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Category Archives: Food culture
The Post About the Treats
Every year around this time, as people’s thoughts turn to Halloween, I see a lot of questions floating around the internet. What should we do about the candy? Do we let our kids have candy? Why can’t Halloween be done … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Feeding kids, Food culture, Parenting
Tagged baking, cooking, family, feeding kids, food, halloween, holidays, Household organization, kids' health, muffins, parenting, pumpkin, recipes, trick or treating
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Guest Post: Three Canning Recipes From My Sister, D.
Ed. Note: Lately, as I’ve been doing my own series on how to preserve summer produce, I’ve received a lot of questions about canning. I’m not a canning expert and have never tried my hand at it, but my sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food culture
Tagged canning, cooking, family, Farmer's Markets, food, Household organization, meal planning, preserving, recipes
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Preservation: Part Three
TOMATOES. Let’s be honest, kids. We’re all just in this summer produce thing for the tomatoes, right? There’s an unmistakable difference between ANY fresh, in-season produce, and its evil doppelganger, the out-of-season grocery-store version. However, I know I can’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Feeding kids, Food culture, Meal planning
Tagged baking, cooking, family, Farmer's Markets, feeding kids, food, Household organization, kids' health, meal planning, muffins, preserving, recipes
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Lots of Lunch Gear
I want to keep things simple tonight. I know lots of you are already headed into the back to school madness – ack! – and are probably looking for the whats, wheres, whys, and hows of lunch and snacktime. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Feeding kids, Food culture, Lunchbox, Parenting
Tagged amazon.com, back to school, bento, crocodile creek, easylunchboxes, family, feeding kids, first day of school, food, Household organization, kelly lester, kids konserve, kids' health, lunchbots, lunchboxes, meal planning, milestones, parenting, school lunch, school lunches, thermos, Trader Joe's
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Preservation: The Beginning
The other day, I got a slightly anxious message from my best friend, C.: “You need to call me because I am DROWNING IN PRODUCE.” A phone call later, I was able to easily diagnose C.’s problem. She’s suffering from … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Cooking, Feeding kids, Food culture, Meal planning, Parenting
Tagged cooking, family, Farmer's Markets, feeding kids, food, freezer food, greens, herbs, Household organization, kids' health, kitchen tutorial, leftovers, meal planning, New York Times, preserving, recipes, Vegetable Anxiety, veggies
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Bacon Brings Out the Naughty in Me
It’s not often you’ll see me talking about a specific product on this blog. After all, when you’re trying to eat pretty cleanly and in a way that’s accessible to everyone, you’re basically going to end up being more lured … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Feeding kids, Food culture
Tagged bacon, cooking, family, Farmer's Markets, feeding kids, food, holidays, Household organization, kids' health, parenting, party, recipes, snacks, Whole Foods Market
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Houseguests
You know what’s great? Having wonderful houseguests. You know what stinks? Having wonderful houseguests leave. We recently had the pleasure of opening our guest room (read: totally unswanky ½ of a finished attic, in which we plunked two beds) to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food culture, Meal planning
Tagged baking, breakfast, cooking, family, feeding kids, food, guests, Household organization, kitchen tutorial, meal planning, milestones, party, recipes, tyler florence, veggies
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Almost Kindergarten
I bet some of you will be surprised to learn that J. and I took the boys out for dinner – -to an ice-cream place. Okay, so it was Pinkberry…the very Crunchy Hippie Intellectual foodie version of ice cream. But … Continue reading
Posted in Feeding kids, Food culture, Parenting
Tagged back to school, childhood, family, family dinner, feeding kids, food, healthy eating, ice cream, kids, kids' health, kindergarten, memories, milestones, parenting, pinkberry
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Real Food On the Road: Iceland, Baby! (The Finale)
Due to a small photo snafu, I’ve had to wait to deliver this final part of my three-post series on our Icelandic adventure. (If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2, you may want to get up to speed. If … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Cooking, Food culture
Tagged baking, cooking, family, food, holidays, Iceland, kids' health, milestones, vacation
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