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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One day when Mira was about 4 and Liev about 2 and keeping me busy, the phone rang while I was melting the butter for this recipe. Someone was asking for a phone number or a play date, etc., and I left the kitchen for a couple of minutes to attend to the request. When [...]
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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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Liev, former owner of gigantic adenoids and even huger tonsils, had surgery to remove both this week and is now, thankfully, on the mend. He was super brave and, despite a bit of fear as he was coming off the anesthesia, he handles it better than most adults might have. This week has left both [...]
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Happy May Day! And, guess what is coming up in just 4 days? Cinco de Mayo! We made these yummy burritos in class to celebrate. It seems like a lot of steps, but these are really very easy to throw together. You could, of course, use a rotisserie chicken, squeezing the lime over it, instead [...]
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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…