Kids Cuisine

Every summer our family disappears for at least one family camping vacation.  We vanish from civilization for an entire week, calling the remote woods of Wisconsin home for a few days.  One of our favorite activities while camping is, of course, eating.  This year, as we prepare to hit the woods, I’ve been on the […]

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 […]

My kids always used to beg me to buy the coconut-crusted date rolls in the grocery store, and when they have them available in the bulk bins, and I can just pick one or two, I would comply.  But at $8 a pound, I knew I could do better!  Apparently, these are also called “Sugarplums” […]

I enjoy reading food-related news online and in my daily paper.  Restaurant reviews, recipes, the entire “Dining Out/In” section of the New York Times - these things really make me happy.  I love food!  I love reading about it, writing about it, cooking it, and sharing it with others.  Food is about nurturing, sharing, and […]

My first experience with school lunch was a concoction called the flying saucer: bologna topped with a scoop of instant mashed potatoes and smothered with yellow processed cheese. Yum! At the time, I was beside myself with joy. That first taste of processed goodness was like an introduction to the world outside my home, of […]

I am the proud mother of two children in preschool.  It’s an exciting feeling -– seeing them both march up the little steps to school in the morning.  I’ve been waiting for this day since, oh, about a week or two after they were born.
As excited as I am about this new milestone, I’ve realized […]

Laptop Lunches  are reusable lunch box arrangements that use separate sections to keep lunches portions separate and fresh. Made from FDA-approved food-grade plastic, the supplies come with a lunchbox case, 5 dividers, a tiny container for dressing or dips, cutlery, a 12-ounce beverage bottle and a user’s guide that includes a decent amount of nutrition […]

In my day, bringing a lunchbox to school was a perfectly acceptable way of highlighting your personal taste in cartoon characters, superheroes, or sports teams.  From about kindergarten to third grade, most of us carted around a lunchbox which we proudly (or not) pulled out at midday.  Mine was Snoopy.  It was a plastic, dog-house […]

At this moment, there are three types of bread lying on my kitchen counter: a French baguette, a honey challah, and a rustic sourdough. All of which are homemade. There are eleven jars of peanut butter in my cupboard, in an amazing array of flavors and textures. There are hard-boiled eggs for egg salad, and […]

It seems like one day you’re picking out a Spiderman lunch box, and the next your newly minted teen is asserting his preference for starvation over your homemade lunch. He’d rather eat something awash in radioactive-orange cheez-flavored pixie dust than something you lovingly prepared with your own hands.
Don’t believe me? I’m guessing you either don’t […]