It takes a village
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Jun 2nd, 2009
I am a big fan of Steve Parker’s stand at the Central Square farmer’s market and was so glad to see him there yesterday (last year he didn’t start coming to Central until later in the season). He was there yesterday with all kinds of early spring goodies - radishes, white turnips, spinach, chard - […]
Posted in Children: Health, Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Classes, Grown-Ups: Health, Grown-Ups: Recipes on May 20th, 2009
During my daughter’s first year of nursery school my lovely one year old son was still waking up a lot at night. Nursing had ended easily at 14 months, but despite my best efforts, he still woke up looking for me (and of course it was only me that would do - Daddy was sent […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on May 14th, 2009
Three o’clock many afternoons will find me in a distracted state - children have been collected from school, there is some sort of playdate supervising or extra curricular chaperoning or TV privilege negotiating going on in the foreground, and in the background I am spinning my mental wheels, trying to come up with a recipe […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Mar 23rd, 2009
Two posts in a row about dessert….Hmm.
My (nearly) six year old daughter’s defining personality trait may well be her stubborn devotion to a good idea. A bit of a cosmic joke to send such a daughter to a middle-child mother - but that’s what makes life interesting I suppose. Yesterday she was frothy and frenzied, […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Mar 18th, 2009
Lately I feel like anything that gets added to my kitchen repertoire comes with a big dose of “Well, duh,” as I finally get around to making something really simple that, as it happens, you can make from scratch in the time it would take to defrost or heat up the packaged version. It probably […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Jan 9th, 2009
Until a couple of weeks ago, kale was one of those things I felt like I couldn’t really put across at home the way I had had it in restaurants. Braising and sauteing never quite matched my expectations….putting it in the soup was fine, but only used up a few leaves, and rest would languish […]
Posted in Children: Entertainment, Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Sep 30th, 2008
We are nearing the end of the Pick-Your-Own season, and although blueberries and raspberries are lovely, my favorite season is this one: apples, pumpkins, pears, crunchy leaves and gorgeous colors everywhere! And then there’s the food that follows… As I write this post, I am snacking on warm apple crisp with hot coffee. What […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Apr 7th, 2008
I plucked this recipe from my FAVORITE cookbook in the world. No, it’s a William Sonama, or by some cute young British chef. It is from the Denver Junior League, and it is called Colorado Collage. Buy it, and you will never regret it because every single recipe is delicious and easy! And, you […]
Posted in Children: Recipes on Mar 8th, 2008
When I was growing up my mom’s mantra was: “Eat it and like it.” It always annoyed me because while she could make me eat it… next we would invariably move into the “well send it to India then” portion of the conversation.
As a result of all this I’m pretty loose about food. I […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 29th, 2008
The ubiquitous banana bread. There it is: at every potluck, every play date, and every breakfast party. But many of these banana breads come from a box. Don’t get me wrong, I was raised on boxed everything, and they are great in a pinch, but they don’t come close to the flavor or […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 5th, 2008
Warning: I plan on memorializing some recipes on this blog. Not that I’m any chef, mind you, but in my early years of parenting, I did obsess over healthy food a bit. Boo gets Sunshine’s dregs, and Baby is in for frozen foods all the way, I’m certain. At least one child got it good.But […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 2nd, 2008
First of all, let me apologize to any Italians, or Italian Americans reading this. I have tried your version of baked ziti (at a restaurant) and, though delicious, there is no way I’m cooking five different kinds of meat and making three different sauces for dinner tonight…or ever. Moreover, my kids would never […]
