by Deborah Quinn | Jun 21, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, food, Products
The school year is winding down and we’re getting ready to move. Each boy’s school has end-of-year celebrations and parties and exhibits; after-school classes are over; babysitters are away on vacation. Add to that the pile of boxes in the middle of our apartment,...
by Deborah Quinn | May 5, 2011 | environment, food, Politics, ranting
I had an existential crisis in the meat section of Trader Joe’s. I was staring at all chicken: chicken pieces packaged separately, chicken pieces in a big bundle, whole chickens, chicken boobs, “natural” chicken, “free-range” chicken,...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 22, 2010 | Children, food, Parenting
The SV Mom Bloggers Network had an opportunity a few weeks ago to join a conference call with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about Michele Obama’s new initiative against childhood obesity, Let’s Move. These two things, plus Jamie Oliver’s campaign to...