Food

We all know breakfast is the “most important meal of the day” or have we forgotten? Canadian families are facing a breakfast crisis. Whether it’s because of early morning hockey practice, picky eating habits or body issues, a growi

Picky eaters come in every shape, size and age. Parents lament how hard it is to get little ones to eat outside of their comfort zones. Indian food experts, cooking school instructors, authors and spice gurus Preena Chauhan and her

End dinnertime drama for picky eaters. Many parents face a battle of wills around the dinner table. Fights over food are a common stress of raising children. Kate Kelly, Managing Editor for American Baby Magazine, has said that  50 per

Many parents face a battle of wills around the dinner table. Fights over food are a common stress of raising children

When if comes to nutrition, does your school or daycare make the grade? Well-nourished students perform better. In fact, when children maintain a healthy, balanced diet, educators witness students with improved concentration, less in-class

Full disclosure: I’ve been known to head to the grocery store intent on buying locally-grown organic zucchini only to come home with a box of Lucky Charms. To paraphrase an old adage, the road to hell can arguably be paved

Question: I recently you heard on a radio show talking about the importance of having family dinners together but I only heard a few of them and I think you mentioned 10 tips. Could you share those tips again? As

The tradition is as old as time itself. Families gather to harvest fall’s bounty, then celebrate together in gratitude and joy. Autumn brings sweet grapes bursting with juice,  hard squash to put down for the winter, nuts, apples, th

Salmonella infections are infamous for the nastiness of their symptoms — fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and bloody diarrhea. They're also known for being particularly serious for babies under the age of one

(NC)-With Canadians becoming more and more health-conscious, it's only obvious that concerned pet owners would start to place the same emphasis on their pets eating and lifestyle habits, as they do for the rest of the family.
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Children don’t usually mix well with coffee and conversation so for those parents who crave a café experience but need to keep the kids happy, there’s Small World Café in Toronto’s East Danforth Village

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction – yet it’s entirely real. Genetically modified foods are surprisingly common, yet most of us have barely a rudimentary understanding of what they are. And most of us would be shocked to

Ask any group of parents whether their children are ‘good’ eaters and you’re likely to get a collective eye-rolling groan. One may be struggling to please a picky eater, another may be trying to combat a child’s weight problem and

City dwellers often don’t have the space to grow their own fruits and vegetables, let alone the time that it takes to cultivate them. A small plot or containers filled with herbs or a tomato plant or two are as

Want a fool-proof way to have delicious fun with your kids, while teaching them reading math and science?  Just step into the kitchen.  There’s tons of safe and easy ways to work with kids in the kitchen.  The chefs at

For thousands of Toronto students the day does not begin with breakfast and may not even include lunch or a snack. In fact there are students in priority neighbourhoods who get their only meal of the day served to them

By now many people realize that eating has as much to do with boredom or habit as it does with hunger. Studies have shown that munching while watching television or being distracted cause people to consume much more than they

If your preteens are big fans of the ever-popular food and restaurant reality TV shows, you might want to give them a heads-up that the food-handling techniques that tend to get demonstrated on TV should never be attempted in real

In like a lion and out like a lamb.  This old saying might have been referring to the rapid weather change in March but in my house I think it’s more like the mood of my children.  With March break

The cream always rises to the top and when you incorporate it into your favourite homemade fudge you could have the recipe for some really great prizes. The search is on for the family with the most fantastic fudge in