One of the most popular cooking class series that we teach is called Recipes from Books and Movies. In honor of my friend Amy, who recently came to town compliments of Bush’s Beans, I thought I’d share this class favorite.
Step on the Gas Baked Beans
Cars, by Pixar
Almost every time I make beans with my [...]
When people learn that I own a cooking school for children, they almost always say, “Oh, you are a chef.” And I always jump in and correct them, “No, I am a teacher.” To me, chefs are artists – creative people who get inspired by raw materials (forgive the pun) and transform them into [...]
One of my favorite parts of doing cooking parties for children is collaborating on the menu. Often, families start the discussion by referring to the Sample Menu page on my website. I usually jump in and remind them that those are only some ideas from successful parties in the past – and that I am [...]
When I was teaching cooking camp last summer, I explained to the kids that although they didn’t need to actually enjoy all of the food we made, they weren’t allowed to talk smack about it. You know how kids are – they are easily swayed by other people’s opinions. And I didn’t want one naysayer [...]
As my friends on Twitter pointed out today, I have a GREAT job! It was a nice change from the usual comments I get about teaching children how to cook. They usually say how crazy brave I must be for cooking with kids. Yes, it can be hectic. And loud. And messy. But it is [...]
The first session of my Mommy & Me cooking classes is over, and won’t resume until after the holidays. In the meantime, though, I thought I’d share our most recent class with you. With the recent swine flu epidemic, most of my students stayed home – but my favorite little guy showed up, and we [...]
Each week, my mommy & me cooking class has been cooking and eating our way through the alphabet. Last week’s class was the letter D. Take a look at these photos and see if you can guess what we made…
“D” is for…Deviled Egg
Ingredients
1 dozen eggs
2 teaspoons dijon mustard
1/3 cup mayonnaise
Salt and pepper, to taste
Paprika, for [...]
