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The Kid’s Menu: Let Them Eat Cake
When it comes to baby’s first birthday, what’s wrong with a sweet, simple, made-from-scratch celebration—or two?
08.25.09
- Keywords
- the kid's menu,
- culinary culture,
- kids,
- cakes,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: Hold The Purée
Do your baby a solid favor and give those little jars of mushy sweet potatoes, squash, and bananas a skip.
08.17.09
- Keywords
- the kid's menu,
- nutrition/diet,
- culinary culture,
- kids,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: Moms Who Lunch
No need to make reservations or stare blankly into the fridge. A mother’s perfect midday meal is all about doing leftovers right.
07.08.09
- Keywords
- the kid's menu,
- nutrition/diet,
- culinary culture,
- kids,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: An Ode To Night Feedings
A piercing cry in the middle of the night, a baby’s insatiable appetite, a mother’s chronic sleep deprivation. What’s not to love?
06.18.09
- Keywords
- the kid's menu,
- nutrition/diet,
- culinary culture,
- kids,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: Cutting Corners
If you’re strapped for time (I’m looking at you, new parents), do yourself a favor by not doing these five things when you cook.
05.07.09
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- the kid's menu,
- nutrition/diet,
- culinary culture,
- kids,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: Solid Foods, Fluid Rules
Introducing a baby to solids for the first time requires a whole new level of flexibility.
04.08.09
- Keywords
- the kid's menu,
- nutrition/diet,
- culinary culture,
- kids,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: Cookbooks for Moms
If you’ve ever, say, set your baby sling on fire while cooking, you probably understand why new mothers need special recipes.
03.11.09
- Keywords
- lesley porcelli,
- the kid's menu,
- cooking + technique,
- cookbooks,
- kids
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: Warming Up to Frozen Vegetables
I never thought I’d find myself bypassing the farmers market in favor of the freezer section, but that was before I had an infant.
02.12.09
- Keywords
- lesley porcelli,
- ingredients,
- nutrition/diet,
- the kid's menu,
- produce
food politics
The Kid’s Menu: How to Avoid Baby Formula
The world seems to start pushing formula on mothers at the moment of conception. But what if you just want your baby to drink breast milk?
01.27.09
- Keywords
- lesley porcelli,
- health + science,
- nutrition/diet,
- the kid's menu,
- dairy
food + cooking
The Kid’s Menu: The Postpartum Appetite Crash
For my entire adult life, I’d basically thought about food all day long. Then I had a baby.
12.03.08
- Keywords
- lesley porcelli,
- culinary culture,
- nutrition/diet,
- the kid's menu,
- kids
