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A Plum Idea!
On 01/06/2011 in Food & Dining Awards
Highly Commended and utterly delicious, no wonder Plum food is flying off the shelf
cookery school. However, my real moment of inspiration came after the birth of my third child; on returning to the baby food aisles after a gap of nearly eight years, I was disappointed to find that little had changed. I decided to do something about it
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Meet Aldo Zilli: Pasta papa
On 01/06/2011 in Food & Dining Awards
Celebrity Chef Aldo Zilli on his new baby and toddler food range
. If you don’t like the baby food, why should your child eat it? If you had to sum up the Baby Zilli philosophy in one sentence, what would it be? Organic, tasty and affordable. Why do you think parents trust your brand? Having been a chef for so long, I
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The lowdown on Okido magazine
On 26/11/2010 in Art & Craft
Editor Sophie Dauvois shares the inspiration behind cool children's art and science magazine Okido
" – all those things they spot that we don’t!What comics/magazines do you remember reading as a child?I grew up in France and used to receive and read Pomme d'Api, a fantastic children magazine from which I still remember some of the characters. I also
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Cooking with Raymond Blanc
On 07/08/2010 in Celebrity chefs
A lifelong love of good food and a rich culinary heritage encouraged Michelin-star chef Raymond Blanc to open his own cookery class to inspire and educate mini chefs
-educate themselves before educating their child. Be humble about that.I think the modern consumer has a collective role to play for demanding a better food chain and a more sustainable form of farming and better quality ingredients for ourselves and children.Do you
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The importance of play
On 17/03/2012 in Baby & toddler
Why toys are a mother's best friend…
help children to realise they have an effect on the world – they respond to a child’s touch. Babies learn that if they kick their feet, they can make the mobile wiggle. When this doesn’t happen – say, if the mobile is wedged against the wall – the baby
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The myth of the wicked stepmother
On 07/05/2013 in Relationships
She’s a villain as old as time – but modern families would benefit from banishing this stereotype to the realm of fairytales
. “Women are expected to win over their partner’s children, to love them like their own, and to keep on trying if this doesn’t happen,” she says.Fiction also has a lot to answer for when it comes to assumptions about modern stepmothers. The stereotype
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Kitchen Confidential
On 01/06/2011 in Food & Dining Awards
How one little girl inspired a baby food empire
at the same time! What was your favourite food as a child? My perfect meal, aged five, would have been spaghetti bolognaise, cherries and milk. Do you think that the food we give our babies and children is better now than say a generation ago? People
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Cornwall – the cool place for cool kids
On 17/10/2012 in Advertorial
It’s cool, it’s chic, it’s paradise found... rent a cottage in Cornwall and you’ll soon see why
essential creature comforts (high chairs/cots/stair gates etc) will be there for your arrival, leaving room in the boot for that wonderful plastic paraphernalia no child would be without on a holiday by the sea!Get creativeFirst up a sandcastle building
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Barcelona
On 26/10/2007 in Cities
Junior's guide to the city of Barcelona
BarcelonaThis is a city that could have been designed for children, by children. With its mix of bright paint-box buildings, parks full of crayon-coloured sculptures and museums stuffed with crazy modern art, it’s a perfect break for all the family
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Venice
On 18/04/2010 in Cities
Junior's city break guide to Venice
preserved Roman stadiums. Its modern-day use is as a venue for concerts and operas, but 2,000 years ago it was an arena for bears, lions, gladiators, fights – activities and characters that are guaranteed to capture a child’s imagination, and you can find
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