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lifestyle lit

The Gastrokid Cookbook

August 25, 2009

Looking to break out of – or avoid – the chicken fingers & hot dog rut? Welcome to the Gastrokid Cookbook. Designed to “feed a foodie family in a fast-food world,” the picture heavy 150-page recipe collection skews seasonal, local and a bit gourmet. Recipes like Zucchini humus, Shepard’s Pie and Japoniase Chicken Nuggets are fast, [...]

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Potty Training Boys the Easy Way is based on the premise that training boys is implicitly more difficult than training girls. “Boys are known to take longer, learn later & have more problems than girls,” explains Caroline Fertleman, MD. To counteract such difficulties, co-authors Fertleman and Simon Cave offer up a step-by-step process for getting [...]

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Child of Mine

July 22, 2009

Child of Mine, by Ellyn Satter, one of the foremost authorities on healthy eating for children, can pretty much be summed up in a few words “division of responsibility in feeding”.  This means parents are responsible for what, when and where feeding occurs and children are responsible for how much and whether to eat. If [...]

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Handstand Kids Cookbooks

July 20, 2009

Get creative, hands-on and a bit international with the Handstand Kids Cookbooks. The Mexican, Italian and Chinese cookbooks are short, sweet and very interactive. Designed to appeal to kids 5 and up (with lots of parent supervision at the younger edge of the spectrum), the books woo kids into the kitchen with friendly characters, engaging [...]

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If you are totally clueless about how to make your own baby food, but gung ho about doing so, this book is a great place to start. The book emphasizes that you don’t need a lot of equipment to make baby food, but rather a well-stocked pantry and refrigerator. The cookbook offers tons of recipes [...]

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Cool Names for Babies

June 7, 2009

Our favorite baby naming book hands down. The book pares the thousands of names out there down into names you might actually consider.

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