February 2012
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Food names make a difference. A cousin of mine won’t eat yogurt just because he doesn’t like the word yogurt. And he’s not the only one.
People might refuse to eat stuff if they don’t like what it’s called.
I blogged about this yesterday.
Well apparently, it’s no different for kids. Children respond better when food has a cool name. According to one...
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What’s in a name?
Not much, according to Shakespeare’s Juliet who famously told Romeo:
“That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
But apparently, when it comes to food, a name can make a big difference. So, for example, Chocolate Cake may get plenty of takers, but “Heirloom, Fudge-Lacquered Chocolate Decadence” would get more.
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1927 was a very good year. S’Mores were invented that year and it is the year portrayed in the movie “The Artist,” which everyone says is going to win all sorts of Oscars tonight at the Academy Awards Ceremony.
We can thank the Girl Scouts for S’Mores. The recipe came from a book called Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.
Please don’t tell Republican state...
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What do you feed a kid who doesn’t like a whole lot of things to eat?
It’s vacation time for the kids in public school. In New York anyway, where my grandkids are. So, happily, luckily for me, my grandchildren came for a visit for a couple of days.
One of my grandsons doesn’t like meat (poultry or fish). Or vegetables. Not even french fries. Even pizza is iffy.
Ohmyohmyohmy.
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Today is the day of the famous pancake race in Olney, England and also in Liberal, Kansas. It’s an old tradition, dating back more than 550 years (at least in England).
Well of course, who doesn’t like pancakes?
But a pancake race?
Apparently, the tradition got started back in 1445 when housewives would make food like pancakes on the day before Ash Wednesday, in order to use up all...
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When I first heard about Mardi Gras — I was a little kid — I absolutely wanted to go down to New Orleans and go to what I thought of as this endless, huge street party where people dress in crazy costumes and eat a lot of good things. The pictures looked so tantalizing.
Well, I never did, and it was years before I understood the religious significance of the day. I was raised Jewish,...
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What do I cook when the grandkids come for a visit? Well, lots of things depending on which one, but I know I am safe if I have some Macaroni and Cheese on hand. Just in case.
All of my grandchildren like Macaroni and Cheese.
Doesn’t everybody?
If I have time, I make the recipe ahead and freeze portions in one-serving casserole dishes, then thaw and bake them until they’re hot...
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Meatballs are big these days. I don’t mean big, as in size.
I mean hot.
I don’t mean hot as in temperature.
I mean, meatballs are really really popular right now.
Did you know that there are now meatball restaurants? Also, there have been quite a few articles written about meatballs since the start of the new year.
It’s all okay with me because I like meatballs. Always have....
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little LADIES WHO LUNCH: A Non-Food Valentine's... →
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This is a look back at last year’s Valentine’s Day post, when my friend Diane shared with me her family’s tradition of making a non-food Valentine favors for her children’s classmates.
She rightfully says it’s a great way to put old, cracked crayons to use. Bonus: her kids are now old enough to…
I love this! Going to try it with my grandkids next time they come for...
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Prunes used to be the laughing stock of fruit. Really. Kids used to snicker at the thought of them because, you know, prunes are supposed to be for old folks who, um, need the fiber.
Well, confession here — I always loved prunes. Plump, moist, sweet prunes. Great snack. And when I was much younger I ate Dannon’s Prune Yogurt at least twice a week. It was made with whole milk and had a...
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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens! It’s your 200th. And even though you lived long ago and wrote about what was happening back then, in the 19th century, what you had to say still seems fresh, new and relevant today.
You spoke out for social justice. You showed how unfairly balanced your society was between the haves and the have-nots. You wrote about how poor children were made to work and...
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Why was old-fashioned Date-Nut Bread baked in a round pan?
Yesterday, when I posted about my cousin’s Date-Nut Bread, I mentioned that her mother and mine made this stuff inside a coffee can or other, smaller cans. And then I remembered that even the commercial loaves were cylindrical, so the slices came out round.
Why was that?
When you make Banana Bread or Lemon-Cranberry Bread...
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