Parents have been debating Battle Hymn’s assertion that in order to raise highly achieving kids, like many Chinese-Americans, we need to brow beat them (the kids, not the Chinese-Americans) into working hard and prevent them from participating in anything social or extracurricular unless it’s learning to play piano or violin. … Read More
Eric Ripert, if you don’t know or if you haven’t lived on the east coast or if you’ve never seen Avec Eric or Top Chef, is the executive chef of Le Bernardin a four-star New York restaurant known for exceptional service and sublime French cuisine presenting exquisite foods from the … Read More
Persimmon was more a color to me and not a food I prepared or paid attention until I received two persimmons from the farm. I am the first to admit that my family lives in a fresh food rut. Carrots, green beans, broccoli, strawberries, bananas and the like keep working … Read More
Let’s take a lesson out of the Mary Poppins handbook, only instead of spoonful we’ll go with sprinkle and instead of medicine we’ll go with cucumbers. A hint, and we mean a hint, of sugar in a salad or onbitter leafy greens will better balance the flavor for those young … Read More
Dr. April reports: Summer in the Northwest was in a word-grim. Although it didn’t rain, on many days the sun failed to show up until 3 or 4, if at all. Desperate for warmth and sun we booked a last minute trip to Hawaii just before school started. Vacations can … Read More