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Monday, November 23, 2009

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  • What's the worst thing your kid has done in a restaurant?

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    By Mira Jacob, Shine staff, 12 minutes ago

    I remember the first time I took my son LBZ to a restaurant. He was 3 months old and I was out of my skull with worry. What if he howled like a banshee? What if I couldn't make him stop? What if other people snarled and shot us get-away-from-my-Sunday looks? I wasn't so far from my… Read More »

  • Ohhh The Benefits of Cloth Diapering

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    By ModernMom, on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:56am PST

    By Yael Meyer Cloth diapers! Are you crazy? Why make your life more complicated? And what about the poop factor?…Yep these are some of the comments accompanied by funny looks that I received when at 9 months pregnant, I announced that I would not be using disposables with my soon to be born…

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  • Thanksgiving, Tom Colicchio Style. The Top Chef judge on family-friendly cooking.

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    By Babble.com, on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:55pm PST

    Celebrity chef Tom Colicchio — the man behind the massive reality hit Top Chef and co-owner of the Craft restaurant empire — isn't much different from his TV persona. When I spoke to him, he discussed both his personal and public life in the same straightforward, fast-talking way he interacts with contestants on his show. But his no-nonsense New York personality softens when he talks about his three loves outside of the kitchen — wife, Lori and his two sons, Dante, sixteen, and Luka, who was born August 1st . No doubt about it, Tom is a family-first, food-second kind of guy, though he makes it clear he's very serious about both. Luckily, he took a few minutes out his very busy day — he was hosting a dinner party that night — to share his thoughts on bland kid's menus, Thanksgiving at the Colicchio house, and how to handle a screaming baby in a restaurant. Read More »

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