A couple of years ago, a friend from Zimbabwe mentioned that they love to eat peanut butter and pumpkin there ground together in a sort of mush or puree. Loving both of those ingredients, I kept the idea of that mixture in my back pocket until this Fall. Peanut butter, while maligned now, was one […]
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Happy October, Yummies! Happy Fall! and Happy Soup Season! This week in class we cooked a soup and sandwich (Croque Monsieurs a la Yummy which we will share next week) combo, and we chose to celebrate the very end of tomato season with some local heirloom tomatoes cooked into a classic favorite, Cream of Tomato […]
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A kitchen full of mini-chefs with freshly washed hands and faces beaming with concentration began to butter the tortillas for these chalupas, my mother Charlotte’s recipe to which I have made a few minor adjustments. They were nearly all happy to see the beans, and they were all happy to see the rice as we […]
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Over the weekend, I catered a Top Chef-themed birthday party for one of the neighborhood mini-chefs. To help me prep for the big party, a few friends crowded into the TYM kitchen to help. While brainstorming dishes for the party, there were a few obstacles (a la Top Chef???) on my radar. First and foremost, […]
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Back in March, Jane of the Spain Daily blog, shared a recipe for the delicious looking yogurt cake in one of her posts. She serves it as a companion to her coffee. Yum. It seemed like such an easy thing to whip up. And, since we had never had a yogurt cake, I was curious […]
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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…