Usually, when somebody hands me a recipe, I can look it over, and everything will make perfect sense. This one, which is a mixture of two recipes given to me from my Brazilian friends Fabienne and Roberta, really surprised me. We had tasted these pao de quejo at Fabienne’s a few months back, and they […]
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What could possibly be better than risotto? Fresh, local mozzarella surrounded by risotto and baked until golden on the outside and gooey in the middle. At our very last Yummy cooking class of 2008, we made these risotto cakes. The children got to scoop up the risotto, smash it into a pancake, pop the […]
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My post-Thanksgiving adrenaline letdown resulted in a subsequent day-after laziness. Not only that, but I had no real drive to cook anything at all for a while nor to eat any of the loads of leftovers that had been filed away in the freezer and back of the fridge. Leftovers in general? Enhh. However, there […]
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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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Last summer, a super delicious tartine , or open-faced sandwich, appeared at one of my neighborhood haunts, Le Pain Quotidien. The salty-sweet flavors it involved-roasted peaches, prosciutto di parma, parmesan cheese and steamed asparagus-kept me lusting after it through the season and hoping that it would reappear this summer. No dice! Finally, […]
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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…