Category: Summer

Guest Bloggers Natasha and Hannah Make Hamentaschen

12 March 2009

Because this week is Purim in the Jewish tradition, I asked Natasha and her beautiful and talented daughter Hannah to share a special recipe with us.  Little did I know that Miss Hannah was not only a chef but also a writer like her mama.  The text covering the meaning of Purim is all hers. […]

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Black and White Butter Cookies

04 March 2009

What do you do when it’s a snow day, too cold and windy to actually play outside for very long, and you only have basic ingredients on hand to bake something-as per request-“chocolate and guh-nilla”?  Time to crack out the cookbooks that have been languishing on our shelves. After bundling both kids up, which of […]

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Cooking Class: Part 2 of Get Your Greens Frittatas

28 February 2009

As we were finishing up on Wednesday with the frittatas, one of the moms commented that spinach is about the only green thing that her mini-chef would NOT eat.  She said it in a whisper.  As most parents of toddlers and young children can identify with when they are talking about certain foods their child […]

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Cooking Class: Part 1 of Get Your Greens Frittatas

27 February 2009

Since we had a Mummies’ Night Out on Wednesday and needed to make sure that our mini-chefs were fed up right before we headed out for the night, we made my favorite lazy meal, the frittata.   Well, um, the kids weren’t lazy at all.  When they got their egg and a plastic cup to […]

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Ari’s Artisanal Pizza Pies

20 February 2009

Cousin-chef Ari has been at it again, cooking up a little of this and a little of that in his Chicago kitchen.  This time, he’s offered to share his recipe for honey-wheat pizza dough and even threw in a few pictures of his special technique.  Take it away, Ari, Elizabeth, and Adam: Like most other […]

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