Monthly Archives: September 2009

Sep 27Soup – The Bowl that Keeps Feeding

Lately, I have been struggling with the direction I'd like to take my business. If What's Cooking were a non-profit organization, I might be able to get grants that would allow me to teach cooking classes to the under-served youth in our community. Yet, I don't want to spend all of my time writing grants and fundraising. I'd rather be with my students, playing with food, or writing lesson plans to get kids excited about eating healthy & sustainable food. Perhaps I should continue doing...

Sep 23Watch This Creative Cooking Video with Your Kids...

I saw this today on Facebook and had to share. Call your kids and watch it together - see if it inspires them to either cook for real, or play with their food. Either way, it may motivate them to spend more time in the kitchen! Which is your favorite? I love the bubble wrap boiling water and post-it note butter.

Sep 21BlogHer Food is almost here. I'm WhatsCook...

You know that moment when you run into an acquaintance and you realize that you can't remember her name? I am a little nervous that my entire experience at the BlogHer Food conference will be like that. I have made lots of "friends" through Facebook and Twitter, but only know them by their screen names. "Hey, SummerTomato" or "Oh my gosh, FoodieTot, I am so glad to finally meet you in person!" don't really roll off the tongue. I have a little list next to my computer of my Twitter friends...

Sep 14The Juice: Fast and Simple Breakfast Tips

Yeah! This week, my video is featured on The Juice, by BlogHer. If you could benefit from some fast and easy tips for getting a healthy breakfast into your family, take a peek.

Sep 10Classroom Challenge: Play with Produce

Classrooms around the country are invited to "produce" a produce play, alliterate with awesome apples or even "rock around the vegetable wok,” as part of the Produce for Kids® Play with Your Produce Classroom Challenge. The challenge, open to grades K to 6, asks teachers to help students discover healthy eating habits through a creative, fun classroom activity that focuses on fresh produce. Here’s how the challenge works: From Sept. 7 to Nov. 13, teachers can create and submit details about...

Sep 2The White House Garden: Inspiring Our Nation

I am in love with the idea of a Victory Garden...and am almost giddy to have a First Lady who is sharing her passion about eating well, enjoying family meals together, and educating the nation's children. Even though she is currently blessed with the national stage, she isn't the first person to talk about these issues, of course. Alice Waters and Ann Cooper have been promoting locally grown, seasonal foods for ages. There are also lots of other people, like me, who work tirelessly with...