Archive for the 'lunch' Category
The Seurat Burger
November 16th, 2011by Caroline My kids are incredibly lucky with the food at their school (it’s good enough that I go out of my way to volunteer in the lunch room) and their art program (let me know if you need a 2012 calendar…) but I’ve never seen the two come together. The other day, though, Eli [...]
Big Brother in the Cafeteria
October 26th, 2011by Caroline Yesterday, I came across the news that an elementary school in San Antonio has instituted a new program of photographing bar coded student lunch trays to track what the students eat: A computer program then analyzes the photos to identify every piece of food on the plate — right down to how many [...]
Pasta with Arugula, Tomato and Egg
September 14th, 2011by Caroline I am trying to get back into a regular yoga routine (a routine abandoned years ago, after two good stints of beneficial prenatal yoga, after Eli proved uninterested in mom + baby yoga) and I’m getting better at getting to class and moving through the poses. But concentrating on my breathing? Concentrating on [...]
What’s On Your Plate?
February 4th, 2011by Caroline As I mentioned last week, I watched a terrific new documentary recently that addresses school lunch and other food issues in such an accessible, engaging, and kid-friendly way that I’m urging all my friends — including you — to watch it. Here’s an excerpt from my column on the movie, What’s On Your [...]
Comfort Food Salad for Brunch
December 20th, 2010by Caroline As I’ve written before, I love a salad for lunch, but when it’s rainy and cold, as it’s been in the Bay Area lately, something warmer is called for. Sometimes I make roasted potato and kale salad, but the other day I didn’t have quite the time, energy or ingredients to pull it [...]
Nicoise for Kids
September 21st, 2010by Lisa When I was in high school, my boyfriend and I went to Manhattan to see some show or other, but before that, we went to a classic French bistro for lunch. I suppose I ordered onion soup, and he ordered something else, and when we done ordering the server, who was an older, [...]
Horseradish Cheddar Cheese Dip
September 17th, 2010by Lisa Caroline makes a fine garbage salad, and a long time ago, I started making a kind of garbage cheese dip. Like so much of what goes on around here, there is no single recipe but rather a set of strategies and tips. This is what you can do if friends stop in unexpectedly. [...]
Lunch with Finn
April 28th, 2010by Lisa I’m in my last year of having a little one at home (though little is a relative term for my son, who has never been small). Finn attends preschool only 3 mornings a week, I have a sitter for about 5 or 6 more hours, and the rest of the time, we do [...]
The Expedient Picnic
July 14th, 2009by Caroline Eating with kids is often all about expediency, and so although it was difficult, in Oxford, to set aside my romantic, Evelyn Waugh-inspired visions of country picnics, I have been at this long enough to know that when the kids are hungry, they need to eat. Now. So we make or purchase nice [...]
Ode to the British Sandwich
July 12th, 2009by Caroline I love sandwiches. Although I will eat a nice salad for lunch, or keep you company with Thai noodles or a rice bowl, just as breakfast is cereal for me, all I ever really want for lunch is a sandwich. In Paris, the sandwich is all about the baguette–as it should be, of [...]