Wash your Pumpkin. Make sure you buy organic if you have access to a farm or farm stand that grows organic. Sugar pumpkins like the one pictured and cheese pumpkins are perfect for roasting. Cut your pumpkin into wedges. For a smaller pumpkin, 8 edges is about the right amount for roasting. Scoop out the […]
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Last year when I asked Mira whether she would like to have hot lunch at school once a week, she immediately shot back a question: “Mama, do they treat their animals well?” While she is certainly not a vegetarian (yet), she does care, has learned to care about from where her meat, her eggs, and […]
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For our last cooking class of the year a few weeks ago, we threw a smoothie party. My own children have shown me and my students have reiterated that you can add a bunch of very healthful things to a smoothie, add just the right amount of things they love, and they will slurp it […]
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To play Corner View catch-up and in preparation for the weekend’s events, here is a review of how to hard boil eggs… just in case you’ve forgotten or, worse, over boiled them in the past: Carefully, place the eggs in the bottom of a sturdy-bottomed wide pan. Add cold water till it covers the eggs […]
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In class this week, something really beautiful was happening. The big kids were helping and guiding the littler ones. We have a class full of sibling pairs with the exception of one of our two-year-olds. That single child seems to get my children, in particular, to help her out when she needs it. While baking […]
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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…