Happy October, Yummies! Happy Fall! and Happy Soup Season! This week in class we cooked a soup and sandwich (Croque Monsieurs a la Yummy which we will share next week) combo, and we chose to celebrate the very end of tomato season with some local heirloom tomatoes cooked into a classic favorite, Cream of Tomato […]
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The mustache is so incredible, so mysterious that guess what? I forgot all about this Corner View… you know the one whose theme I chose and all?!?!? There is, however, a reason that my brain has been incredibly forgetful and mysteriously strange of late. Ahem. There is a bun in the oven. A little surprise […]
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A kitchen full of mini-chefs with freshly washed hands and faces beaming with concentration began to butter the tortillas for these chalupas, my mother Charlotte’s recipe to which I have made a few minor adjustments. They were nearly all happy to see the beans, and they were all happy to see the rice as we […]
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To kick off our fourth year of cooking classes with the mini-chefs, we made a family recipe given to me by my mom. Chalupas are sort of like soft tacos, but are made with corn tortillas that have been buttered and barely fried. Inside, my mom puts Spanish rice, cheese, and of course refritos, or […]
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When I first began my cooking classes, at least the ones that were officially for the mini-chefs instead of for the mamas, we had thirteen two year olds running around, wielding-and that would definitely be the word-wooden spoons, whisks, and spatulas. It was quite the chaotic class and a huge opportunity and crash course for […]
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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…