For more than twenty years, Levana 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.Levana's 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 pastille. Levana also includes creative contemporary fare that is kosher—Tricolor Vegetable Terrine with Basil-Leek Coulis; Champagne Risotto with Arugula, Peas, and Asparagus; and Porcini-Crusted 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 Levana's cooking.

Eat your way to health! proclaims Lévana Kirschenbaum, longtime chef of Manhattan’s kosher gourmet restaurant Levana. Not only can you treat ailments such as arthritis with the appropriate nutrition, but you can also achieve a healthy weight just by eating. With dishes like Iced Minted Honeydew and Kiwi Soup, Balsamic Roasted Chicken Breasts, Chinese Meatloaf, and Molten Chocolate Cake, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen makes cooking healthily both easy and delicious. This veritable volume is chock-full of more than 250 recipes, plenty of color illustrations, and advice on which foods are (or aren’t) okay when powdered, canned, or frozen. Lévana promises your new superfood diet will taste so good, you won’t ever go back.

Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her 'glamour' to gain power. but long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told ... until now.

A sweet story for someone you love to the sky and back. You know what I love? That every morning, no matter what, you always say: “Today is going to be a beautiful day.” So begins one doll’s tender tribute to her little girl. From playing dress up to finding hidden treasures, these two always have fun because it turns out that what they love most of all is each other. Mimicking the close relationship between a parent and child, this is the perfect “I love you book” for the one nearest and dearest to you.

This extraordinary bible of kosher baking breathes fresh life into parve desserts and breads

If you think steering clear of dairy means giving up your favorite dishes, you’re in for a delicious surprise. In Lévana Cooks Dairy-Free!, respected restaurateur, chef, and cooking instructor Lévana Kirschenbaum offers a collection of creative and luscious recipes, made with natural dairy alternatives such as soy, rice, oat, almond, and coconut milks—all significantly leaner than their fatty dairy counterparts. Addressing the needs of the lactose-intolerant community, as well as everyone who keeps kosher, Lévana includes a wide range of both vegetarian and meat fare, from avocado cucumber soup and blueberry scones, to lasagna and ice cream. Regular cheesecake doesn’t hold a candle to hers!

A Library Journal Best Cookbook of the Year IACP Award Finalist “SHUK shouts ‘Cook me!” from every vibrant page.” —Boston Globe “Fascinating. . . . This energetic and exciting volume serves as an edifying deep dive into Israeli food market culture and cuisine.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review With Shuk, home cooks everywhere can now inhale the fragrances and taste the flavors of the vivacious culinary mash-up that is today’s Israel. The book takes you deeper into this trending cuisine, through the combined expertise of the authors, chef Einat Admony of Balaboosta and food writer Janna Gur. Admony’s long-simmered stews, herb-dominant rice pilafs, toasted-nut-studded grain salads, and of course loads of vegetable dishes—from snappy, fresh, and raw to roasted every way you can think of—will open your eyes and your palate to the complex nuances of Jewish food and culture. The book also includes authoritative primers on the well-loved pillars of the cuisine, including chopped salad, hummus, tabboulehs, rich and inventive shakshukas, and even hand-rolled couscous with festive partners such as tangy quick pickles, rich pepper compotes, and deeply flavored condiments. Through gorgeous photo essays of nine celebrated shuks, you’ll feel the vibrancy and centrality of the local markets, which are so much more than simply shopping venues—they’re the beating heart of the country. With more than 140 recipes, Shuk presents Jewish dishes with roots in Persia, Yemen, Libya, the Balkans, the Levant, and all the regions that contribute to the evolving food scene in Israel. The ingredients are familiar, but the combinations and techniques are surprising. With Shuk in your kitchen, you’ll soon be cooking with the warmth and passion of an Israeli, creating the treasures of this multicultural table in your own home.

For decades, Jews have relied on slow cookers to achieve the flavor-filled stews of their ancestors. Now the Instant Pot(R) cooks them much faster--without compromising flavor or texture. The Instant Pot (R) Kosher Cookbook offers timeless Jewish favorites tailored to this modern appliance: stuffed cabbage, corned beef, brisket, cholent, Yemenite and Persian lamb stews, chicken or beet soup, kasha varnishkes, tzimmis, even apple cake. It includes recipes for weeknights, Shabbat, and holidays, along with kosher versions of international classics like lasagna--all expertly adapted to the Instant Pot(R).