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Lev­ana Kirschenbaum

Lev­ana Kirschen­baum is the author of The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glo­ri­ous Meals Pure and Sim­ple.

Wel­come to our Venus-Mars home!

Choco­late chip cook­ies: CCC? Sisisi!

Para Español, Opri­ma el Dos!
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Para Español, Opri­ma el Dos!

Ear­li­er this week, Lev­ana Kirschen­baum blogged about domes­tic dis­putes and gourmet food and Span­ish choco­late-chip cook­ies. She has been…
Lev­ana Kirschenbaum
June 10, 2011
Essay

Choco­late chip cook­ies: CCC? Sisisi!

Yes­ter­day, Lévana Kirschen­baum blogged about domes­tic dis­putes and gourmet food. She will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
Lev­ana Kirschenbaum
June 7, 2011
Essay

Wel­come to our Venus-Mars home!

Lévana Kirschen­baum is the author of the forth­com­ing The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glo­ri­ous Meals Pure and Sim­ple (June 22nd). She will be blog­ging all…
Lev­ana Kirschenbaum
June 6, 2011
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The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glo­ri­ous Meals Pure & Simple
Lev­ana Kirschenbaum
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Lev­ana Cooks Dairy-Free: Nat­ur­al and Deli­cious Recipes for Your Favorite ​“For­bid­den” Foods
Levana Kirschenbaum; Menachem Adelman and Meir Pilskin, photos.

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