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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The asparagus has been showing itself in our greenmarkets for the past couple of weeks. This is a quick way to get it to your table and into your Yummy’s tummy. Roasting the asparagus enhances its sweetness though, for an even quicker version, we sometimes just steam the asparagus. A little miso dressing balances the […]
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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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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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We’ve been looking forward to this day for months (okay, years) now, so we made a very special snack in honor of our new president. We used this recipe from our friends Alison, Dan, and Meredith over at Alison’s Lunch, changed the recipe a tiny bit to use up what we had on hand, and […]
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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…