On Saturday morning I rolled my Igloo cooler and all the Yummy Mummy accessories needed to make tomato jam at the green market on Greenwich Street. The wind and the rain were blowing sideways, and a thought came to mind: Well who will come out in this? I got my answer and how. Lots and […]
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It’s another 9/11 here in New York City. Every year this day rolls around, the crazy quiet and the horrific smells and sights of that day are felt all over again. I hold my husband and my children a little closer and inwardly fall on my knees. All of this leads me to making comfort […]
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We just missed getting to meet Amy, who blogs over at The Roving Locavore, and her son, Jack, by a days since neither of us realized that we were here in Vermont at the very same time. To help soothe the disappointment, they offered to show you how to make the tart of the season, […]
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When we had scallops a couple of weeks ago and we said nothing about them being special meatballs, Mira looked at them through the corner of her eye very unpleasantly and would not come near them. This time, she ate her portion with relish. What? Didn’t you know that scallops are the “meatballs of the […]
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“Are the cow-zones, ready, Mama Cate?” the mini-chefs asked, peering into the oven. Who could not love teaching this bunch of children week after week? Because, as I explained to the mini-chefs, calzone are sort of like a little pizza that you fold in half, they worked with great concentration and-as always-great abandon. My mother-in-law, […]
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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…