LEVANA'S TABLE
Lévana's Original Book!
For more than twenty years, Lévana Kirschenbaum has delighted New Yorkers with her bakery, restaurant, catering business and cooking classes. Now, for the first time, she shares her kosher recipes and kitchen wisdom with home cooks everywhere.
LEVANAS TABLE offers more than 150 recipes that are simple, nutritious, beautifully presented and 100 percent kosher. Together, these dishes form an international mosaic reflecting the author's Moroccan upbringing and other wide-ranging culinary influences and interests: French, Mediterranean, Asian and vegetarian cooking, as well as food for holidays and entertaining.
Recipes include traditional kosher fare, such as potato latkes, matzoh ball soup and brisket with sweet-and-sour sauce. But this is not your grandmother's kosher cookbook. There are many Moroccan-style dishes, such as couscous, tagine, tabbouleh and pastilla. Lévana also includes creative contemporary fare that just happens to be kosher: Tricolor Vegetable Terrine with Basil-Leek Coulis; Champagne Risotto with Arugula, Peas and Asparagus; and Porcini-Cruste Black Sea Bass with Mint Sauce. And, of course there are the desserts – from the author's award-winning carrot cake to her sought-after chocolate chip cookies to her decadent Chocolate-Hazelnut Mousse Torte. The book closes with twenty menus for entertaining and everyday; and a survey of kosher wines that are as international as Lévana's cooking.
Hardcover. October, 2002
List price: $37.50
Online price: $20.00
S&H: $2.50
Editorial Reviews
Helen Schwimmer, The Jewish Press
Every turn of the page delights the eye with tantalizing photographs of exceptional recipes accompanied by family folklore and fond reminiscences of life in Morocco. In a voice that's uniquely her own, Levana Kirschenbaum shares with readers her extensive repertoire of recipes alongside nostalgic anecdotes about her family, her travels, and her life-long romance with food. MORE...
Alisa Flemming, www.GoDairyFree.org
"This book of enticing recipes and gorgeous photos is a perfect gift for your favorite hostess. Levana is a master chef who is passionate about her work, and it shows. Her elegance and attention to detail are illustrated throughout Levana’s Table. In addition to a collection of great recipes, Levana takes you inside her world of presentation and entertaining. She offers thoughtful tips and advice throughout." MORE...
Norene Gilletz, Gourmania
"Levana Kirschenbaum has delighted New Yorkers with her bakery, restaurant, catering and cooking classes for over 20 years. Now she shares her kosher recipes and kitchen wisdom with cooks all over the world in Levana's Table, Kosher Cooking for Everyone. The magnificent colour photos and 150 delectable recipes reflect her Moroccan upbringing, including vegetarian dishes, foods for the Jewish holidays and entertaining. I'm sure you will enjoy her delicious recipes for Olive-Lemon Chicken and Levana's Potato Latkes." MORE...
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"Not only are its 150 recipes healthy and relatively easy to prepare, they are fascinating in scope. They reflect Kirschenbaum's Moroccan upbringing and other culinary influences—French, Mediterranean, Asian and vegetarian—as well as food for the holidays and entertaining. Subtitled Kosher Cooking for Everyone, this book demonstrates unequivocally that adhering to kosher laws in recipes doesn't mean giving up good or interesting food." MORE...
"In my never-ending search for orange zest recipes, I came across this one in Levana Kirschenbaum's new book, Levana's Table. It's the most heavenly version of orange poppy seed cake I've seen so far." MORE...
The one I like the best is a honey cake is from Levana Kirschenbaum’s new book, Levana’s Table. It contains a full cup of oil, which is what makes the texture finer, moister and more tender – almost like a pound cake. Most recipes contain as little as two tablespoons of oil for the same size cake, or no more than half a cup. Levana’s spicing is more aggressive and complex, too. She is Moroccan and her honey cake reflects her native cuisine’s love of lavish seasoning. The cardamom in the recipe adds an exotic aroma. The ginger adds a good peppery bite to the aftertaste. MORE...
Levana Kirschenbaum is a master chef who is passionate about her work, and it shows. Her elegance and attention to detail are illustrated throughout Levana’s Table. This book of enticing recipes and gorgeous photos is a perfect gift for your favorite hostess. In addition to a collection of great recipes, Levana takes you inside her world of presentation and entertaining. She offers thoughtful tips and advice throughout. MORE…
During a summer picnic someone advised me to buy Levana's cookbook. Since I bought this cookbook I don't look anymore at others. I also follow her cooking classes at Lincoln Square Synagogue and they are too good to be true. She makes healthy dishes which are very easy to make and simply delicious as well. MORE...
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