It can be frustrating waiting for the berries to show up at the Greenmarket. When they do, we pretty much swoon and buy cases to enjoy. For Mother’s Day, the mini-chefs needed something that they could throw together and with which to impress their mamas. Since we couldn’t wait to use fresh berries, we settled [...]
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If you live in New York long enough, you will most likely eventually get the honor of being invited to attend a seder for Jewish Passover. Because the holiday requires that nothing is cooked with leavening, you will also almost always be offered a very traditional and very delicious dessert: coconut macaroons. People tend to [...]
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In class this week, something really beautiful was happening. The big kids were helping and guiding the littler ones. We have a class full of sibling pairs with the exception of one of our two-year-olds. That single child seems to get my children, in particular, to help her out when she needs it. While baking [...]
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When I was a little girl, my mom would serve us pot de creme only once or twice a year, and we could not wait to have it. Her presentation was so elegant. We received our pots in lusterous ivory china demi-tasse cups and served with real silver demi-tasse spoons. I felt like a princess. [...]
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In her kindergarten class, my daughter and her friends are studying snails. They have become little experts on whorls (the swirl on a snail’s shell) and just about every other detail of snail living, and to celebrate, I got to spend an afternoon with them at school making a holiday take on lumace, snail pastries. [...]
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I'm a New York City mum of three children—Mira, 7, Liev, 5, and our littlest Yummy, Genevieve. I teach mommies, preschool kids, and grade school age children (or "Yummies" as I like to call them) how to make delicious things. Read more…