Father’s Day’s A-Coming
No time to write a full-fledged review (though I plan to next week, after I return from BlogHer Food), but today is the on-sale date for a book I’ve been enjoying immensely, edited by John Donohue of Stay at Stove Dad. It’s called Man with a Pan. Man with a Pan is a collection of ...Keep Reading
I Just Gave Birth, Then Sent the Baby Away
My hands are shaking. I just hit “send” on an email, which is not normally cause for excitement. But this email was to my book editor, and it contained the final draft of Parents Need to Eat Too. That’s right, my cookbook is written. There will be tweaks, I’m sure, but the actual oh-god-how-shall-I-put-this work ...Keep Reading
Williamsburg & Greenpoint Readers: Space Still Available in a Cool New CSA
I love the idea of a CSA. That’s Community Supported Agriculture, when individuals buy shares in a farm’s upcoming harvest. The notion is that you support the farmer financially before the selling season starts, and because you’re taking a bit of a risk (farmers never know how that harvest is going to turn out until ...Keep Reading
Newsflash: Bribe Your Kids and They’ll Eat Vegetables
So says a recent study, in which children aged four to six were offered small rewards for eating a vegetable they’d said they didn’t like. After three months, when the rewards were no longer being offered, most of those kids still voluntarily ate the vegetable in question. Children who’d received no incentive, for the most ...Keep Reading






