Back-to-school season means back-to-lunchbox season. For most of us that also involves scrambling around to find healthful things that our children love to eat and that are reasonably easy to make. Last week a friend asked me what she could send to school with her daughter. Since her daughter has nut allergies and because of […]
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My grandmother, a health foodie well before it was en vogue, made yogurt at home back in the 1950’s. She had to send away for the culture since there was no yogurt for miles around the rural New Mexican town where she lived. When I was a child and she was helping raise me, she […]
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Last summer, a super delicious tartine , or open-faced sandwich, appeared at one of my neighborhood haunts, Le Pain Quotidien. The salty-sweet flavors it involved-roasted peaches, prosciutto di parma, parmesan cheese and steamed asparagus-kept me lusting after it through the season and hoping that it would reappear this summer. No dice! Finally, […]
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When I first suggested making these chocolate zucchini muffins to Mira yesterday, I was met with a real pondering look. “OK,” she said slowly, “But I get to have one all by myself.” Well, sure. After the muffins were measured, mixed, cupped, baked, and cooled, I set Mira’s one self-muffin out for her […]
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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…