
Happy May Day! And, guess what is coming up in just 4 days? Cinco de Mayo! We made these yummy burritos in class to celebrate. It seems like a lot of steps, but these are really very easy to throw together. You could, of course, use a rotisserie chicken, squeezing the lime over it, instead […]
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If you live in New York long enough, you will most likely eventually get the honor of being invited to attend a seder for Jewish Passover. Because the holiday requires that nothing is cooked with leavening, you will also almost always be offered a very traditional and very delicious dessert: coconut macaroons. People tend to […]
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The Yummies returneth! And, they came to make a magical noodle soup. When Mira was six months old, I went over to visit my sister-in-law who lived on the Upper East Side with a very picky little guy, my nephew, who wouldn’t eat anything hardly. One thing he did love was chicken soup, and my […]
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For our last cooking class of the year a few weeks ago, we threw a smoothie party. My own children have shown me and my students have reiterated that you can add a bunch of very healthful things to a smoothie, add just the right amount of things they love, and they will slurp it […]
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You’ve heard that saying, “Like white on rice”? Well, any time rice is incorporated in what we’re making in class, the mini-chefs are… like white on rice. NOM, NOM, NOM! They all love it. This past week, we made one of our favorite ingredients the star of the show in a main course dish. These […]
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