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Masbia Soup Kitchen: Our Fundraising Event

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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…

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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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

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  

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

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

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  

French Feast

  Celery root portobello soup Coq au vin Boston lettuce watercress salad with shallot dressing Pommes dauphine Hazelnut dacquoise

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

Cooking for Crowds

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