Kids’ Food
When we got to Moscow with two kids we were adopting, we met up with my ex-pat cousin and he took them to an American diner burger joint and fed
08/15/14
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Category: Kids or School Food
Snack Counters
I took the girls to the ice skating rink and my daughter asked if she could take $5 to buy a snack. My first thought was, “It’s going to take
08/10/14
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Slow Food USA
Someone forwarded me an email about events going on through Slow Food DC. The Slow Food movement began in Rome, Italy, in the late 1980s after a McDonald’s tried to
07/11/14
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Healthy Kids Act and Asparagus
I decided to find out what happened with the House bill that I reported about (on May 27). This bill would allow schools to opt out of the Healthy, Hunger-Free
06/20/14
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School Breakfast
One day I was at my desk at work and my son’s teacher called to tell me that he stole a cinnamon roll at breakfast. Yes, the lovely Friday free
06/09/14
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How to Plan Meals
Earlier this week my daughter volunteered to make Lo Mein. It’s her favorite thing to order at a Chinese restaurant. She saw a picture of it in a magazine ad
06/06/14
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School Food
I saw in today’s Washington Post that there’s a House measure, supported by Republicans and pushed by food industry lobbyists and some school officials that would allow some districts to
05/27/14
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What came first: French toast or French toast sticks?
Since we had raisins, I tried a cinnamon bread recipe in the bread maker yesterday which did not turn out (surprise!), but I sliced it up for dinner today to
05/12/14
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