Over the weekend, I catered a Top Chef-themed birthday party for one of the neighborhood mini-chefs. To help me prep for the big party, a few friends crowded into the TYM kitchen to help. While brainstorming dishes for the party, there were a few obstacles (a la Top Chef???) on my radar. First and foremost, […]
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Yes, more bacon. What? You didn’t think I was done with it just because I ate up a pound of it all by myself five years ago did you? Mmm, this little side is something I could eat for breakfast or lunch or dinner. The smoky, the sweet, the salty all come together so that […]
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Back in April, a couple of days after we had moved into our new place, a mysterious box came in the mail for me one day. It had my new address, which even my own parents did not have yet, and two copies of a retro-red covered cookbook inside. No note. No card. Since my […]
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One dank morning this week, the kids and I popped into Bouley Bakery for croissants and coffee. While we were there a new offering caught my eye. There were cinnamon sugar apples, arranged in the French style, half moons, this way then that. Sort of the tarte tatin without the puff pastry. Lately, since there […]
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A few weeks back at my niece’s birthday party, the caterer served what I would describe as Asian burritos: rice paper filled with shredded carrots and beets and left sort of open-face. The taste and look were really fresh and delicious, but the ingredients kept spilling out everywhere. When we began our cooking mini-session for […]
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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…