Kids Cuisine

Guest authors for this post are nationally recognized experts on children’s health, Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP. Both are pediatricians, parents, and award-winning authors whose most recent book is Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor and a Bottle of Ketchup (American Academy of Pediatrics, […]

Funny how it’s the little things you are proud of. We were eating dinner out, pizza, for the Kiddo’s birthday. One pizza had meatballs on it. The waitress asks us if we like our dinner. The Kiddo tries a meatball, picks at the pizza, and looks at the waitress and says, “These meatballs aren’t like […]

I’ve had my child cooking with me since she was two, and even before then she was hanging out in a backpack watching over my shoulder as I prepared meals. No surprise that she loves to help cook and even asks to watch me cook, pushing over a dining chair to stand on herself. It’s […]

In their book, Food Fights, Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, take on all the most common food questions of parents and even a few questions I never thought to ask, such as how to eat well while traveling. The writing tone is anything but what you would expect from a […]

At the moment, my head (and stomach) have given over to the dance of the sugar plums. And the sugar cookies, and eggnog, and hot chocolate. Come New Year’s, however, I’ll be hearing a different tune. Most likely, it will be something peppy with an aerobic instructor shouting over the top of it. I will […]

I ran into Charlotte Hume the same way that I have met many amazing people, our mutual blogs. One visit to her site, The Great Big Vegetable Challenge, and I was in love with her tenacity and humor and her approach to getting her picky son to eat vegetables.
Indeed, the whole project began over a […]

Every six years, the Center for Disease Control conducts a survey of the status of school nutrition and wellness. Given that legislation passed in 2004 mandated the development and activation of nutrition and wellness programs in every school by the year 2006, it’s not a surprise that some improvements were made.
According to the survey, called […]

Editor’s note: Welcome to our newest contributor Beth Bader! Check out her info in the bio section, and please go visit her blog.

(Cupcake originally uploaded by expatkitchen)
As far as the whole kid vs. vegetable thing goes, I play it pretty straight — no tricks. Yes, every lunch and dinner plate I serve has a vegetable […]