Kids Cuisine

When we were out shopping at the toy store recently, this cookbook for kids caught my eye, and I simply had to purchase it.  he concept seemed absoluely adorable — I wondered why no one thought of this before!  Cook It Up In A Cup! by Julia Myall is a little cookbook that comes with […]

During one of my recent Tasty Tidbits Cooking Classes, parents asked me how to get their kids to eat less carbs and more veggies.  My mom and I created a fun, easy to assemble snack (or lunch or dinner) that kids can have fun preparing as well as eating.  I asked my students if they […]

With summertime finally in full swing, sometimes that means you have a bit more time to spend in the kitchen with your kids. I know in our house, it means my son and I have, at the very least, a standing baking date once a week.
In the current issue of People magazine, writer Allison Adato […]

I love living in the SF Bay Area.  In addition to the wonderful natural resources we have here, there are also a plethora of wonderful speaking engagements to attend.  In the past year, I have seen Mollie Katzen, Ellie Krieger, Marion Nestle and Jacques Pepin speak.  This week, I was able to see Michael Pollan, […]

The thing that appeals most to me about fresh peaches is their smell. To me, a fresh, ripe peach is one of the definitive smells of summer (along with sea air, sunblock, the leaves of tomato plants, freshly cut grass, and fried dough).
When peaches appear at my farmstand market, the entire aisle they sit in is perfumed […]

My children think they love s’mores.  I know I love s’mores — those warm, toasty marshmallows, sandwiched between two graham cracker squares, and oh, the oozing milk chocolate from the heat of the marshmallow… it’s pure heaven, I tell you.  Every year when it’s time to go camping, my children clamor for the s’mores. Eagerly […]

This summer has been a kid-filled summer. Now, I adore kids; however, I don’t have a desire to have any of my own.  Nonetheless, I have been spending time with a friend and his three and four-year olds who are visiting for the summer.
Toddlers?  Phew!  No one told me.  Middle schoolers/mini teens, I am good.  I […]

In deciding to research the nutritional information for chain restaurant children’s meals, I came across an even more startling finding than I expected. Sure, there are some children’s meals that have a shocking amount of fat or calories. Worse yet, though, there are some children’s meals that are a complete mystery. That’s because some restaurants […]

A few years ago, my husband and I took a cooking class together at one of the better Italian restaurants in D.C., Galileo. Under the capable instruction of Chef Roberto Donna, we learned how to craft the perfect risotto. I also learned a few other important kitchen tips, namely 1) Restaurant kitchens are VERY hot […]

Did you ever have one of those moments where your child asked to make something that didn’t sound too appealing?  Then you look at her recipe and determine that it’s not likely something that you’d enjoy eating either, but the look on her face and the insistence wins you over.  That was the case yesterday […]