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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If you ask me to talk about coffee, or “cwafee,” as we’re prone to say up yonder, a certain longing will creep in. The taste is devine, the smell even better, but coffee does strange things to me. I remember lying on the floor in my best friend’s room in high school after drinking it, […]
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A cookie recipe that I read about the other day on the A Day that is Dessert Blog intrigued me. Lecia had read about the recipe via another blog, 3191 (got to love the internet) and made them successfully, and it struck me right away as a great recipe to try out for my Friday class. […]
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One of the things about cooking that I have most loved from childhood is getting to cook for others. It’s part of the artistry-the making, the packaging (at least sometimes), and the love that pours into the entire process. We’re all big dessert fans around here, for instance, but we’re never happier when we can […]
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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…