One of the things about cooking that I have most loved from childhood is getting to cook for others. It’s part of the artistry-the making, the packaging (at least sometimes), and the love that pours into the entire process. We’re all big dessert fans around here, for instance, but we’re never happier when we can […]
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This week the cooking class came home for the first time ever. What a tremendous relief to have all the mini-chefs in our kitchen here, instead of lugging everything across town as I’ve done for the past almost-two years! As wonderful as Sonia’s and then Karen’s kitchens are (and they are fabulous), it felt so […]
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“Are the cow-zones, ready, Mama Cate?” the mini-chefs asked, peering into the oven. Who could not love teaching this bunch of children week after week? Because, as I explained to the mini-chefs, calzone are sort of like a little pizza that you fold in half, they worked with great concentration and-as always-great abandon. My mother-in-law, […]
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When Mira and her friends were still one-year-olds and in that pickiest of picky-eating phases, I cooked up these shepherd’s pies for them as an experiment. Some of them, who ate most everything anyway, did not surprise us when they gobbled it down. Others, my daughter included, really did. Mira happened to be going through […]
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As we were finishing up on Wednesday with the frittatas, one of the moms commented that spinach is about the only green thing that her mini-chef would NOT eat. She said it in a whisper. As most parents of toddlers and young children can identify with when they are talking about certain foods their child […]
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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…