Kids Cuisine

Naked in the kitchen?  Yes, I know that’s not sanitary…  (Although it does remind me college ornithology field trip where one guy cooked only in an apron — but that is another story…)  I don’t mean naked, in the sense of missing clothing.  Naked — as in pure, as nature intended — and in this […]

There is a pretty good possibility that I will become temporary guardian of a 13-year-old boy at the end of the school year.  Single, independent woman to single mom of a teen in 2.2 seconds.  Yikes!  He’s extremely athletic, so I want to make sure of is that he eats healthy, expands his palate, and gets all the […]

Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Michelle Stern! Her business, What’s Cooking, was featured in Parents magazine!
Parents Magazine listed What’s Cooking as a great source for Kids’ Cooking Gear!  Their article featured “Whiskie,” a whimsical whisk designed for little hands.  The handle is shaped like an egg, and is hard to resist, even for adult chefs!
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Last night was one of those nights when I just knew that dinner as a whole was going to be a bust with my kids.  There wasn’t anything fancy or spicy, but there wasn’t any one component that they were really going to be happy about.  I made fish, which already isn’t their favorite.  They’ll […]

Any parent who says they don’t occasionally, maybe-just-a-little-bit, miss their former child-free lives is lying.  You can quote me on that.  The honest ones just admit it with a wistful shrug and get back to the business of parenting.  The self righteous ones can deal with it in therapy down the road, I guess.
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According to a recent study in The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (summarized here) picky eating habits (and the poor nutritional choices that often result) are directly correlated to frequency of communal family meals.  To clarify, the study seems to equate “pickiness” with “unhealthy eating behavior,” when in actuality, they aren’t always the same.  […]

My grandfather died last week, and the emotions and recovery have consumed me more than I could have imagined.  While I have been physically gone from the blogging world for awhile, I have been assembling a long list of blog topics to write about in the next few weeks. So, let’s get back at it…
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It’s always exciting to receive a package from Williams-Sonoma.  Receiving the package with a card inside from my two small nieces is extra special.  “Happy Birthday, Auntie Christina!”
And a happy day it was.  In my birthday parcel sat the Williams-Sonoma cookbook, Desserts: New Healthy Kitchen Series and Daisy Crown Cupcake Pan.  While I am still […]

Once upon a time, during the 1950’s to be specific, homemakers came up with the brilliant idea of adding 7-Up to homemade cake recipes.  The science behind the idea seems to indicate that adding soda, with all that carbonation, would add lightness and air to a cake.  The idea makes sense to me, and a […]

Make family night an opportunity for good conversation, good company, and good snacks.  Where do you start?  Pick a night of the week everyone is home, grab a movie or choose the family’s favorite television show, some popcorn, and “fixin’s”. Fixin’s? That’s what I thought when I looked at the page torn-out of Better Homes […]