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April 26th, 2009 — Books
February 1st, 2009 — Books, Cooking
Making your baby’s or toddler’s food needn’t be time consuming or complicated – and it allows you to control the quality of ingredients, taste and freshness. Written by Lisa Barnes, this cookbook takes all the guesswork out of cooking for young children. Each age-specific chapter features fresh and wholesome ingredients that are perfectly tailored to a growing child’s needs, from 6 months onwards. This essential volume begins with cereal grains and simple vegetable and fruit purees, then moves on to chunkier foods, and finally to real meals. Tempting photos and sound advice enhance the 80 recipes. Softcover, 143 pages. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive. $19.95 
As a mother of three, Jessica Seinfeld can speak for all parents who struggle to feed their kids right and deal nightly with dinnertime fiascos. As she wages a personal war against sugars, packaged foods, and other nutritional saboteurs, she offers appetizing alternatives for parents who find themselves succumbing to the fastest and easiest (and least healthy) choices available to them. Her modus operandi? Her book is filled with traditional recipes that kids love, except they’re stealthily packed with veggies hidden in them so kids don’t even know! With the help of a nutritionist and a professional chef, Seinfeld has developed a month’s worth of meals for kids of all ages that includes, for example, pureed cauliflower in mac and cheese, and kale in spaghetti and meatballs. She also provides revealing and humorous personal anecdotes, tear–out shopping guides to help parents zoom through the supermarket, and tips on how to deal with the kid that “must have” the latest sugar bomb cereal.
But this book also contains much more than recipes and tips. By solving problems on a practical level for parents, Seinfeld addresses the big picture issues that surround childhood obesity and its long–term (and ruinous) effects on the body. With the help of a prominent nutritionist, her book provides parents with an arsenal of information related to kids’ nutrition so parents understand why it’s important to throw in a little avocado puree into their quesadillas. She discusses the critical importance of portion size, and the specific elements kids simply must have (as opposed to adults) in order to flourish now and in the future: protein, calcium, vitamins, and Omega 3 and 6 fats. $14.99
February 1st, 2009 — Books, Cooking
The French baby-food maker that has won praise throughout Europe is finally available to American families. This compact countertop appliance multitasks as a steamer, blender, warmer and defroster to prepare fresh, healthy meals for baby. It starts by steam cooking vegetables, fruits, meat and fish in less than 15 minutes, preserving their vitamins and flavors, then purees or blends them to your desired consistency. You can also use it to quickly reheat or defrost precooked foods. $
149.95
Simplify treating your baby to a variety of healthy homemade meals. This BPA-free silicone container is designed with 2-oz. cups for freezing seven favorite sweet or savory foods. Its airtight plastic lid preserves their fresh flavors, textures and nutrients. At dinnertime, the individual frozen portions slip out, ready for reheating in the Beaba Babycook or a microwave oven. Microwavable and dishwasher safe. 8 1/4″ diam. $19.99
January 30th, 2009 — Books, The Husband
J crew’s debut Men’s Guide by Max Blagg, featuring 50 Essential principles or minor Refinements for the way men live.
$20.00 Dollars at J-crew.Com
January 9th, 2009 — Books
I don’t know how she does it!” is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe working, stay-at-home, part-time and found a surprisingly similar trend in their interviews. After enthusing about her lucky life for twenty minutes, a mother would then break down and admit that her child’s first word was “Shrek.” As one mom put it, “Am I happy? The word that describes me best is challenged.” Fresh from the front lines of modern motherhood comes a book that uncovers the guilty secrets of moms today . . . in their own words. I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids diagnoses the craziness and offers real solutions, so that mothers can step out of the madness and learn to love motherhood as much as they love their kids. 
