This salad totally cracks me up. Made first on a whim and unrequested for my step-aunt-in-law’s Rosh Hashana dinner, this salad has taken my friends and family by storm. It is a version of what I made all summer involving peaches or nectarines or plums or…. It was devoured at Aunt Joey’s dinner, and one [...]
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My Spring Semester Cooking Class this year was really one for the books. It included mostly 6 and 7-year-old girls, among them the daughter of a former gourmet food magazine editor. My student informed me that she liked five things: chocolate, bacon, pizza, plain pasta, and chocolate chip muffins. Let’s pause for a moment and [...]
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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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Wash your Pumpkin. Make sure you buy organic if you have access to a farm or farm stand that grows organic. Sugar pumpkins like the one pictured and cheese pumpkins are perfect for roasting. Cut your pumpkin into wedges. For a smaller pumpkin, 8 edges is about the right amount for roasting. Scoop out the [...]
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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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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…