I can hardly contain my excitement! I am inspired to get my family and students fired up to use food and cooking for the greater good.
My sister has been volunteering for Share Our Strength, a national organization that weaves together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to make sure no kids [...]
Spring is in the air and I am already excited for the sweet and juicy tomatoes that summer will bring. Now that we are getting settled into our new home, I can make some time to wander through our yard, seeking patches of earth that receive abundant sunlight. I hope that I can turn these [...]
In honor of Earth Day, I held a special cooking class for 8 and 9 year olds in which we discussed sustainability, the benefits of organics and what it means for our food to travel from farm to table. The kids were surprised to learn that many of the fruits found in our local Whole [...]
When I found this article on Culinate, I knew that I was in love. So eloquently put, I had to share directly with you. For more inspiring articles, recipes and opinions, please stop by and take a look.
Too many options, too much junk food, By Kim Carlson
Recently I attended a meeting with fellow [...]
Last night, as I was settling onto the sofa to watch home improvement shows (we are moving soon), the phone rang. The voice on the other end asked me if I could bake something to sell during the intermission of the play that my kids are in tonight. Okay, okay…there were better things [...]
Our our family’s recent trip to Panama and Costa Rica, my children loved tasting tropical fruits that they hadn’t seen before. It got me thinking about how eager kids can be to taste foods that are sweet and those that are similar to foods they already like. Fruits there come in fantastic [...]
I caught myself doing something today that I hear other people talking about all of the time - Stress Eating! It’s not that I have never done it before, I just never noticed. My hand was in mid-air, filled with organic blue tortilla chips from Trader Joe’s, heading towards some green salsa…I could [...]
