Naptime Simple Tips: Fun & Essential Tips for Your Kitchen

A few weeks ago Jennifer at Savor The Thyme and I started talking about teaming up for a fun Valentine’s Day event based on the idea that ‘Food is Love.’ We thought it would be great to see how everyone shows their love to families through food on this particular holiday. What do you make […]

My Day So Far: Morning at the Children’s Museum, mailed baby gifts to friends in DC for their new baby boy (congrats Kristina and Noah!) Naptime Goals: Catch up emails, blog posts and write business plan for 2010! Tonight’s Meal: Rigatoni tossed with homemade ragu thawed from the freezer. I am baking Pain D’Epice after […]

My Day So Far: Driving up to Cooperstown for tomorrow’s appearance on “Bridge Street.” Crazy excited (and nervous!) Naptime Goals: Arrive in Cooperstown, bake brownies for tomorrow’s show, make sure I have all ingredients prepared. Tonight’s Meal: Mom’s cooking tonight, I am too nervous about tomorrow to cook! Parenting Lesson of the Day: Kiddo + […]

Becoming a parent requires developing a new sensibility about home cooking. Nothing throws a wrench into a family’s food life like the birth of a baby. Gone are the long hours of free time available for “project cooking” and making homemade puff pastry. Once a child arrives we, the parents, are forced – often under […]

My Day So Far: Manic Thursday! Visited Macy’s Santa-land (can’t help it, I promised my daughter!), picked up gift packaging materials, bakery for fresh baguettes. Naptime Goals: Finish Peppermint Bark and assemble gift bags, laundry, book sitter for date night. Tonight’s Meal: Paprika Pork Stew I made last night – it always tastes better the […]

With the northeastern farmers’ markets in full-swing I thought I would stop in today with a quick tidbit about vegetable roasting. At this time of year there are dozens and dozens of amazing vegetable recipes at our fingertips. Everywhere I look I am inspired by wonderful ideas for exciting new preparations. But, sometimes I just […]

I am five days into my Martha’s Vineyard beach vacation and am very relaxed. After less than a week, the stress of Manhattan life has completely faded from my memory. Or, maybe that is just the Dark & Stormy’s talking. Either way, I crave the simpler life in the summer. I am happy to trade […]

Spoiler Alert: Stay tuned tomorrow when I will be revealing the details of The Naptime Chef’s exciting extracurricular summer project, “The Naptime Chef Great Ice-Cream Festival of 2009.” I am such a devoted lover of brownies, that, I swear, if someone sewed a brownie on a flag I would hang it on my front porch […]