Kids Cuisine

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 […]

At our local elementary school, we recently began a program called Cancel-A-Car that encourages families to take action at home to offset carbon emissions from cars. After the school-wide launch assembly, where a mama polar bear and her cub discover that their home is melting, the kids were excited to learn what they could to […]

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 […]

Nick Jr. magazine recently highlighted a few cookbooks that are perfect for your little kitchen helpers.  With the holidays coming at us fast and furious, one of these might be the perfect little gift for your budding cooks.
Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook.  These off-the-wall, madcap edibles are pulled from the pages of Seuss favorites.  From […]

It was my 3-and-a-half year old son who suggested spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and it was my newly-crowned 7-year-old who suggested we use the recipe from her new cookbook for dinner. I wasn’t about to argue when the two of them agreed on something for dinner and appeared to be willing helpers.
The cookbook was […]

Some of my daughter’s first finger foods included fresh-baked French baguettes and fresh produce from the Cours Selaya market in Nice. Her first ice cream was a dreamy dark chocolate Berthillon, a type of ice cream that can only be found on one small island in Paris. Some of her first restaurant meals were at […]

I just got back from seeing Pixar’s latest release, Ratatouille, with my kids and three of their friends. The consensus shouldn’t surprise you, given all the positive press the film has garnered already: They loved it. Like “Toy Story” and “The Incredibles,” this film works because it has a kids’ level that amuses and an […]

Food is always more fun if you are able to help create it, and it usually tastes better too. That’s why, for me, Cold Stone is better than Baskin-Robbins — making my own flavor just tops selecting from 31 of theirs.
Even if you are unlucky enough not to live near a Cold Stone (and once […]

Even as a grown-up, I’m a big fan of Dr. Seuss.  I still think “Oh, the Places You Go” is a great “career path” book, and The Cat in the Hat is right up there.
That’s why when I saw the semi-new Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook, I found it a little hard to resist.  I mean, […]