With Christmas only a couple of weeks away and Hannukah only three weeks away, we thought that you might enjoy a week of easy treats that you can make with your children. First up is this glam chocolate bark bedecked with Goji berries and Pistachios. We, fortunately, live right down the street from nut Shangri-la, […]
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What with all the delicious mushy orange things going into our feast for Thursday, there seemed to be a derth of green, crunchy things. The traditional dish is, of course, the Green Bean Casserole, which can be good, but you know what? So often in those casseroles the green beans are these sad, little limp creatures that fail to […]
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We blended up some gorgeous pink Lassis this week in cooking class. The kids put all of the ingredients into their bowls and waited so patiently till it was their turn to blend and watch the red and white things mix together and turn rose. The Lassis, basically Indian smoothies, were met with many glugs of approval. […]
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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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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…