Reader Debbie let me know that Iron Chef Cat Cora and her partner and kids “were featured in this week’s People Magazine talking about their Thanksgiving traditions, and giving tips.” The full article isn’t online, but her grandmother’s mustard recipe is, along with Cat’s recipe for a Pomegranate Balsamic Reduction you can blend in to […]
Thanksgiving is nearly upon us here in the U.S., so I thought it might be fun for us to share some recipes for that or other upcoming holidays. Leave a comment here or post on your own blog and leave the link. Recipes from non-lesbians and non-moms welcome, too. For my own contribution, I’ll offer
It’s National School Lunch Week, and I’m glad President Bush has proclaimed it—part of his ongoing commitment to our children’s health. (Yeah, right.) How to celebrate such an occasion? Whip up a batch of “American Chop Suey,” a meat, tomatoes, and macaroni mixture I remember from my own tray-carrying days? Throw some canned fruit into
At our local library the other day, I flipped through Kids Cook 1-2-3: Recipes for Young Chefs Using Only 3 Ingredients, but didn’t expect much. I assumed it told how to mix chocolate chips and raisins into a pre-made cake mix and the like. Instead, I was surprised to find recipes from fresh ingredients and
Looking for new recipes to perk up mealtimes? Love to cook and want to connect with others who do, too? Try either or both of these recipe sites/social networks, which promise not only good eating but cameraderie with fellow cooks: Open Source Food, launched this spring, features beautiful photographs and a plethora of recipes from
There’s been some debate lately over whether a vegan diet is good for children. I’ll leave the answer to that in the hands of those with better nutritional expertise than I have. Still, I believe every parent, even those of us who aren’t vegan, should have at least one vegan cake recipe in her or
I was feeling a little butch and a little femme yesterday: Morning: Built forklift for son using wardrobe box, duct tape, and box cutter. I had promised to make him cool things out of boxes after we moved, thinking of houses and castles. He of course decided to test my skills with something more challenging.
I may be the last person in the country to discover the wonders of a safety can opener, which takes off the top of cans without leaving a sharp rim. It was always a point of pride with me that I used a simple Swing-A-Way opener. The Swing-A-Way was classic. It did the job it
I enjoy finding seasonal books for my son, and was pleased to stumble upon John Segal’s Carrot Soup. In it, Rabbit spends many hours planning and cultivating his carrot garden, only to find that the carrots have vanished right before the harvest. He asks his friends Mole, Dog, Cat, and others if they have seen
Preschoolers are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables when the produce comes from their own garden rather than a supermarket, concludes a study by researchers at Saint Louis University. More specifically, preschool children from rural southeast Missouri were more than twice as likely to eat the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables per
