum! As delicious as it was easy, and of course all natural, all excerpted from my new cookbook, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Judge for yourself from…

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A cake with powdered sugar on top of it.

Rosh Hashanah Feast

Roasted tomato soup Cornmeal-crusted tilapia fillets with cocktail sauce Dried fruit-stuffed chicken breasts with orange sauce Wild rice with chestnuts Mixed greens with honey shallot dressing Plum Tart
Gourmet chicken dish with garnish and sauce.

Cooking with Leaves

Moroccan chicken with Swiss Chard Fish in parsley lemon sauce Mustard greens salad Soba noodles with sauté arugala and watercress Kale chips with kelp and flax seasoning
Zakuska

The Zakuska Table.

Satsivi Pickled salmon Eggplant caviar Blini Vinaigrette Cabbage dill piroshki Poppy seed roll  
A bowl of food with carrots, broccoli and other vegetables.

Moroccan Vegetarian Foods

  Swiss chard tajine with chick peas and raisins Summer vegetable couscous with harissa Semolina soup Fennel, radish and orange salad Anise sesame cookies
A bowl of soup with cilantro on the side.

Cold Summer Feast

  Chilled cream of leek and fennel Chicken and beef nori roulades with avocado wasabi sauce Spicy bean salad Haricots verts with roasted peppers and nicoise olives Apricot custard tart
A bowl of beans and other food on the table.

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  
A close up of some meat in sauce

French Feast

  Celery root portobello soup Coq au vin Boston lettuce watercress salad with shallot dressing Pommes dauphine Hazelnut dacquoise
A close up of a cake with some crumbs on top

Father’s Day Brunch

Bloody mary and screwdriver Feta and spinach dill frittata Linguini with pesto sauce Potato galette with smoked salmon, caviar and sour cream Mixed greens with blue cheese dressing Pecan coffee cake
A close up of some food on foil

Cooking for Crowds

Turkey chili Red cabbage salad with Chinese dressing Cooked turnip salad Potato herring apple salad Barbecued chicken Oat mocha cake