Before my daughter’s birthday party, I had only had a Salade-Nicoise maybe once or twice, not being a total fan of the way it has been served to me with a heavily mustardy dressing. Given the crowd that was coming to her party, though, with their dairy, gluten, and various and sundry other intolerances, this […]
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Last week the mini-chefs got their hands on some dough. Some pizza dough. “It’s soft!” “It’s squishy!” “It feels goooooood.” It really does-so much so that some of us even had a bit of a hard time giving up the dough when it was time to place it on the baking sheet and sprinkle […]
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Making healthy things that we can throw together at the last minute on a busy day and work together to make is always challenging. This turkey meatloaf, however, fits the bill nicely. This summer, in our cooking class, we are focusing on making an entire meal together each time. We started with the Summer Rolls […]
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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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Late last week, my friend Leslie, who writes the Green Fork Blog for the Eat Well Guide, came over with her camera-toting friend and colleague Karen to film a lesson in teaching children to cook with local, fresh ingredients. Honestly, in the City, I’m not sure how much more local these ingredients could have been. […]
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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…