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Guest blog: French Kids School Lunch Project

May 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm in Guest Blogs, School Lunches

There is no kids’ food in French school lunches. Don’t believe me? I’m not surprised—given what most people believe to be the average school lunch that our kids eat. French kids eat very differently at lunch: tasty, healthy, scratch-cooked, three or four course meals every day. And they do this for an average of $3 [...]

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Guest post: The NO Squad

May 10, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Guest Blogs

Mrs Q here: I’m running late with my CSA post because my son is sick. Instead I’d like to share a guest blog I found very interesting and inspiring. The NO Squad – It Really Does Take A Village By Dr. Jane Pentz Who are these people wearing “No” t-shirts and handing out bookmarks? Onlookers [...]

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Guest blog: How to Make Flowers Edible (and Which Flowers One Can Eat)

April 23, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Gardens, Guest Blogs

Just wanted to introduce a guest blog about something you may have never even considered before: eating flowers. Please exercise caution when eating flora and discuss this with a medical professional if you have health concerns. Since some flowers are toxic, this is something not to be taken lightly. However, if you are at a [...]

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Guest Blog: French Kids Eat Everything

April 10, 2012 at 9:04 pm in Guest Blogs, The Food

To start with, I never intended to write a book about children’s food! The idea for French Kids Eat Everything emerged from our experience of living in France for a year (in 2009). In 2008, soon after the birth of our second daughter, my husband and I decided to move back to his hometown in [...]

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{Guest post} The New American Classroom: Farm-to-School Cooking in Berkeley

March 13, 2012 at 7:00 am in Guest Blogs

Mrs Q’s picture of last summer’s basil plant — yum! The New American Classroom: Farm-to-School Cooking in Berkeley By Carrie Fehr As we have become distant with our relationship to food, cooking at school offers children the opportunity to experience food in a completely new way, weighing each word, measuring each ingredient— it captivates all [...]

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Puerto Rican School Lunch

January 11, 2012 at 7:00 am in Guest Blogs, School Lunches

Fresh orange, white rice, garbanzo beans with pumpkin, seasoned pork that has been steamed & cooked in its juices, canned corn and carrots and chocolate milk Back in November, a reader (D. Orsini) sent in the above photo of a school lunch from Puerto Rico and gave permission for me to share it with my [...]

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Guest blog: Berkeley Schools, A Sustainable Food Model

January 4, 2012 at 7:00 am in Guest Blogs

Carrie Fehr begins her twelfth year as Chef Teacher for the cooking & gardening program in the Berkeley Unified School District.  She has developed an expansive repertoire of cooking lessons that skillfully integrate core academic subjects, culinary concepts, and nutrition education. The cooking classroom is a perfect match for Carrie’s love and passion for teaching children.  Her [...]

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Guest blog: In defense of the childhood treat

December 29, 2011 at 7:00 am in Guest Blogs

Liz Snyder is a food activist, farm-starter, and Mom. She has a Masters’ in nutritional anthropology from Oxford University. In 2007, she co-founded Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, CA and more recently, helped start a CSA program for 150 low-income families with FIRST 5 Santa Clara County. Right now, Liz is working on starting Little [...]

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