Here on TLT I’ve long decried the offerings on most children’s menus — an unimaginative array of salty, fried and fatty foods that seems to be the same at every restaurant, no matter what part of the country you’re in. That’s why I was thrilled last fall when First Lady Michelle Obama scolded the National [...]
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On the theory that it’s probably unwise to advertise that your house is sitting dark and empty, I didn’t mention during the last two weeks that I was actually blogging from the road, specifically a crazy-long car odyssey through the state of Florida with my family. Our vacation started out with a modest goal: I [...]
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Lunch Tray readers already know my feelings about most restaurants’ children’s menus: while they do offer parents convenience and lower prices, the menu items themselves are usually fat-laden and depressingly unimaginative, inadvertently teaching children that “their” food consist of only a handful of unhealthful entrees – mac-n-cheese, hot dogs, chicken nuggets and the rest. That’s [...]
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My sister-in-law, Lisa Siegel, is a parent of a child with severe nut allergies. She was personally responsible for waking up her children’s private school about allergy issues and is also a thoughtful writer with her own blog on the topic, “A Bite at a Time.” (Unfortunately, her blog is currently open only to a [...]
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For this week’s Friday Buffet: a parrot teaches about nutrition; I just can’t say goodbye to The Candwich; TLT poll results regarding children’s menus; and a parting word from The Onion. Polly Want a Carrot Stick? A Parrot Teaches Kids About Nutrition My friend Donna gave me a tip about Parrot Pyramid, an online game [...]
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In my very first post on this blog, I cited in passing a New York Times article in which chef Nicola Mazovilla decried the institution of the restaurant children’s menu as “the death of civilization.” According to Mazovilla (who will happily offer kids smaller portions of his regular menu items at a discount), food shouldn’t be [...]
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Welcome to The Lunch Tray! To learn more about me and this blog, please check out my “About” page. For my very first post, I’ll start with a topic about which I — and maybe you? - have some pretty strong opinions: letting children’s palates guide the menu options for school lunch. What am [...]
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