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Mail Call.

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

The best part of authoring a blog is the ability to interact, and have a dialogue of sorts. That’s the kind of thing that doesn’t happen so easily in print articles.

In order to ensure that it’s a real dialogue - and not just me spouting off as I am want to do - I want to open the mailbag up to you to ask questions. Really. Ask me questions about nutrition, picky eaters, favorite recipes, how to use a kumquat, how to find a kumquat… and I’ll let you know what I think and what the experts think (yes, of course, I’ll ask).

So if you’ve got a question about kids and food, send me a note. Here are a few guidelines:

  • Keep your personally identifiable information out of your question if you’re concerned about privacy issues. This is the internet, remember? If you say things like “I’m the only doctor in my town and my wife is blind,” folks may know it’s you. I’m not going to redact your questions. So use a little common sense.
  • I’ll answer as many questions as I can, hopefully at the pace of about one per week. Don’t resend the same question and don’t get annoyed if I don’t answer your question in the first place. I could be researching it. I could be saving it for a specific time of year (i.e., Halloween or Christmas). I could be clueless. I could think it sucks. Hey, it’s my blog, I’ll do what I want.
  • Keep it short. This isn’t War & Peace. It’s meant to be a quick stop for information. Give me as much information as you think I’ll need without boring me and the other readers to death… I’m sure that you love little Johnny to death and just want to share his problem, but we really don’t need a copy of your grocery shopping list.
  • I really like to answer questions about my favorite things. Yes, that means I like to tell you what I think. So, please, please, please ask me.
  • If you have something to promote - a product, a book, whatever - I’d be happy to consider reviewing it or sharing it with my readers. But I will say that I call it like it is. A spatula shouldn’t cost $100 even if it has Dora’s face plastered all over. So seller beware. I plan on giving an honest answer.
  • I reserve the right to add more caveats as we go along, so check back often.

    • With all of that in mind, ask away!

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    If you flip through the pages of a number of kids’ magazines, you get the impression that kids’ meals should be Michelin affairs, complete with matching dishware and veggies cut to resemble the works of impressionist painters.

    Let’s be real. Parents don’t have that kind of time. And kids have to eat. The two are not mutually exclusive.

    Kids' dish focuses on healthy, practical meal solutions for kids… and occasionally, that might mean matching dishware.

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