
My Spring Semester Cooking Class this year was really one for the books. It included mostly 6 and 7-year-old girls, among them the daughter of a former gourmet food magazine editor. My student informed me that she liked five things: chocolate, bacon, pizza, plain pasta, and chocolate chip muffins. Let’s pause for a moment and […]
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Hope your weekend hits the spot, Yummies! (For more Moments, check out Soule Mama.)
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For another project, I needed to make a LOT of bias tape. Making lots of bias tape can be a disheartening sort of process. Making it the old fashioned way is nit picky work, boring and tedious, too. But, then it costs way too much money to buy it. Thinking there must be some better […]
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You may ask why we are talking about Halloween here in July… it all started way back in September of 2011 when Mira entered a contest held by Oeuf NYC to design her dream costume. The winner was promised that their dream costume would be brought to life through the hands of Oeuf’s amazing artisans. […]
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Liev, former owner of gigantic adenoids and even huger tonsils, had surgery to remove both this week and is now, thankfully, on the mend. He was super brave and, despite a bit of fear as he was coming off the anesthesia, he handles it better than most adults might have. This week has left both […]
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