If you ask me to talk about coffee, or “cwafee,” as we’re prone to say up yonder, a certain longing will creep in. The taste is devine, the smell even better, but coffee does strange things to me. I remember lying on the floor in my best friend’s room in high school after drinking it, […]
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It was Raggedy Ann’s birthday. Again. It seems that she turned twenty today and wanted muffins and hot chocolate. Hmmmmmmm….. Since it was so cold and since we are cold wimps-though to be fair, living right over here near the Hudson River IS about ten degrees colder than elsewhere in the city-we decided to work […]
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Over the weekend here there were threats of a big snowstorm that would snuggle the City under a few inches of snow. For a girl who grew up in the South, in a place where snow happened about three or four times in eighteen years, an actual biggish storm still seems so glamorous and romantic. […]
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We blended up some gorgeous pink Lassis this week in cooking class. The kids put all of the ingredients into their bowls and waited so patiently till it was their turn to blend and watch the red and white things mix together and turn rose. The Lassis, basically Indian smoothies, were met with many glugs of approval. […]
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With the peak-season watermelons showing up at our local farmer’s market, we wanted to pay homage to these sweet treats and to the trickling days of summer. Appropriate for the holiday, it took a bit of elbow grease, but the result is devine. The recipe follows. Please note that a tarp might […]
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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…