Since last year when most of my students were two-year-olds and significantly more truculent around the food and one another, I’ve held in the back of my mind a vision of how and when to teach them to make and roll out pie crust. My own daughter already knows the basics. She requested a pie-making […]
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As soon as I saw at the supermarket that a local grower’s cauliflower was both abundant and at a very good price, a soup that my friend JJ has described to me last winter popped into my head. JJ had described three mouth watering ingredients: cumin, coconut milk, and of course cauliflower. Her recipe, gleaned […]
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My fellow Yummy Mummy and dear friend, Sonia, in the full throes of labor on Wednesday afternoon, called in a special request. At her son’s preschool, Snack Day is like a high holy day for the kid whose turn it is to bring in the goods. She wanted to make sure that the snack new […]
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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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After swinging by the UES to pick up our beloved Aunt Sheri on Saturday morning, our family headed out to Rockland County to meet some friends. We had a date to go apple-picking at The Orchards of Conklin, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the City. The Delicious Daddio, my husband that is, did […]
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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…