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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If you have, like we do, an abundance of zucchini and summer squash right now, you are probably picking it from your garden or buying it at your greenmarket or grocery store and likely do not know exactly what to do with it all. Even in New York City, at our fancy neighborhood grocery store, […]
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In our family, my husband is the French toast maker. His technique is genius and even his French toast made with sprouted bread tastes fantastic. In a few weeks, I hope to share his recipe here, but for now, let me let you in on one of the secret ways that Mira, Liev, and I […]
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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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For a few months during my sophomore year at NYU, I lived with a friend of the family, a single mom at the time who had a very demanding full-time job and was raising a two-year-old, S.. On the weekends and at night, I filled in when S’s nanny went home and her mom needed […]
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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…