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Paperwork  by Dave DiResta and Joanne Foran

Cooking with parchment paper, or, as the French say, cooking en papillote, is a simple and convenient technique.
first posted: 4/1/2008

Spring Chicken

Tabbouleh, the lemony Middle Eastern bulgur salad with fresh mint and lots of chopped parsley, is transformed into a main dish with chicken and corn, perfect for a quick spring dinner.
first posted: 4/1/2008

Try It - You'll Like It  by Alyson McNutt English

Health Barn USA, in Bergen County, N.J., isn't a place where kids go to get lectured on the importance of fruits and vegetables. Instead, they dig into learning.
first posted: 4/1/2008

Hands On Snacks  by Christine Gable

Tired of spending money on over-packaged, individual kids' snacks? Make your own. Or better yet, have the kids make their own.
first posted: 3/1/2008

Sunrise Sandwiches  by Lisa Waterman Gray

If you want to make the point that you're working hard, saving money and being virtuous in general, tell someone you had a sandwich for lunch.
first posted: 3/1/2008

Kid's Snacks

first posted: 3/1/2008

Lights, Camera, Cook!  by Jill Melton

Just as adults are increasingly savvy about what they eat, so are kids. Nowhere was this more evident than at the 2007 National Beef Cook-off, held in Chicago in September 2007
first posted: 2/1/2008

Counting Calories?

first posted: 1/22/2008

Chicken Dinner

It's January. Time for frugality-not only for our pocketbooks but for our waistlines and taste buds as well.
first posted: 1/1/2008

Play Dough

Our gingerbread is a traditional recipe that the kids will love making.
first posted: 12/1/2007

Microwave Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes from scratch in less than 10 minutes? Impossible, you say.
first posted: 11/1/2007

Farmers Make the Grade  by Dorothy H. Patent and Lori Hall Steele

Turns out, kids are eating their veggies (and fruits)-at least when they're fresh-picked from the local farm.
first posted: 10/1/2007

Recipes from Compass Group’s Culinary Program for Kids

first posted: 10/1/2007

Farm to School

first posted: 10/1/2007

Orient Express  by William I. Lengeman III

Ramen noodles are centuries old and are thought to have originated in China, but the instant ramen we know today was introduced in 1958 by Japan’s Nissin Foods.
first posted: 9/1/2007

Lunch Lessons

Ann Cooper is on a mission to change the way our children eat.
first posted: 9/1/2007

Veggie U  by Catharine H. Powers

A garden on the outskirts of Cleveland aims to reach every fourth grader in America
first posted: 8/1/2007

The Joy of Not Cooking  by Stacey Morris

There's no better season than summer to indulge in a little laziness especially where cooking is concerned.
first posted: 8/1/2007

Around the World in 80 Plates  by Monica Bhide

This month, we're traveling to Spain; here's what we found out
first posted: 8/1/2007

Spanish Dishes for Kids

first posted: 8/1/2007