During the springtime our classes begin to venture into planting and container gardening so that the Yummies understand firsthand that our food comes directly from the earth to our ingredient trays, with little fuss in between. After planting a large rosemary plant in this class last week, we immediately picked a hefty sprig of it […]
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In the markets, we gathered up three hearty looking basil plants and brought them home with us. We banged the terra cotta, tucked in a plastic bag, to create a little piece with which to cover the hole at the bottom of the pot. (We giggled because it is fun to break things with a […]
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Let me introduce you to Tribeca Yummy Mummy’s new sponsor, Mamatini, a company run and owned by our friend Erica Duigan Minnihan and her pediatrician mama, Dr. Ifeoma Ikenze. Mamatini makes and delivers teas packed with good things, like chamomile and ginger, for breast feeding mamas. Its benefits include helping milk production (having had some […]
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Usually when I ask the mini-chefs what they would like to make over the course of a semester, I get answers like cupcakes, chocolate, cookies, etc., but when I asked my mixed ages class, one student piped up with another answer entirely: meatloaf. He not only requested it then; he kept asking for it each […]
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One of my students, Miss M, turned five last week. Since we were going to be in Arizona visiting family, we had a special pre-birthday cupcaking session, complete with the beautiful buttercream frosting that makes my mini-chefs swoon. Five year-olds are so sweet, so bittersweet. Their imaginations are soaring, and they still haven’t lost that […]
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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…