After sampling these delicious muffins at our friend Ben, Eli and Jamie’s place on Monday, we wanted to try making a sustainable version for ourselves. Ben-at least sometimes-says that he wants to be a chef when he grows up, and we can see why. He orchestrated muffins that were well-textured, vitamin-packed, and very delicious. At […]
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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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Our Yummy Mummy classes got down to serious business a couple of weeks ago when we learned how to prepare meat and vegetables to be roasted. The Yummies tucked garlic and sprigs of fragrant rosemary and shallots into the pan among the seasonal vegetables and a whole chicken breast. We sprinkled in a dry rub […]
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Our Yummy Mummy Wednesday class has officially become crazy. Lots of the tiny Yummies have come of age and are right in there with their older siblings, rolling up their little sleeves, stirring, tasting batter, and holding their own. The older kids have been wilder lately (urban can fever?), and we may very well have […]
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My little brother, who is 6 feet 8 inches tall in his sock feet, lived in Tokyo for several years and has given me a door into a world that I might have known nothing about. He lived in a teensy tiny apartment and described his daily life and the richness, if not in space, […]
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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…