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School Lunch Photo Contest!

February 26, 2014 By caroline in Uncategorized Tags: cafeteria, California, school lunch

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Californians: Does your child’s school serve a particularly good lunch? Take a picture and enter this contest hosted by The California Farm to School Network. Follow this link for complete details on how to enter.

Angry Tofu

January 14, 2014 By caroline in Uncategorized Tags: family dinner, vegetarian

Food is love, they say and I do believe. I aspire to family meals prepared and shared with love.

But sometimes family meals take a rougher road to the table. Sometimes the cooking is a hasty chop-heat-stir-and-serve, and sometimes it’s even worse, a pot-crashing, ingredient-flinging, plate-slamming scene.

So it was the other night. There was a question about homework, and my answer didn’t satisfy. I tried again, and my — clearly tired, hungry — child moved suddenly from confused to frustrated. He started to cry. I tried again to help and he raised his voice, wanting my help still but disagreeing with what I was offering. I walked away. He followed me into the room, whimpering, the sound grating on me, emphasizing my failure to help–with homework, with disappointment, with anything.

I tried to ignore him to cook, and I’m lucky I didn’t lose a finger, I was so reckless about it. I knew he wouldn’t like the dish — Food 52’s black bean orange peel edamame — and felt small that I was taking some pleasure in that. I wiped out the pan before cooking the tofu, but didn’t wash it thoroughly, and figured the garlicky-orange tang on the tofu would bother him, too. By then, I had calmed down enough to feel a little bad about that, but still not enough to go to any extra effort.

We sat down for dinner quietly and served some food. The half of the family witnessing the storm made an extra effort to praise the meal, and he took a cautious bite. “This tastes different, “ he said, and I braced myself for some complaint; “I like it.”

And I exhaled, and took a bite, and we moved on with the evening.

Best Cookbooks of 2013!

December 2, 2013 By caroline in Uncategorized Tags: books inc, cassoulet book, indiebound

We’re delighted that the Vancouver Sun has included Cassoulet in their list of the year’s best cookbooks. Haven’t yet picked up a copy? Want to share with friends or family? You can buy a signed copy — and support a local, independent bookstore — by purchasing through this link!

Cassoulet for Holiday Giving!

December 2, 2013 By caroline in Uncategorized Tags: cassoulet book

Share Cassoulet with friends and family — and support a local, independent bookstore — by buying a signed copy through this link. Our thanks to Books, Inc. for setting up this promotion!

Eli’s Milk Soft Bakery: Double Chocolate Nut Cookies

November 25, 2013 By caroline in Uncategorized Tags: baking, cookies, cooking with kids, Eli, recipes

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I am deep in the midst of Thanksgiving preparations: cranberries purchased; pumpkins roasted and waiting to become pie filling; brown and serve rolls ready for baking. But during a quiet moment in the kitchen yesterday, Eli asked if he could bake cookies. I have learned that it’s best to say yes and stand back.
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