From Elite Hostess to Dairy-Free Gourmet
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.
One thing I truly enjoyed about this cookbook was the adventurousness. Levana’s recipes touch every portion of the globe. Chili Sans Carne highlights a famous Latin dish, Lamb and Eggplant Curry demonstrates an excellent use of Indian spices, and a jazzed up Miso Soup (with Shiitakes and Swiss Chard) offers some new flavors to one of my old favorites.
Several of the recipes call for more extravagant ingredients, so this may not be my daily go-to cookbook. Nonetheless, the instructions are uncomplicated and easy to follow. When guests are coming, or I need some inspiration to trial new foods, Levana’s Table will certainly be the first place I look.
From a personal standpoint, I stumbled across Levana Kirschenbaum in my own dairy-free pursuits. She is as a kosher chef, who just happens to be lactose intolerant, so most of her recipes are in fact made without milk. As luck would have it, Levana has a new cookbook coming available that I snagged a preview of, The Dairy-Free Gourmet. Stay tuned, as I will need a whole other post to serve justice to this latest full color masterpiece.
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