Recipe Box

Citrus-Cured Salmon Avocado Tartare
Served spooned on thin slices of English cucumber or red radish, this recipe makes for a refreshing appetizer or hors d’oeuvre. Simple to prepare, but extraordinary to savor.

Stuffed Dates with Goat Cheese
A sweet hors d’oeuvre with tart goat cheese and a touch of honey. Be sure to use Medjool dates whose caramel tones and substantial size are ideal for stuffing. (photograph...

Honey-Whole Wheat Challah
A healthier twist on my classic Challah, this recipe uses 50% whole wheat flour and very little refined white sugar.

Grilled Pineapple Relish
As a side dish or a building block for other great recipes.

Challah
The most holy of the Jewish breads, challah is traditionally eaten on the Sabbath. Very cakey, very delicious.

Basic Passover Sponge Cake
1 basic sponge cake, 3 amazing variations. This recipe yields 3 (9-inch) round cakes, so you can make an assortment of cakes for Pesach in one shot.

Almond Crunch Topping
For use on a variety of desserts

Seared Tofu with Peanut Sauce and “Zoodles”
Crisp zucchini noodles are easy to make with a spiralizer and a great way of adding vegetables into your diet. Be sure to use a good peanut butter for...

Savory Vegetable Millet Cakes
Toasting the millet is essential for bringing out the grain’s nuttiness prior to boiling. An ancient grain, millet is one of the healthiest grains on earth and a great...

Vegetable Stock
Consider much of the ingredient list below to be a suggestion – a flavorful, fresh vegetable stock can be made easily with vegetable trimmings and parts that you have on...

Roasted Kabocha Squash Soup
Kabocha squash is also called a “Japanese pumpkin” – it is an Asian variety that is squat and looks like a green pumpkin. With it’s sweet, creamy flesh, it...

Caramelized Apple and Parsnip Soup
Sauteing the apples first caramelizes the sugars on the exterior of the apples, bringing out the flavor and intensifying their inherent sweetness. Fujis, with their complex spicy flavor are...