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 […]

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 […]

Recently I was asked by my daughter if I could buy her a new cookbook.  I asked her what kind of cookbook she wanted, and her reply was “one for kids, Mom!” So I spent some time looking around for a new cookbook that we hadn’t discovered yet, and I found a gem written by […]

On my blog, I wrote about an email I received from Lindsay at Fleishman-Hillard.  She thought I might enjoy a new cookbook from the California Table Grape Commission, Green Black Red: Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes  (Chronicle Books 2008). She wrote, “In it [the book], readers learn how to turn this kitchen staple into an […]

This weekend, we made one of my daughter’s favorite recipes. It wasn’t something fancy or elaborate, and it didn’t even have chocolate or sugar listed as an ingredient. It was simply Sunny Scrambled Eggs via the fabulous Mom and Me Cookbook.
As much as I think it’s fun to try unique dishes, for a 5-year-old a […]

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 […]

I recently grabbed a copy of, “Toddler Meals: Lifesaving Recipes and Advice for Making Fun, Nutritious Food,” in search of some new ideas for feeding my toddlers. Sometimes it can seem like they get just a little too much banana and cubed cheese.
Between picky tendencies of toddlers, looking for food that is healthy but acceptable, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Creperies in France are popular little spots; they draw the young as easily as they entice the old. They are unique places where the sweet smell of sugar and savory taste of meat intermingle and satisfy the most finicky of palates. Most creperies are fashioned like little restaurants, specializing in dessert crepes as well as […]