When I did a jamming and preserving demo at the Greenmarket last Wednesday, I had a lot of people coming by and asking what the difference between a sour and a regular cherry was. We had some sour cherries out for the people passing by to see and taste if they wanted. One neighborhood woman […]
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Hi. My name is Tribeca Yummy Mummy, and I am an addict. An ice cream addict. And a pusher with a long history. Aside from babysitting, my very first job was scooping ice cream at The Pink Dipper in North Augusta, SC. I traveled all the way over the bridge from Georgia for the pleasure. […]
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When we had scallops a couple of weeks ago and we said nothing about them being special meatballs, Mira looked at them through the corner of her eye very unpleasantly and would not come near them. This time, she ate her portion with relish. What? Didn’t you know that scallops are the “meatballs of the […]
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Even for a woman who has been ignoring the rhubarb for a solid two months, the rhubarb has been kind this year. Our rhubarb season has been lengthened because of the weather, and we still have the beautiful ruby stalks available to us at our greenmarket. That rhubarb, along with the last of the wild […]
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Have you seen the raspberries at your greenmarket lately? In New York, they are at their absolute peak right now, ready to be baked into tarts, pies, and muffins, coaxed into jams, or quickly made up into an intensely flavorful sauce for your ice cream. It’s easy as pie-in fact much, much easier. This raspberry […]
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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…