Why Blog?

As is so often the case, I refer to times in my life thus far as "Life before kids" and "Life with kids".  I found myself in a quandry on a recent trip to NYC, looking across the table at Jean Georges, my favorite restaurant, at my children and wondering how I was so lucky to be able to be a "Foodie with kids"... kids that love it.  Kids that allow me to be passionate about cooking and eating!  Kids that help me in the kitchen and who I can count on to make dinner, on their own. Kids that make healthy choices about what they eat.  And so my Foodie life with kids began.  As is common in our house when it comes to food...everyone participates and helps.  So our blogging will be a family event. 

Life before kids was wonderful. My husband and I were sponatenous and avid foodies.  We lived on the upper east side of Manhattan.  We went out to some of the best restaurants in NYC.  We had access to the finest, high quality ingredients and we took full advantange.  We took wine courses, didn't miss a wine auction at zagats, lived by our zagats, and wrote reviews regularly.  We cooked with passion... or actually I did and my husband ate with passion. He loved the menus I prepared and was always willing to try new things...

Then came our son in July of 2000 and "Life with Kids" began.  Yes, Life with diapers, babyfood, less spontaneity....or so we thought. The moment I laid eyes on the perfect little angel...I was hooked.   Fast forward 6 days and our son's life as a foodie began.   We put our sweet newborn into his carriage and walked 1 block down to a neighborhood restaurant, Zucchero e Pomodoro.  We sat outside, we ordered a bottle of chianti, a caprese salad, parpadella bolognese and chatted for 2 hours about how we could be so lucky.We watched our child in his baby carrier, his eyes wide open as if he was listening and understanding and we discussed life and what the future would hold.   I couldn't help but wonder if he would ever enjoy meals like we did... what would I do if he was one of those picky eaters who wouldn't eat anything new an exciting.  I am absolutely sure that the only thing that I could cook that was kid friendly was pasta...but didn't they eat it with butter and cheese, sans sauce???  Oh know.. mypassion... where would it go?

Well, 10 years laters, career changes, a baby sister, opening and closing a restaurant and our little family   are deep into the foodie life... and so we begin.  We begin our journey into our foodie life.  Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating...together as a family...slowing down, talking more and we hope to share our stories with you.