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Apples Take The Cake

September 19, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

rosh Hashanah apple cake

Pass on the pumpkin spice. This season, bite into something real.  Autumn means fresh apples.  Apples bring sweetness naturally, so they’re naturally a Rosh Hashanah favorite. We celebrate the Jewish new year with sweetness in the hope of a sweet year to come. In many Jewish families, this means apples and honey.  My apple cake…

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Filed Under: Cake & Tarts, DESSERT

Creamy, Comforting Belila

September 12, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Two ancient foods of the Middle East come together in one creamy comforting bowl. It’s belila, a porridge of barley and dates that’ll up your breakfast game, get you revved about September, Whole Grains Month, and best of all, offer a sweet way to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah celebrations start…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE, Uncategorized

Beautiful Bread

September 5, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Fancied-up focaccia — flatbread decorated to look like a bouquet or a garden — has been a thing on Instagram, but focaccia has been around long before social media. It’s a simple, satisfying flatbread, like a slightly puffy pizza, and like pizza, it’s a gift from Italy. This Thursday, I take this bread which goes…

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Filed Under: BREAD, Cooking Classes and presentations

Board meeting! {Meatless} Charcuterie Boards

August 29, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

September 8, join me for my Beautiful Boards and Focaccia with Flowers class. It’s free, virtual, open to the public and hosted by the Pinecrest Branch of Miami Dade Public Library. Charcuterie boards have been the rage on Instagram. They’re an artfully arranged assemblage of edibles. As for the charcuterie bit, well, since it refers…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Cocktail Parties, Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS

Summer Love — Romance Your Vegetables With Romesco

August 22, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

 Join me 6pm ET this Thursday for my free, virtual Tapas Table cooking class, hosted by Miami-Dade Public Library’s Pinecrest Branch. Register here. Summer means grilling season, and if you love grilled vegetables — I do —  Romesco sauce is the accessory you need. As a dip, dab, or dollop, this Catalan sauce coaxes out…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, LIGHT MEALS

Brave, Bold and Beany — Fabada Bravas

August 15, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Crispy outside, tender inside, and zinged up with a spicy tomato sauce, patatas bravas are the quintessential bar snack of Spain.  I’ll teach you how to make them 6 pm Thursday, August 25, in my Tapas Table cooking class. It’s free, virtual and open to the public, hosted by the Pinecrest branch of Miami Dade…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS

Summer Blueberry Loaf for a Sweet and Endless Summer

August 8, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Eating seasonally has its rewards. Fresh blueberries are at their summer peak, so stock up and make a loaf of blueberry quick bread. Muffins are wonderful, but a quick bread loaf bursting with blueberries means you can cut the slices as skinny — or as generous — as you like. I make fruit-packed quick bread…

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Filed Under: BREAD, BREAKFAST, DESSERT

Mushroom Étouffée, or How to Do Without Truffles

August 1, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Mushroom Etouffee in a bowl.

If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.” Colete With food prices what they are, I’m doing without truffles, too. But I won’t do without mushrooms, and neither should you. Mushrooms are where the culinary and curative meet. They’re umami, satisfying, and there are a lot of them, well over 10,000 varieties….

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE

Sprinkle on the Magic Dust

July 25, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

A blue plate with a beautifully arranged fruit salad.

Juicy, refreshing, hydrating, sweet, sticky, sexy — you can’t improve on summer fruit, especially this extra-hot summer. Well, maybe you can. Want a cool treat that’ll take fruit salad to the next level?  Honey, let’s chaat. Funky cumin Fiery chile  Briny salt Tart amchoor (dried green mango powder)  Mix them together, and you have the basic…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS

Borani Esfanaj, Middle Eastern Spinach and Yogurt

July 18, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Borani esfanaj —  Irani for spinach and yogurt — is a traditional dish enjoyed all over the Mediterranean and the Middle East — Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Syria, Turkey, I could keep going. And so can the variations.  Regions change up the herbs and the proportions. Some serve it as an appetizer, others as a…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS

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Ellen Kanner ELLEN KANNER is a soulful vegan writer on food, wellness and sustainability with over 15 years' experience. She's a recipe developer for numerous publications...[Read More] .

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