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Big City – To Develop Young Tastes, Look Past the Children’s Menu – NYTimes.com

Mr. Marzovilla welcomes young children at his restaurant, even discounts their meals on Sunday evenings, and is not above serving a simple appetizer portion of pasta to please little ones. But he has strong opinions about food, and about the messages parents convey to their offspring through what they eat. Children’s menus aim too low, he argues — they’re a parenting crutch.“The table is very important,” Mr. Marzovilla explained as we sat around one at his restaurant early Sunday evening with our five collective children. “It’s about nutrition, it’s about family; you go right down the line. And the children’s menu is about the opposite — it’s about making it quick, making it easy, and moving on.”

via Big City – To Develop Young Tastes, Look Past the Children’s Menu – NYTimes.com.

Get Your Hands Dirty

 

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From here.  I love the idea behind this poster (and you should follow the link to see what the whole thing really looks like).  I do find it funny, however, that I … don’t really get my hands dirty – unless of course the cat is on the keyboard.  I’m all digital all the time, which is … interesting.  I do write in my notebook, but I’ve started working in Evernote all the time for work, and I’m moving towards Evernote for personal things as well.  I like being able to search, cut and paste, etc.  I do get my hands dirty when I’m in the garden, but this oppressively wet summer didn’t allow for much of that.  My next home project includes making an old door into a chalkboard with chalkboard paint, and building a better changing table. 

Today has been a complete and utter Monday for me – I forgot my blackberry, my ipod, my lunch … and half my brain it seems. Weather is beautiful, but certainly not summer.  

 

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Last night we had a great dinner in the North End – although the feast of St. Anthony made it hard for us to get home.  I’ll let Stephanie blog about the food, but here’s a teaser:

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That’s right, three cannolis, an espresso and some Grand Marnier.  Life is good.

 

Here’s the parade that went by…

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Michael Pollan talks at Google

This is basically a post for Andreas to remember to watch this later. Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore’s Dilemma among others, gave a talk at Google the other day (why can’t I work there?). This is from BoingBoing.

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