Back when I was twenty-one and living in my first post-college apartment over in the East Village, I had 3 lovely roommates. Two of whom were burgeoning foodies. On a cold evening in late March, one roommate brought home a big bunch of leeks and a bag of russet potatoes. She knocked on my door […]
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Ahhh, January. Yesterday, with constant rain just above the freezing point, two kids who are still clocking West Coast time, and no babysitter now that our part time sitter has found full-time work, it was the perfect day to put on the dhal. For the first year and a half of her life, my […]
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As soon as I saw at the supermarket that a local grower’s cauliflower was both abundant and at a very good price, a soup that my friend JJ has described to me last winter popped into my head. JJ had described three mouth watering ingredients: cumin, coconut milk, and of course cauliflower. Her recipe, gleaned […]
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When I was in Peru a few years ago, staying at Casa de Milagros and leading a yoga retreat there, we were able to have most of our meals made, at least in part, from the organically grown and very beautiful fruits and vegetables that Mama Kia grows in her garden. One such Peruvian jewel: […]
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One thing I learned pretty quickly while staying out in South Carolina Low Country with a gigantic family is that time on the computer is very hard to come by. So, here I am, back in Yankee-land after having time on my hands to dream. Due to all the hospitality we got while in the […]
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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…