Being able to get out to the park early and stay out most of the day is key right about now. We love to spend our time luxuriating in the sunshine, sliding and running and bicycling around our neighborhood. That doesn’t leave much time for elaborate recipes. To maximize our time, we threw together this […]
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My Southern friends will roll their eyes. My Southern ancestors will roll in their graves, but this cornbread is, well, worth breaking the rules. You see in the South, adding even a dash of sugar to your cornbread is considered an offense and presents you, clear as day, as a Yankee. If they have good […]
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Our friends Ben and Jamie came over to make Chapati yesterday. New York has been damp-and even what I would describe as dank-off and on for days, so a big warm plate of buttery chapati served with our favorite simple dhal sounded like the perfect lunch. Mama Jamie described her time in Asia and her […]
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We had a very special Birthday Boy in our class on Wednesday. Mister Thomas turned 4! Thomas and I go way back-we’ve known each other since he was in the womb, and I was teaching his mommy downward facing dogs. Clearly we needed to have a good treat for him for such a huge occasion. […]
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Ok, Bunnies, with Easter coming up in a couple of weeks and Springtime celebrations going on all around, it seemed like we all needed a healthful but luscious sort of treat. Working with the theme: eggs, fertility, growth, bunnies…ah, bunnies. Yes. A spread that I used to eat all the time at Angelica Kitchen in […]
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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…