Please check out my first podcast, part of a recent appearance on DocSmo.com!! DocSmo.com is the website of Charlotte, NC pediatrician and children’s health blogger Dr. Paul Smolen. Here is the link: http://www.docsmo.com/peanuts-for-your-peanut/ For a summary, read on: DocSmo and I teamed up to give you a special post about a topic that is very … Continue reading Rethinking Peanuts for Babies
When I arrived at Northwestern University to do my graduate work, I had relatively little knowledge or experience of North Africa. Within a few short years, this changed as I studied the French-language literature of the region with a prominent specialist who happened to be teaching there, gained a close friend who was raised in … Continue reading Memories of Morocco
It’s December now and Chanukah is upon us! Now that I have my own child, I am very excited to start revisiting childhood holiday fun and establishing my own family traditions. Chanukah is another one of those holidays that is very centered around children, and we’ve been doing more this year to celebrate than I … Continue reading Chanukah
Recently, I was in touch with a lovely blogger named Flo who mans an ambitious website called AllNigerianRecipes.com. Aptly named, her website exhaustively catalogues Nigerian cuisine, and I thought she would be a great person to ask about Nigerian childhood favorites. She kindly responded and told me about two dishes, one that was a favorite treat … Continue reading Noodling Around Nigeria
The Children's Table 