Before getting pregnant and having children and a husband who are huge fans of meat, I was almost completely vegetarian. One of the families for whom I was a private chef was vegan, so a good deal of my cooking and preparing and eating was devoted toward delicious vegetarian foods. Then I fell in love […]
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Although we did more fancy sewing than fancy cooking this weekend, my little guy did come up with an innovative new utensil: the plastic horse. Simply spear the shrimp shumai with a hoof and pop it into your mouth. On a totally different subject, did you see the interview with Rachel Ray today on […]
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Last week, as we were riding the 1 train up to Central Park with my friend Jamie and her son Ben, Jamie began chatting about some of the things that went on at the parents’ meeting for Ben’s new preschool. She dropped a name that the school’s founders had, in turn, dropped: Sir […]
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For the next couple of days, you can vote here on which handmade kid goodies are your favorites in categories like “Eco-Friendly”, “Art”, and “Clothing”. To add a little more incentive, they’re giving away fourteen $350 shopping sprees if you vote. If you’ve never visited the Etsy site, you’re in for such a treat. Now’s […]
Read the rest of "ETSY Handmade Kids Contest"…We spent so much time over the past year trying to convince our (then 2-year-old) daughter to try something besides rice and beans that we finally had to make a family decision to stop the insanity and quit thrusting the snap peas at her. Well, Brit food blogger Very Good Taste penned a list of […]
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I'm a New York City mum of three children—Mira, 8, Liev, 6, and our littlest Yummy, Genevieve, 2. 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…