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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Usually, when somebody hands me a recipe, I can look it over, and everything will make perfect sense. This one, which is a mixture of two recipes given to me from my Brazilian friends Fabienne and Roberta, really surprised me. We had tasted these pao de quejo at Fabienne’s a few months back, and they […]
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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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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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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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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…