When my class of 3 year-olds requested a few more lunch ideas, these croquettes came to mind, and I decided to rework them for a gluten-free diet, using crushed rice crackers instead of bread crumbs. By sheer accident-as often happens when new recipes are born-we forgot to roll the balls in the crumbs at all […]
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A few weeks ago, Michael Pollan’s new(ish) book, Food Rules, caught my eye. When I grabbed it off the shelf and opened to a random page in a book filled with suggestions on how to eat better and healthier, it suggested to only eat the snacks and sweets that you make yourself. This has been […]
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A couple of years back at the birthday party of my daughter’s friend, a special soba noodle dish graced the table. A huge platter was piled high with the beautiful, glistening noodles and studded with carrots. Alongside the chicken fingers and pizzas, it was the obvious stunner on the table, and when I tasted it, […]
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Cover these babies with a marshmallow frosting and they’d be Elvis’s favorite cupcake. As they are- as they were, I should say, as we ate every bit of these up- my morning cooking class whipped up a rich and comforting treat. Nothing much needs to be said about these. The name speaks for itself. There […]
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An old friend recently commented to me, “So you run a culinary academy for kids?” Well, yes, that is definitely part of it. Technique. What really makes this an exciting class, though, is getting them exposed to the idea of cooking real food, slow food, sitting down to family and community meals, teaching them about […]
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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…