Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ As Passover quickly approaches the net is abuzz with kosher recipes, both innovative and traditional.  Yet none have been able to catch my eye as much as the ones from Levana Kirschenbaum.  Levana is the author of several cookbooks, including Levana Cooks Dairy-Free and Levana's Table: Kosher Cooking for Everyone, and she is a well-known chef in the NYC area, offering very popular cooking classes.  While I was inspired by Levana’s Sweet Potato Kugel recipe (sent out in her regular newsletter), I have latched onto a luscious recipe featured in one of her recent classes.  The class theme was “A Seder Feast,” and my recipe of choice (among the six incredible dishes) is the Chocolate Pecan Torte with Chocolate Glaze, which just happens to be gluten-free and dairy-free too! No more needs to be said, but the recipe of course …

Eugene, OR ~ Purely Decadent® Brings New Level of Taste to Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts ~ Turtle Mountain, makers of America's most popular dairy-free ice creams and frozen desserts, has again brought delicious innovation to consumers with its new line of Purely Decadent®; Ice Cream made with coconut milk. It features five flavors including classic favorites Vanilla Bean and Chocolate and truly decadent Cookie Dough, Mint Chocolate Chip and Coconut. All are made with organic coconut milk instead of dairy or soy milk and contain fewer calories, less sugar and less fat than most super-premium ice creams. All five flavors are also 100% gluten-free ... 

Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ Last week I set out on a mission to find the perfect scrambled tofu recipe, one worthy of stuffing in a delicious breakfast burrito (like the one I had tried from Amy's), but all seemed to call for an ingredient or two that I didn't have on hand or just didn't sound appealing.  Just when I had given up the search, Meatout Mondays emailed their recipe of the week ... Scrambled Tofu!  The recipe looked just right ... easy, using everyday pantry ingredients, an enticing flavor combination, and it was from .... Oprah?  Who knew that Oprah would be the best source for a dairy-free and vegan recipe?  Thanks to our good friends at Meatout Mondays for unearthing this fabulous recipe, which was presented on Oprah by Dr. Andrew Weil several years ago in a show featuring Recipes for Your Heart ...

Eileen Goltz, author of Perfectly Pareve ~ The phrase "nothing new under the sun" could certainly apply to Passover recipes. Matzah this and farfel that and oh yeah, the flourless chocolate cake, gotta have the flourless chocolate cake and the macaroons. Seems like everyone has the same recipes and they serve them year after year after year after year. Some call it tradition. I call it boring. While I don’t want to cook any more than I already have to, the following recipes are different enough that they might make you think about bringing something new to the table ...

Foods Matter, April 2008 ~ Ann Marie Powell, Consultant Dermatologist at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, gave a hugely helpful talk at the Action Against Allergy eczema workshop in January. She suggests a management plan for eczematous children – although much of her advice is also suitable for adults ... Eczema is an itchy skin condition characterised by dry, red and inflamed skin. In eczema the normal skin barrier function is disrupted (dryness) leading to over-activation of the immune system within the skin (redness) and subsequently to stimulation of itch nerves ...