This year, the International Association of Culinary Professionals had their annual conference in San Francisco - just 40 minutes away from home. Since What's Cooking with Kids is no longer my "real" job, I couldn't justify the expense to officially attend the conference. But I quickly realized that I could volunteer as a way of earning my keep. In addition to visiting with friends, I also got to participate in an amazing field trip to my friend's vineyard, Petrichor, in Sonoma County. Her...
Recently, members of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) were in San Francisco for the annual conference. Every year, the Kids in the Kitchen section does a workshop with local children to inspire them to cook and eat healthy foods. I was the co-chair for this section for two years, but ever since I returned to classroom teaching two years ago, I have been admiring their work from a distance. Fortunately for me, the San Francisco conference was close to home, and...
It happens even to the best of us...Sometimes backyard chickens die. But usually, it's not the whole flock. Occasionally, one will get egg-bound or will die from random causes. Some chickens can be victimized by a rogue crow, raven, or hawk. Even worse, raccoons or bobcats can terrorize flocks. Yet I have to admit, it is even worse when the source of the tragedy is closer to home.
This is Barley. She looks sweet, doesn't she?
But one day when I came home after being out for a few...
Please forgive me. I am not trying to jump on the egg-dyeing bandwagon. I did that a few years ago... This time, I wanted to share an accomplishment by my eldest pride and joy.
My 12-year old daughter has been in 4-H for nearly 5 years and it has been incredible to watch her self confidence bloom. Recently, we had our county Presentation Day, and my daughter and her friend decided to do a Natural Dyes project...and they won a Gold, the highest level award offered.
She'll take it from here...
History...
IACP Kids-in-the-Kitchen has teamed up with Green Ribbon Schools & DooF ('food' backwards) to host an exciting online culinary education project for kids ages 5-18. Joining the fun in our IACP Kids' Digital DIY Kitchen is easy – and there are lots of great prizes!
Here's all kids need to do:
Choose a food you'd normally buy in a store or order in a restaurant, then try to make it yourself.
Tell us about your kitchen adventure (in words, photos and/or video).
Share the fun with...
Many thanks to Raffaella for today's guest post about Valley Verde, a non-profit in San Jose dedicated to helping low-income families grow organic gardens.
When I moved to California four years ago from Italy, I was excited to move to the birthplace of the organic food movement, and to raise my child in a place that is considered the fruit basket of the world. I was not expecting to see such imbalance and injustice in access to fresh vegetables and fruit. Low-income communities are drastically...
I bet you don't think about farms when you consider Halloween. I certainly didn't. At least until recently.
About 6 months ago, our family joined a sustainable meat CSA with Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma. You might remember that until last year, I hadn't eaten meat for nearly 25 years. But I began to eat it again conservatively from farmers that produce happy animals and care for the land. We are very fortunate that such a farm exists so close to our home. Visitors get to take a tour...
My daughter recently started middle school and has been busy with friends, homework and cross country practice. Helping me make a meal is pretty low on her list of priorities lately, although she would rather take on that job than put away the piles of clean laundry that litter her bedroom floor. Maybe that's why I was so surprised when she offered to help me prep veggies for dinner this weekend.
Now that I have returned to work full time, my time is more precious than ever. I only have...
My husband wishes I would learn to stay quiet...at least until I get tenure at my high school teaching job.
See, I have a tendency to rock the boat about issues that I am passionate about (remember the pie-eating-contest-fiasco from a few years ago?). This time around, I had a hard time keeping my trap shut when I heard that Gatorade reps would be on our high school campus handing out free samples to our students during G-week.
When I tried to find out how this came to pass, I got the...
When I sat down to write this post, my first inclination was to apologize for the long delay between posts. But then I thought again. I am a high school teacher, and have devoted the summer to my children and improving my lessons for the upcoming year. Nothing to apologize for.
Right after school ended, we went up to Oregon for my sister's wedding. It was beautiful. The wedding. AND Oregon. And best of all, I had a great time on the road trip up there, even though I worried that my...
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