Paletero Man: Pineapple Lime and Strawberry Lemonade Paletas
Although it is technically fall, the weather still feels like the end of summer around here and we are still whipping up homemade popsicles to beat the heat. My love for popsicles drew me to Paletero Man by musician and songwriter Lucky Diaz, a book that is bubbling with…
The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival: Pistachio Honey Moon Cakes
Although our Chinese American family celebrates Lunar New Year each year, we have only celebrated the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival sporadically. A few times we have purchased mooncakes from our local Asian market in the Autumn, but it has not been a regular tradition for us. However, this year, after…
Tasty Books and Recipes to Enjoy this Fall
The temperature is still in the high 80’s here in Colorado most days, but with the first official day of Fall just around the corner, I’m already pulling out our books about pumpkins, leaves and cool weather. I much prefer cool weather to the scorching days of Summer, so…
Book & Cook Club: “Ramona Quimby, Age 8” and recipe for Yogurt Lemon Sheet Pan Chicken
If you are new to the Book & Cook Club, welcome! I’m so glad you found this corner of the internet where we enjoy good books and good food together! Each month, I try to feature a chapter book appropriate for upper elementary aged kids along with a recipe…
10 Awesome Back-to-school Chapter Books
Last week, I featured several picture books that are good for reading around back-to-school time. These were books that are helpful for starting discussions about lots of things younger kids might be anxious or unsure of when starting school. Some common themes in these books were friendship, first-day nerves,…
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti: Best Spaghetti
There are a few picture books that my children still return to sometimes, even now that they are full-fledged independent readers. I will occasionally look in on them at bedtime to find them curled up with a pile of old favorites and this has especially been true during the…
Back-to-School Books and Recipes 2021
After 18 months of guiding my kids’ learning from home, last week they finally returned to in-person school! This is honestly a bittersweet milestone for all of us as there were aspects of homeschooling that we all enjoyed but mostly it feels like a step forward; a new beginning…
Too Many Mangoes: Banana Macadamia Nut Muffins
When my oldest child was a toddler, my husband and I moved to Hawaii to live with my grandparents. We helped my grandmother out wile my grandfather was terminally ill with cancer. This was a painful, hard, sweet, heartbreaking time in our life. There was so much joy in…
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