
The Yummies returneth! And, they came to make a magical noodle soup. When Mira was six months old, I went over to visit my sister-in-law who lived on the Upper East Side with a very picky little guy, my nephew, who wouldn’t eat anything hardly. One thing he did love was chicken soup, and my [...]
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You know how some women would see that their youngest was nearing 6 months of age and sign themselves up to run a marathon. They will train and run the extra pregnant and nursing weight off, and you’ll see them a few months later high fiving their baby at the finish line? Yeah, so not [...]
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Ok. Confession: I have been craving Indian food almost since the beginning of this pregnancy and totally bent our cooking class to my whims this week! Even in the throes of my worst morning sickness, Chicken Tikka Masala with a side of fresh spinach was one of the only things I could even consider eating. [...]
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Our big cooking class is really beginning to find its groove. This strata has many (easy) steps, and the mini-chefs seemed to each have his or her role secured in bringing it together. The older ones helped the younger ones, and the younger ones generally smiled big smiles when they got their turn to do [...]
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Usually when I ask the mini-chefs what they would like to make over the course of a semester, I get answers like cupcakes, chocolate, cookies, etc., but when I asked my mixed ages class, one student piped up with another answer entirely: meatloaf. He not only requested it then; he kept asking for it each [...]
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