We love us the sweet stuff over here, but it’s all about balancing healthful meals with the treats. I have to tell you that when my friend Alison, author of the blog Alison’s Lunch that will surely have you salivating, offered to do a salad post with her mini-chef Meredith, my whole body gave a […]
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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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Since last year when most of my students were two-year-olds and significantly more truculent around the food and one another, I’ve held in the back of my mind a vision of how and when to teach them to make and roll out pie crust. My own daughter already knows the basics. She requested a pie-making […]
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After swinging by the UES to pick up our beloved Aunt Sheri on Saturday morning, our family headed out to Rockland County to meet some friends. We had a date to go apple-picking at The Orchards of Conklin, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the City. The Delicious Daddio, my husband that is, did […]
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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…