Comments on: Creating a better children’s menu: A chef speaks

By: Stealth veggies: Yes or no? | Spoonfed

Stealth veggies: Yes or no? | Spoonfed — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:13:43 +0000

[...] week, out with friends at a new restaurant (a place I wrote about here), my 6-year-old ordered chocolate mousse for dessert. Actually, chocolate avocado mousse. But my [...]

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:24:17 +0000

Agreed. I’ve been twice — once with the family and once with a friend — and thought the food was outstanding. Despite my attempts to encourage the more adventurous items on the kids’ menu, my 6-year-old went for the flatbread pizza, but she declared it the best restaurant pizza she’s ever had. Phew! Guess she does have a discerning palate, after all.

By: Nipa

Nipa — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:57:06 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to take my kids to the the Owl House but my husband and I did try it for ourselves … absolutely delicious! I had the smoked tofu sandwich, french fries and curried cashews and finished up with the vegan “cheesecake”. I was tempted to order more, but thought I’d better wait until next time… now I’m anxiously waiting for next time!

By: Send me your children's menus! (Because it's one step forward, 25 steps back.) | Spoonfed

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:19:57 +0000

[...] when I was feeling good about children’s menus, this depressing round-up crossed my desk. In it, the Daily Beast names the 25 worst meals from [...]

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:49:07 +0000

Thanks, Tameri, for visiting, and for the link. Appreciate it!

By: Tameri T.

Tameri T. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:38:26 +0000

I promoted your blog on mine. Excellent work!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:00:03 +0000

I think your ideas for a kids’ menu are brilliant! We have a 3 year-old and an almost 2 year-old, and our usual solution is just to order a little more adult food (an extra side dish or two or appetizer) and share everything around. As a result, my kids eat just about anything, from American to Indian to Vietnamese to you-name-it. They LOVE Vietnamese pho. If we get takeout pho & eat at home, I just put the broth in cups for them, and they drink it up–I think it was one of their first solid foods.

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:58:39 +0000

Boy would it be nice for chain restaurants to catch on. (Though, um, their adult menus could use a serious overhaul, too!) I actually have some related projects in the works, which I’ll be writing more about later.

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:43:37 +0000

That’s cool, Alexandra. Would love to know what the chef says.

By: Lisa Suriano

Lisa Suriano — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:38:59 +0000

This post was very interesting! It sounds like The Owl House is a place I would love to dine. (wish I lived closer!!!) Clearly Chef Brian is creative culinarian. I only wish there were thinkers like him in the corporate chain restaurant world. That is where a BIG part of the kid’s menu conundrum exists. Those restaurants reach so many American children. It would be amazing for the food revolution to reach that market, no?