Kids Cuisine

OK, so some mothers like to get a break from cooking for Mother’s Day. But I actually wanted to make something fun. To me, it is a treat to be in the kitchen, at least to create something just for fun and not because three kids are screaming how hungry they are.
This afternoon, my daughter […]

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 […]

It’s certainly lots of fun decorating Easter eggs, and they sure are pretty. The kids have a great time, and you really can’t tell them there will be no Easter egg decorating.
Then the days following Easter happen, and I stare at those eggs. They sit there, perky and bright, taunting me. I vow they will […]

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, […]

Did you know that Mardi Gras is less than 2 weeks away?  I always forget about this celebration until the last minute. I guess it doesn’t help that the date moves each year.
Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” celebrates the last day before the season of lent. During Lent, many Christians give up certain foods or […]

As soon as our five-year-old son, Nicholas, sees me in the kitchen, he comes tearing over, dragging the stepstool with him, asking what he can do to help. So it’s no wonder that as soon as I saw these kid-friendly personalized aprons in the hot-off-the-presses Williams-Sonoma catalog, did I tag the page to order […]

When it comes time to do the holiday baking, often times I’m at a loss for ways to let my children help me in the kitchen. Any cookie that require sprinkles usually gets their attention, but other than that, they quickly lose interest in rolling and cutting, or dropping dough onto sheets before baking. […]

I knew before we even started that it would end badly, but I thought the kids would have a lot of fun making a gingerbread house. I was right on both points.
When we went shopping a couple weeks ago, my daughter spotted a gingerbread house kit and, oh, she wanted it. It sounded like a […]

Kids Cuisine writer Michelle Stern and her two children appeared on View From The Bay, a SF Bay Area television show, on November 28 to do a demonstration on how to create delicious and beautiful Holiday Gifts From the Kitchen.
Michelle’s kids, ages 5 and 7, layered the dry ingredients to make chili and pumpkin […]

We had a Progressive Dinner recently, and when I spied a recipe for Monster Eyes, I thought it would be the perfect addition to the menu for the kids. Tasty and easy to make, this is a good recipe to get kids in the kitchen as the steps are basic… mixing, rolling, baking.
A few […]