PARENTING
Thursday Thoughts: Do You Make Your Kids Stay at the Table at Mealtimes?
My husband and I have had a bit of a predicament lately which has left us with this question I'd love to ask you: When your kids are finished eating, do you make them stay at the table until everyone is finished or do you excuse them? We’ve always let our girls get down when ...
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EAT
Blossom - A Vietnamese Restaurant in Los Angeles
When Andrew and I first met in Los Angeles, we established rather quickly that we had in common a love for Vietnamese pho soup. One of our first "pho dates" was at a Vietnamese restaurant called "Blossom" in Silverlake, but the restaurant didn't have a sign on the building. It was a mystery place you ...
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RECIPES
Easy Frittatas -- perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Frittatas are fantastic! Our family frittata is a staple in our repertoire. It can be dressed up for guests or kept casual. It is easy to make, packed with goodness, a great way to reuse leftovers or new fresh ingredients, and simply the perfect meal for anytime of day — breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner! We ...
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EAT
Superba Food and Bread in Venice - A Neighborhood Hot Spot Among Locals
If you show up to Superba Food & Bread in Venice on a weekend around 7.30am / 8.00am, you’ll be sure to find all the neighborhood strollers (and a few dogs) parked outside, while kids (most still in their pjs) enjoy an early morning snack inside with their groggy parents. Not only is their coffee ...
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INTERVIEWS
5 Questions with Natasha of Wild Child Kitchen
Wild Child Kitchen is wonderful news for busy London parents – a service offering healthy, homemade, real food for children delivered to your door! Their meals are designed to appeal to little eaters, yet manage to be not at all childish. Meals that are perfect for filling hungry tummies and raising those adventurous eaters we ...
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FOOD
Quiche on my mind...
It's spring, and my mind is set on quiche. I'm not exactly sure why -- is it the combination of the flaky puff pastry crust with the creamy filling and the salty cheese melted on top? Is it the fact that it is so easy to prepare? Or is it just because it's the perfect dish ...
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DINNER WITH
Dinner with Marika from A Not So Ordinary Mum
Marika is a friend of mine who lives in London. She lives in a gorgeous home with the most beautiful and well-planned kitchen (I totally copied her kitchen when doing ours up a couple years ago!). She is also one of the best and most devoted mama chefs I know. Every night she serves her ...
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DINNER WITH
Dinner with artist Sarah Adams
Sarah Adams is an American artist living in London who focuses her work on family portrait paintings. I recently had the pleasure of seeing her amazing work last month at her exhibition on ‘Family Dinners’ in Covent Garden. I was intrigued by her interest in family dinnertime (which quite perfectly matches our recent dinnertime series) and ...
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DINNER WITH
Dinner with Courtney from Babyccino Kids
I am going to admit straight away that I actually don't really love dinner time. In fact, I sometimes even dread it. My kids are tired, my patience is usually gone by then, and trying to keep three kids at the table until they finish their dinner is exhausting (remember this post?). I'm also not ...
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FOOD
Provençal cabbage gratin
Every Friday morning my doorbell rings and a box is brought in to my kitchen filled with seasonal, organic and local vegetables, bread, cheese and meat and/or fish. It's always a great surprise to find out what's in the box each week! I find it important to try to eat seasonally and locally -- I ...
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FOOD
Brooke Reynolds' Rules of Dinner
Brooke Reynolds, mother extraordinaire from the much-loved Inchmark blog, recently offered up her rules for family dinner over at Dinner A Love Story, and I was so inspired by her rules and her reasonings. I don't know about you, but dinner in our house usually goes something like this... 'Quin, take another bite...Ivy, eat your food......Easton, use ...
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FOOD
Quinoa ('keen-wah')
I will confess that I’m really not a very good cook… I do try, really I do but the reality is that it just doesn’t come naturally to me. I find it tedious and stressful, not to mention expensive due to my high turnover of pots and pans and regular culinary disasters. Despite this, I ...
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UNCATEGORIZED
Brainymats
I discovered these great place mats a while ago and got one for my daughter, and since then I've been back to buy several more, plus some for gifts! The kid-friendly place mats are a great activity on their own, but especially helpful during that dinner hour crunch. Plop your kid at the table, give ...
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FOOD
Tantalizing Tarts
I have two favorite dinners: pizza night (no cooking or clean-up), and Popina's Savoury Tarts (also easy and sooo de-lish)! We have become hooked. We have them almost once a week!! (Honestly, after cooking for the baby AND the toddler, it's such a relief when our dinner is easy)! They're small (perfect for one person), ...
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FOOD
Money and lentils
Tonight Italians will sit down with friends and family to enjoy a multi-course dinner and welcome the new year. Depending on the region, on the menu there will be fish or meat, some will have dinner at home, some at restaurants. What all these dinners will have in common is the Italian good luck dish ...
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FOOD
Mmmmmont d’Or
The first time I ate it I was attending a houseparty somewhere on the Lower East Side in New York City, probably about 5 years ago. Someone ignorant (could have easily been me) had opened the circle of bark around the cheese and thus, the hotter the party seemed to get, the more the cheese ...
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