Kids Cuisine

I can hardly contain my excitement! I am inspired to get my family and students fired up to use food and cooking for the greater good.
My sister has been volunteering for Share Our Strength, a national organization that weaves together a net of community groups, activists, and food programs to make sure no kids in […]

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Watermelon has always been a favorite in our family. We were amused to discover that it is also a favorite of the white-faced capuchin monkey, who steals it from the visitors to Manuel Antonio Park whenever possible. Sadly, stealing food is simply an opportunistic behavior that these animals have adopted in response […]

It would be easy to say that I should take a break, get out of the kitchen, and do some activities for Earth Day. But the truth is, the kitchen is the perfect place for me to be. It is the heart of our home - the place where we create delicious family meals and […]

My review copy of Michael Recycle landed on my front porch just in time for an afternoon playdate… and ended up being the topic of conversation for the rest of the afternoon. The kids, ages 5 through 8, loved the bold coloring of the fantastic illustrations and found the writing to be hilarious!
Michael Recycle […]

“My Bag and Me” is a new book, released from Penton Kids Press just in time for Earth Day, 2008. Shaped like a grocery bag, this board book is just the thing to get toddlers excited about going green at the market.
This story follows a little boy on a shopping trip with his mother and […]

At our local elementary school, we recently began a program called Cancel-A-Car that encourages families to take action at home to offset carbon emissions from cars. After the school-wide launch assembly, where a mama polar bear and her cub discover that their home is melting, the kids were excited to learn what they could to […]

It happened! Finally! A cookbook for fun, delicious, AND healthy recipes for kids that uses an honest to goodness approach to feeding kids real foods, as they were meant to be. The Toddler Cafe by Jennifer Carden is a breath of fresh air when it comes to the world of kids’ cookbooks.
I own a company […]

Ever since I was invited to become a contributor to KidsCuisine.net, my children have loved their new role as Taste Testers. They wait eagerly by the mailbox to see if samples of fruit or yogurt snacks have arrived. Even when we aren’t reviewing foods for a specific assignment, they ask if I can […]

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To recap… On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60-passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere, who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series […]

On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60 passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series of taste tests with […]