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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For our last cooking class of the year a few weeks ago, we threw a smoothie party. My own children have shown me and my students have reiterated that you can add a bunch of very healthful things to a smoothie, add just the right amount of things they love, and they will slurp it [...]
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What do you do when it’s a snow day, too cold and windy to actually play outside for very long, and you only have basic ingredients on hand to bake something-as per request-”chocolate and guh-nilla”? Time to crack out the cookbooks that have been languishing on our shelves. After bundling both kids up, which of [...]
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Birthdays complete with special cakes get celebrated nearly every day in our home. My daughter naturally mothers all of her toys from her “kids” (assorted baby dolls) to her animals (this category ranges from a very large stuffed dinosaur to a Lego with a shoestring tied to it that she says is her dog on [...]
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As our weekly yummies-and their-mummies cooking classes started up again here in Tribeca, the occasion called for celebration. We’ve often made things that most of the kids ate, but not all of them, but that wasn’t the case when we made maple ice cream. The yummies used two plastic bags and a little elbow grease, [...]
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I'm a New York City mum of three children—Mira, 5, and Liev, 3, and our newest yummy, Baby 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…