This week the children were ready to get down to business as soon as they arrived at class. We began by talking acorns. As a child when I would play “restaurant” with my cousin, acorns went into many of our dishes-whole, cracked with just the little orange balls (“pumpkins” as we called them), or […]
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When I described that we were making “hand pies” yesterday in the beginning of class, there were quite a lot of confused faces and blank stares from the adults. As soon as we got down to business, however, the confusion melted away. “Oh, we’re making meat pies!” “Ohhhhhhhh, empanadas.” “Knishes!” Papa rellenas, calzones, […]
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You know those days when you wish that dinner was already made and waiting on the table for you and your family? Why can’t we all have private chefs at our bidding? Sighhhh. Well, my budget cure for this is the lasagna. You can make a whole lot at once, eat some right then, freeze […]
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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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Our fallback meal of choice in this family has got to be the frittata. It takes almost exactly 15 minutes from the time you start cooking it on the stovetop to the moment it lands on your plate. Plus, you can use up all of your leftovers from the past few days and come up […]
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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…