Kids Cuisine

…Continued from episode 1
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 […]

I admit it — I am a sucker for puns. I get a little chuckle when I see a beauty parlor called “Curl Up and Dye” or a yarn store called “Knit Knack.” So when I read about a new food company called Peas of Mind, I was excited to learn more.
Peas of Mind makes […]

Kids just love tea parties and what better way to play, than with a real brewed tea made just for them? Republic of Tea has introduced a fruity caffeine-free tea for kids of all ages. Best yet, they contribute a portion of the sales to an honorable children’s cause.
The Panda Berry Tea […]

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, […]

One of the resolutions I’ve made this year is to make more of an effort to eat things that I’ve stocked in the pantry. That may not seem like much of a resolution to most people, but I have a fantastic habit of stocking the pantry and then letting it all languish. It […]

Since I teach cooking classes for children, people ask me all the time about what their kids can really do in the kitchen. They find it hard to believe that their toddler can actually help, without causing chaos. When I do workshops for mothers’ groups or schools on Family Mealtimes or Cooking with Kids, I […]

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 […]

I always love finding ways to actually get my 4-year-old daughter, who just recently proclaimed to me, “I don’t like vegetables,” to willingly choose to eat vegetables. It’s always hit or miss. Some days she loves one type of veggie, then hates it the next day.
Yesterday, she actually was eager to put vegetables on a […]

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 […]