If you like to cook, or if you even just like to eat, hitting the baby food puree stage is…

June 22, 2015

I like to think of 14 to 20 months as the pre-full-blown-toddler stage. At 14 months, Bean could stand steadily…

June 8, 2015

We just got back from a morning at Ocean Beach and I finally decided to figure out what these creatures…

June 5, 2015

This is a question I’ve been asking every parent of a child with food allergies or intolerances, and I’ve found…

June 1, 2015

I think pasta dishes shine when they are simple and take advantage of the best ingredients. Like when you feel…

May 26, 2015

Looking back over the previous year, one thing I’m grateful I stuck to was including Bean in dinner preparation. I…

May 14, 2015

I have cooked for a lot of people, and this is routinely the only dish that people want the recipe for.…

May 7, 2015

A few months ago, I wrote about how we’d had to start implementing Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility at the…

May 5, 2015

Dave has been trying to figure out for years what the equivalent of a nice box of chocolates is for…

May 4, 2015

I hope you all had a lovely week. This turned out to be a fairly low key week for us,…

April 3, 2015

The first few weeks on an elimination diet are daunting. To say the least. Of course, most fresh foods and…

April 2, 2015

Last week, KQED’s Forum hosted a panel of food allergy academics to discuss a new study that shows giving peanuts to…

March 5, 2015

  Our 2015 list continues to grow, now with over 160 fairs and festivals. Just when I think we’ve hit…

February 23, 2015

My search for a carrot muffin eventually led to my realization that most carrot muffins recipes were code for carrot…

February 19, 2015

This recipe is so easy it doesn’t even deserve to be a recipe. But, I figure you also probably have…

January 28, 2015