by Levana Kirschenbaum
Dipping fish fillets in coconut milk makes for an incredibly moist and tender fish. I love to coat my fillets with cornmeal, as it makes a thin, crisp, golden crust, much more so than flour or matzoh meal does. St. Peter’s fish, from the Kineret River in Israel, is also called tilapia when […]

by Chana Citron
Growing up in Nice, France, then marrying a Californian and living on the West Coast, I learned to absolutely love avocados. Good thing, the jury’s on my side. Once condemned for being a fatty food, the avocado is now praised for being a potent disease fighter–against heart disease, diabetes and cancer. “In this […]

by Levana Kirschenbaum
Romaine lettuce hearts are very tender and crisp. They cost a little more than whole heads of romaine, buut they are worth it, especially because no leaves get discarded. This is the salad of choice in my home, and romaine hearts are the only salad greens I ever cut with a knife because […]

by Levana Kirschenbaum
A meal in a package! That’s what this simple fish dish is. Enclosing it with its toppings in foil or parchment seals in all its flavors. Papillote is a cute French word that means curl, flutter or blink. In the food world, it refers to the frill that tented paper forms around […]

by Levana Kirschenbaum
Although the flavors are rich and complex, this soup is ready in about 15 minutes–no joke. Miso adds its intriguing fermented flavor and a bulky, but not starchy texture to the broth. It is important to add the Swiss chard at the very end of the cooking process, so that it retains […]

by Levana Kirschenbaum
With kosher meat, the smaller the item you buy, the saltier it is likely to be. That’s why I recommend soaking these tiny birds before cooking them took to release any excess salt. When roasted, the birds turn a beautiful mahogany color. Lapsang souchong tea has an intriguing pungent, smoky, “tarry” taste. […]

by Levana Kirschenbaum
I was never overweight, but for about five years, I lugged around a pesky 10 pounds, I couldn’t shake off. Ten unwanted pounds was too much to look my best, but too little to do anything radical about it. So I decided to do the equivalent of dropping the daily penny in […]

by Chana Citron
How we start our day determines how we spend the day. If we begin with a healthy breakfast, chances are we’ll have a healthy day. A new study confirms this long-held theory and also shows a correlation between skipping breakfast and weight gain in kids. “There’s a pretty significant inverse association between how […]

by Joseph Hadad
A lot of people think that crunches are the best way to trim your tummy. But actually, pumping your legs is the fastest way to flatter abs. Why is that? Legs are the largest muscles in our bodies, so when you work on your legs, you’re getting more of a cardiovascular workout than […]

by Joseph Hadad
Mazel Tov! You survived week one–and believe it or not, that’s the hardest part. So now that you started, it’s time to try some new moves and keep you moving full steam ahead. One tool I highly recommend is the fitness ball. It looks like a giant toy and it’s guaranteed to make […]