Archive: February 2009

Happy Valentine’s Day, Yummies!

14 February 2009

Happy Valentine’s Day, Yummies!  If you’re still in the mood for a quick afternoon Valentine craft, check out the pictures from my class yesterday.   We dipped heart-shaped pretzels in white chocolate that we’d melted slowly in the double boiler and sprinkled them with chopped up dried cherries and-what else?-sparkly pink sprinkles.  This was by […]

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Cooking Class: Mon Cheri Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

13 February 2009

Our Yummy Mummy Wednesday class has officially become crazy.  Lots of the tiny Yummies have come of age and are right in there with their older siblings, rolling up their little sleeves, stirring, tasting batter, and holding their own.  The older kids have been wilder lately (urban can fever?), and we may very well have […]

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Guest Bloggers Abigail and Matthew make Oyako Donburi

12 February 2009

My little brother, who is 6 feet 8 inches tall in his sock feet, lived in Tokyo for several years and has given me a door into a world that I might have known nothing about.  He lived in a teensy tiny apartment and described his daily life and the richness, if not in space, […]

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Steel Cut Oatmeal with Maple-Glazed Bacon

11 February 2009

It was one of those weeks last week: left my camera in the back of a cab just before cooking class, my Grandma Cora (the last of my grandparents) passed away, and of course my week was filled to the brim with activities that couldn’t easily be canceled or rescheduled. So, as I so often […]

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Beet Salad with Yogurt Panna Cotta

04 February 2009

Some old friends, mamas themselves now, were discussing the Sneaky Chef and the Deceptive Chef–  or whatever Mrs. Seinfeld calls herself-on Facebook. They were  wondering which foods were the best, whether to disguise things at all, etc.   Somehow, Tribeca Yummy Mummy was very kindly mentioned.   Without evoking too much hoopla over food philosophy, my response  […]

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