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 recently discovered a cooking show that is new to me, and I am so happy that I did. Jamie at Home is a fantastic show, featuring Jamie Oliver, a very well known chef in England who has been instrumental at improving the school lunch program there. He is a rustic chef, who [...]
I was excited tonight when I discovered a website called Is My Blog Burning?. It is a blog that tracks food events from across the world. Each month, blogs sponsor food-challenges and later compile all of the results and feedback that they receive. It is inspiring and exciting - sort of like [...]
Since I teach cooking classes for children, people ask me all the time about what their kids can really do in the kitchen. They find it hard to believe that their toddler can actually help, without causing chaos. When I do workshops for mother’s groups or schools on Family Mealtimes or Cooking with [...]
Our friends at The Great Big Vegetable Challenge have graduated to the letter “Q.” Because of the shortage of “Q” veggies, she is compiling a list of Quick recipes that can be prepared in 10 minutes or less. We have decided to contribute this recipe…Couscous cooks in only 5 minutes, which makes it [...]
The Book Passage, a local independently owned book store, puts on an amazing series called Cooks with Books. They are usually held at the outstanding Left Bank Restaurant in Larkspur, California. The meal is prepared under the supervision of the author/chef, who discusses his or her cooking ideas with the guests during the [...]
