Levana's Table

For more than 20 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 150 recipes that are simple, beautifully presented and 100 percent kosher. Together, these dishes form an international mosaic reflecting the author's 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. Also included are contemporary fare that just happen to be kosher--Tricolor Vegetable Terrine with Basil-Leek Coulis; Risotto with Asparagus; and more. Desserts include the author's award-winning carrot cake, her sought-after chocolate chip cookies, and more.