On Sunday, Mrs. Coulter sent me an e-mail asking if I had read the food column in the Sunday Times. I had already cut it out and put it next to my computer. After blogging for two years, I fear that I’m growing totally predictable. However, it is nice to have people help me locate good stuff on the web and the newspapers.
The Times interviewed chefs with children to find out what they fed their kids. The chefs fed their kids Pad Thai and stayed away from Goldfish and chicken fingers. The article provides tips on how to get your kids to eat well, including making dinner time sacred, feeding them what you eat, and abstaining from snacks.
Mrs. Coulter felt that this article was yet another example of the Times looking down on parents and their goldfish snacks. To a certain extent, she’s totally right. I thought about making their chicken stew recipe last night for dinner, but I was too lazy to run out for fresh herbs and didn’t have the two hours to spend in the kitchen. Instead, we had grilled chicken marinated in salad dressing and lemons, jasmine rice, steamed carrots, and a salad. Easy and everything was in the fridge.
The article had frowned on feeding the kids snacks. But, you know, snacks are essential if you have to cart your kid around on chores and don’t have a maid to do that for you. Real parents need to bribe kids with snacks.
Apt. 11d 