Our tiny dancer was appalled by her toddler ballet class. The worst offense seemed to be the choice of music. She looked at me quizzically when the teacher put on songs like “If You’re Happy and You Know It” and “I’m a Little Teapot”. What, she seemed to ask with her eyes, is this garbage? […]
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One day when Mira was about 4 and Liev about 2 and keeping me busy, the phone rang while I was melting the butter for this recipe. Someone was asking for a phone number or a play date, etc., and I left the kitchen for a couple of minutes to attend to the request. When […]
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11 years ago, when two planes hit the World Trade Towers (and another hit the Pentagon), I was very young and free in New York. I was teaching yoga and settling into the City being my permanent home. My East Village roommates and I were fresh out of college and living in a six floor […]
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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…
