Kids Cuisine

If your family is like ours, you have been to more gymnastics birthday parties than you can count.  And when it is time to think of a party for our own kids, it is easy to fall back on the familiar.  Consider trying something different and perhaps less expensive.  What about a birthday party where […]

Does this sound familiar:  “How much more do I have to eat before I can have dessert?”  If so, you are not alone.  In fact, we started hearing this so often at our table that we decided to stop serving dessert every night.  Dessert was becoming such a powerful incentive to eat their “growing food” […]

We would love to introduce our new family of chickens — Curry, Soup, Kung Pao and Butterfly (yes, as in “butterflied”) and Oreo, for dessert.  My daughter is quite creative with our culinary angle on naming the flock…
We are very excited that we will have our own recycling system right in our own back yard:  […]

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 […]

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!
If […]

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…
In the […]

It is so much fun when companies send me delicious food to taste and review!  Getting the box filled with adorable POM Pomegranate juice bottles was no exception.  Not only do my children love to drink the juice, both straight and mixed into sparking water, but they were also game to try smoothie and dinner […]

It was such an honor to be invited to interview Tyler Florence, author and celebrity chef of Food Network’s Food 911, How to Boil Water, and Tyler’s Ultimate. As a working parent concerned with feeding my family well, it was only natural for me to ask Tyler about how a busy man like himself is […]

You have spent a long day on the slopes and have worked up an appetite.   Stumbling into the lodge, you find it hard to resist the scent of french fries and hot cocoa.  After all, what could be better than a warm high-energy snack after a day of strenuous exercise?
While some of the foods you […]

Many schools have started to implement wellness policies and no longer allow sweets to be shared at school.  While many people are in mourning over this decision, others rejoice.  After all, school IS a place for learning, which can be difficult to accomplish on a sugar high.
In the meantime, Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, […]