
One day when Mira was about 4 and Liev about 2 and keeping me busy, the phone rang while I was melting the butter for this recipe. Someone was asking for a phone number or a play date, etc., and I left the kitchen for a couple of minutes to attend to the request. When […]
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For our last cooking class of the year a few weeks ago, we threw a smoothie party. My own children have shown me and my students have reiterated that you can add a bunch of very healthful things to a smoothie, add just the right amount of things they love, and they will slurp it […]
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Cover these babies with a marshmallow frosting and they’d be Elvis’s favorite cupcake. As they are- as they were, I should say, as we ate every bit of these up- my morning cooking class whipped up a rich and comforting treat. Nothing much needs to be said about these. The name speaks for itself. There […]
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We have our first guest blogger: Mister Ari Simon, Chicago-based mini-chef and fruitophile. He and his awesome mom, a.k.a. Aunt Elizabeth, sent in this recipe for banana-nut muffins made with a secret ingredient, garam masala. They sound heavenly, and honestly, I think that Ari and I might be on the same wavelength today. I […]
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