Julie Haagenson runs the middle school program, and in the end of the summer, she asked me if I would be willing to come in and do some cooking with the kids. She thought they might be interested in making some snacks instead of buying them, and she was hoping to give them some tools…
car snack 4 (the banana oat bar)
Last week, I visited the middle school classroom at the Montessori school where Joey teaches and the girls learn. The middle school is in its second year, and the small group of brave (isn’t it just brave to wake up and move through the world at that age?) tweens and teens have been busy planning…
rhubarb pop-tarts
This weekend, we made a video. The thought of this has been hanging around for a while now, between my wonderful agent (who I do my best not to disappoint) and my also wonderful publisher (who, also, I do my best not to disappoint), everyone was excited for a video. This has been one of…
what rosie found
Rosie finds the most amazing things. Her eyes are different than ours–we can look all over the house for something that we have lost, and then it is always Rosie who finds it. “Yup,” she says. “I’m a good finder.” In the woods, she is always lagging behind, and when she finally catches up, she…
challah, or, on kids cooking (again)
The other day, the activity was challah. They found the recipe themselves, appropriately from the big book on the shelf called “Baking.” And all afternoon, they kneaded and stirred. And then they braided and baked.
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 