Kids Cuisine

This week while we were out grocery shopping, my son suddenly dashed away from me and made a beeline toward a check-out several feet away. I ordered him to stop, and he did, but then he continued on until he arrived at the checkout stand where the usual display of magazines were there to tempt […]

When I was in elementary school I was the kid with the whole-wheat sandwich and all natural real-fruit rolls. These days it’s a lot more common to see tofurkey wraps in elementary school cafeterias, and I think I can safely assume that not as many kids are getting made fun of for not having […]

Last week at the grocery store I was perusing the yogurt selections for my kids when a new product caught my eye.  They were attractively packaged, and looked like very small yogurt cups.  The label called it a “dairy snack” and assured me that  there were no artificial colors, flavors or high fructose corn syrup.  […]

My family eats a lot of cereal. So much, in fact, that I don’t even dust the top of the fridge - it’s covered by a protective shield of cereal boxes. There’s just four of us, and no, we don’t eat our breakfast out of washtubs, shoveling it in with ladles. But cereal is a big part […]

I saw an SUV pass by while running errands and noticed the Yummy Spoonfuls logo and website on its door. It had a cute name, so I wrote it down and decided to check it out when I got to a computer.
We all know how important it is that we pay attention to what our […]

I love living in the SF Bay Area.  In addition to the wonderful natural resources we have here, there are also a plethora of wonderful speaking engagements to attend.  In the past year, I have seen Mollie Katzen, Ellie Krieger, Marion Nestle and Jacques Pepin speak.  This week, I was able to see Michael Pollan, […]

I swore I’d never be one of those moms who caves to the whining in the cereal aisle. I don’t care if the sugar-sweet, brightly-colored cereals are on my child’s eye level, beckoning to her with a toucan’s song. I will not succumb to the blatant marketing aimed at small children, and I most certainly […]

It’s always nice when you can find a kids’ snack food that has the enticement of bad food, but isn’t actually all that bad. The new Nabisco Teddy Graham Trail Mix is fun for kids (especially toddlers who haven’t had any nuts yet).
There are two types, a Bears and Bees mix and a Bears 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 […]