In honor of World Food Day, ABC News’ Million Moms Challenge asked me to write a piece that helps parents relate to the meaning of World Food Day and day-to-day concerns for their own families. Here’s the link to the piece: World Food Day and Beyond – 5 Steps to Raising an Adventurous and Healthy…
(Originally posted on Huffington Post Education.) We had been bracing ourselves for the last day of our exchange student “daughter” Lucie’s stay with us. Over the year the five members of our family had each developed inside jokes with her, had favorite things to do, from actually enjoying practicing piano with her, to predicting the…
In honor of last night’s White House State Dinner with President Hu Jintao of China, I defrosted Trader Joe’s Mandarin Orange Chicken and splurged with the Shu Mai dumplings – on a weeknight! Silly? Yes. But certainly less drab and a little more fun than just saying: “we’re defrosting pre-made food from the grocery store.” …
Help Your Kids Develop a Global Palate of Tastes
How do kids navigate a table where sometimes it’s polite to eat with hands only, and other times it’s the height of rude?
