Our big cooking class is really beginning to find its groove. This strata has many (easy) steps, and the mini-chefs seemed to each have his or her role secured in bringing it together. The older ones helped the younger ones, and the younger ones generally smiled big smiles when they got their turn to do […]
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While we are finishing up our Halloween preparations, we need a little fortifying food to eat. Something substantial and seasonal but snacky, too. This apple pancake, assembled quickly and into the oven lickety split fits the bill. For cooking class, we used local Gala and Roma apples, not to sweet and not too tart, and […]
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Last winter when we created a kid-friendly chicken tagine in class, a few of the vegetarian parents asked how they could make the dish without the addition of meat. While vegetarian cooking does take more thought for flavor development and, at times, more creativity to bring up the protein level to make it healthful for […]
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A couple of years ago, a friend from Zimbabwe mentioned that they love to eat peanut butter and pumpkin there ground together in a sort of mush or puree. Loving both of those ingredients, I kept the idea of that mixture in my back pocket until this Fall. Peanut butter, while maligned now, was one […]
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A kitchen full of mini-chefs with freshly washed hands and faces beaming with concentration began to butter the tortillas for these chalupas, my mother Charlotte’s recipe to which I have made a few minor adjustments. They were nearly all happy to see the beans, and they were all happy to see the rice as we […]
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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…