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Recipe for Orange Salad with Dates, Chillies and Preserved Lemon

from The Levantine Table by Ghillie Basan
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This book is filled with recipes for Middle Eastern food, perfect for summer meals. The salad is a refreshing start to dinner—I served the chillies on the side. Next on my list: a carrot and caraway purée with yoghurt; a pide bread, sprinkled with nigella seeds; a lovely poached fish with saffron rice and caviar; and for dessert, an interesting rice pudding.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from The Levantine Table: Vibrant and Delicious Recipes from the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond by Ghillie Basan, Photography by Steve Painter © Ryland Peters & Small

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Recipe for Mexican wedding cookies

from Sweet Paris by Frank Adrian Barron
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This perfectly gorgeous book is filled with lovely cakes and sweets. Curl up and read about them, then after your armchair trip to Paris, run into the kitchen and bake! Today’s recipe is for a cookie that deserves to be on your dessert platter all year long. Next on my list: Gâteau Orangette, a marvelous chocolate cake with candied orange peel; Pain d'épices (Alsatian gingerbread); and a savory cheese board. 

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Sweet Paris by Frank Adrian Barron (HarperCollins)

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Recipe for Garlic and Herb Cream Cheese Spread

from Boards by America’s Test Kitchen
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This book is filled with ideas for platters of food you can set out for your next brunch, drinks party, or cookie swap. Try one of these cream cheese spreads with your nova and bagel sandwich. Next on my list: a cheese board and grilled vegetable platter. And some pretty cute cookies for dessert.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Boards by America’s Test Kitchen

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Recipe for Pat's Pancakes

from Always Home by Fanny Singer
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This memoir is sweet. I loved Fanny Singer’s stories of her childhood. Imagine Alice Waters packing your lunchbox. The memories are lovely, and the recipes tempting. Next on my list: a fruit galette, and the charmingly named egg fried in a spoon in the fireplace. Have fun making these pancakes.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Always Home by Fanny Singer (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

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New at our Cheese Department - Freestyle Snacks!

These new, grab and go snacks are right next to our olive section! They're going fast (but we're always restocking). 

Freestyle Snacks has developed their own recipes, incorporating their amazing products. This one is perfect for a warm weather picnic! Stop by to stock up and give this a try. 

ITALIAN ARUGULA & BRIE CIABATTA SANDWICH
This delicious sandwich will take your lunchtime game to the next level. The flavors perfectly combine for ultimate savory satisfaction.

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Recipe for millionaire's shortbread

from a good day to bake by Benjamina Ebuehi
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This lovely book will inspire you to go into the kitchen and bake. The millionaire's shortbread was a hit with everyone in my family. Next on my list: potato & cauliflower curry pie; cherry & coconut tahini cake; and chocolate & fig bostock.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from a good day to bake by Benjamina Ebuehi, published by Quadrille

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New York Cheese & Wine Week at Zabar's

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March 7-16, 2022 @ Zabar's 2245 Broadway

Top European dairy producers will send us some of their most in-demand cheeses for this celebration of all things cheese! An exceptional collection of cheese from Europe, which range from flavorful blues and creamy bries to mountain cow's milk cheeses.

These top quality producers include:

Savencia Fromage and Dairy - St. Andre, St. Agur, Esquirrou and Papillon Roquefort AOP

Emmi Cheese - Kaltbach Le Gruyere AOP, Kaltbach Le Cremeux and Swiss Knight Fondue

Germain Fromagerie - Epoisses AOP, Langres AOP and Le Pico

Formagerie Henri Hutin - Belletoile 70% Brie, Belletoile spreads, Brie Couronne 60% plain, pepper and chives

Fromi - Brebirousse d'Argental

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Zabar's Homestyle Babka
Since Day 1, customers have been lining up for our fresh-baked babka, based on our Bubbe's recipe. Rolled, braided, and richly veined with chocolate or cinnamon, it's so outrageously delicious, you'll eat it morning, noon and night!

 

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Zabar's Mini Black and White Cookies (Kosher)
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