Archive for the 'travel' Category
Feeding a “Picky Eater”
December 21st, 2011by Caroline A friend of mine is currently waiting patiently for the birth of her second son, “due” two days ago but taking his own sweet time to arrive into this world. And her waiting has me thinking about all the ways in which our children never quite do what we expect them to do, [...]
Sometimes a hot dog would be so much easier
August 18th, 2011by Caroline We were not having a very good food day. Hotel breakfast (comped because we’d been woken at dawn by construction noise the day before) was a cold buffet of cereals, pastries, and steam table eggs (also fairly cold). We’d been warned off eating at the American Museum of Natural History’s food court, but [...]
Road Trip Restaurants
August 17th, 2011by Caroline Like most families, our family’s road trips have usually meant packing a cooler and handing sandwiches and snacks over a shoulder into the back seat, stopping only for quick gas and bathroom breaks. Traveling with kids, you hesitate to break the rhythm of a trip; sure, sometimes when the kids were much younger [...]
Saying Goodbye to the Kid’s Menu
August 15th, 2011by Caroline When Lisa told me about her family’s road trip plans, I was envious (the sun! the stars! the Missions! the meals!) and then, instantly, dubious on the one point she was nervous about herself: the meals. Two weeks of restaurant meals. Forty-two restaurant meals. With two kids. At (among other places) several theme [...]
42 Meals: Miguel’s Jalapeno Cream Sauce
August 12th, 2011by Lisa How do you choose a restaurant in a strange town? Sometimes we’ve relied on suggestions from friends who have come before. Sometimes we have a destination restaurant we’ve read about in a paper or magazine. Sometimes we just wing it, selecting a restaurant based on location, menu, and my gut. But we’ve also [...]
42 Meals: A Vacation Odyssey, what the kids thought
August 10th, 2011by Lisa Last night, as we were eating our 15th tomato sandwich since returning home, this time in the form of a BLT, I asked Ella and Finn about the best part of vacation food. “DISNEYLAND!” they both screamed. “Really?” I asked. “You liked the food at Disneyland?” “Oh. No.” They both shook their heads. [...]
42 Meals: A Vacation Odyssey, Breakfast
August 4th, 2011by Lisa The force was with them even though they hadn’t eaten breakfast Our kids, like many, take breakfast seriously. They eat shortly after waking up and are used to a fair amount of variety: porridge, eggs many ways, waffles, pancakes, cereal, sweet rice, granola….lots of whole, fresh fruit. Since we were staying in hotels [...]
42 Meals: A Vacation Odyssey, The Overview
August 3rd, 2011By Lisa We’ve just returned from our annual family vacation, which this year involved a long an epic road trip from the Bay Area to San Diego, one of the most southern parts of our state. Our initial destination was ComicCon in San Diego, which was a blast & included a preview of the upcoming [...]
Saying Yes
June 26th, 2011by Caroline This past year, my 6 year-old got out of school an hour earlier than my 9 year-old, and we spent that hour in the school library or, on sunny days, in the park across the street. Once spring came, an ice cream truck parked at the entrance and as we crossed the street [...]
Baking from a Mix
June 24th, 2011by Caroline Some of my best baking experiences have been spontaneous efforts in unfamiliar kitchens. In the Outer Banks with my sister’s family one year, I made never-to-be-repeated cinnamon rolls, based on the white bread recipe on the bag of flour I bought in the market. I improvised a brioche dough by making the dough [...]