by Ali | Aug 15, 2016 | August 2016, Spoonful
Lunchtime has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately. Children’s school lunches, whether offered by the school cafeteria or the lunch box from home, have become a meeting point for different ideas and conversations about eating and nutrition and children’s...
by Ali | Aug 15, 2016 | August 2016, Spoonful
While I’m not a kid anymore, I do feel the pull of back-to- school during August. As a child, it meant getting brand new school supplies: a book satchel, crayons, tablets, pencils, spiral notebooks, etc. They were clean and perfect, smelled good and offered the...
by Ali | Aug 15, 2016 | August 2016, Spoonful
Even as I pack the cooler for another family camping trip, I am already thinking about back-to-school and what we need to do to get ready for September. This year my daughter, Ruby, will be in first grade, already a seasoned student and citizen of her school...
by Ali | Aug 15, 2016 | August 2016, Spoonful
When my mother was young, she hated peas. Everything I love about them – their tender texture, their sweet, earthy flavor, the way they smash so easily under the pressure of a fork – made her stomach turn. Her parents, who grew up in a less plentiful time...
