Since we had a Mummies’ Night Out on Wednesday and needed to make sure that our mini-chefs were fed up right before we headed out for the night, we made my favorite lazy meal, the frittata. Well, um, the kids weren’t lazy at all. When they got their egg and a plastic cup to […]
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Cousin-chef Ari has been at it again, cooking up a little of this and a little of that in his Chicago kitchen. This time, he’s offered to share his recipe for honey-wheat pizza dough and even threw in a few pictures of his special technique. Take it away, Ari, Elizabeth, and Adam: Like most other […]
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Our Yummy Mummy classes got down to serious business a couple of weeks ago when we learned how to prepare meat and vegetables to be roasted. The Yummies tucked garlic and sprigs of fragrant rosemary and shallots into the pan among the seasonal vegetables and a whole chicken breast. We sprinkled in a dry rub […]
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My little brother, who is 6 feet 8 inches tall in his sock feet, lived in Tokyo for several years and has given me a door into a world that I might have known nothing about. He lived in a teensy tiny apartment and described his daily life and the richness, if not in space, […]
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It was one of those weeks last week: left my camera in the back of a cab just before cooking class, my Grandma Cora (the last of my grandparents) passed away, and of course my week was filled to the brim with activities that couldn’t easily be canceled or rescheduled. So, as I so often […]
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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…