Ok. Confession: I have been craving Indian food almost since the beginning of this pregnancy and totally bent our cooking class to my whims this week! Even in the throes of my worst morning sickness, Chicken Tikka Masala with a side of fresh spinach was one of the only things I could even consider eating. […]
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Happy New Year, Yummies! When we left New York City a couple of weeks ago to go visit my family in California, I planned on just taking a few days’ break from blogging. It seems that I was more exhausted than I even knew. The beginning of this pregnancy, with its extreme nausea, had taken […]
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In her kindergarten class, my daughter and her friends are studying snails. They have become little experts on whorls (the swirl on a snail’s shell) and just about every other detail of snail living, and to celebrate, I got to spend an afternoon with them at school making a holiday take on lumace, snail pastries. […]
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When the mamas and the mini-chefs walked into our apartment this week, everyone looked a little exhausted. There was a cannon of coughs and sneezes and even yawns. It is the time of year when we get a little run down from too much partying, too many obligations (even when they are fun obligations), and […]
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Our big cooking class is really beginning to find its groove. This strata has many (easy) steps, and the mini-chefs seemed to each have his or her role secured in bringing it together. The older ones helped the younger ones, and the younger ones generally smiled big smiles when they got their turn to do […]
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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…