Kids Cook classes ~ Sprout Soup, 4310 N High St. ~ 4:15 Tuesdays December 1, 8, and 15, repeats 11:15 Thursdays December 3, 10, and 17 ~ Three – six year olds join me for 45 minutes of tasting, cooking, and food education.  $3 per class per child. Candlelight Nights ~ Franklin Park Conservatory ~ Wednesdays December 2, 9, 16, & 23 5 – 8 PM ~ The conservatory will be dressed for the holidays [...]

Buoyed by the success of recent Kids Cook classes, I hatched an idea:  could I cook an entire meal with children?  Then I questioned if we could use Ohio raised seasonal ingredients at the same time.  Thanks to sponsorship from the FoodBuzz 24, 24, 24 program, I was able to test out the concept by hosting a kid prepared Harvest Meal with three families on Friday. Preparation started by gathering ingredients.   I visited the North [...]

I didn’t cook anything on Turkey Day, so I had the whole afternoon to take pictures.  Several series were taken for upcoming posts on cooking duck the Julia Child way and enjoying poultry tail aka pope’s nose. Here are the highlights of turkey day from behind my camera: That’s it for now as  I have a new camera to explore and Harvest Dinner meal to host.  I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving!

One year ago I started Hounds in the Kitchen.  The intervening year has included: ~ 155 blog posts ~ 7 Kids Cook classes ~ hundreds of pounds of produce from the garden ~ 30 subscribers ~ 265 comments ~ 2 speaking engagements ~ 1 renovated kitchen (almost…) ~ $6 earned in advertising ~ $30 spent in domain registration and hosting ~ 1 press trip to the Fabulous Food Show in Cleveland and… ~ 1 sponsored [...]

Today and tomorrow many parents have a great teaching moment waiting to happen when they cook a turkey.  Involve the kids and you can lead them to explore: Habitat ~ find out where wild turkeys live Farming ~ discuss life on historic and modern farms for the farmers and the turkeys Anatomy ~ ask children what’s the same and different about their bodies compared to a turkey Temperature ~ talk about how hot the turkey [...]

Alex’s relatives are from New England, Massachusetts specifically.  Lillian is named for his great grandmother who made annual trips to Cape Cod.  There’s a connection with the ocean there that is unlike other places I know.  We visit the Cape area as often as we can. The Baillieul clan loves Massachusetts cranberries and I am happy to share their enjoyment of this antioxidant packing fruit. These bright red gems scream ‘holiday’ to me! I purchased [...]

Ah, winter sunlight.  It streams sideways through the windows and illuminates every fingerprint and bit of dust on furniture tops.  It bathes our indoor herb garden with warmth. One beam was soaked up by Hawise the little hound and I could not help but take her portrait.