Posted in father first, food, ideas, Pokemon on Feb 25th, 2009 No Comments »
No, not for making more kids. For making pancakes. When Sam was little I used to craft Thomas the Tank Engine flapjacks in the pan. These days, Pokemon continues to rule, even for Sylvie, who carries a Pikachu doll with her at all times. Make the batter thin, so you can draw outlines, then fill [...]
Posted in food, pix on Feb 1st, 2009 1 Comment »
If the food’s gotta be white, it might as well be creative. Not seen here: a cup of cranberry juice. This was an actual request from the 7-year-old in question and represents an astonishingly bold and uncommon splash of color and flavor in an otherwise homologous diet. I suppose that’s why our plates are so [...]
Posted in Books, death, father first, Fatherhood, food, vegetarianism on May 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
We all need help with our adventures in fatherhood. Hence, the growing daddy archive of ideas that is Father First. Some of the best books I’ve read to my kids are drawn from the “classics.” We’ve become huge E.B. White fans: Charlotte is a font of Buddhist wisdom and Stuart is a boy-adventurer for the [...]
Posted in food, guilt, Quotes, vegetarianism on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Dinner, Sunday night. Sam: “Dad, what are you eating?” “Salmon. I made it with a miso honey glaze that I got at…” “That’s disgusting.” “Well, not if you like salmon. Which I do.” “I don’t think it’s right that people can hunt and kill animals.” “Well, son, there’s a difference between hunting for sport (which [...]
