Articles

  • 1 week ago | thegreenspoon.substack.com | Greta Caruso |Fanny Singer

    Hi friends,Yep. You read that right. *Breakfast Cookies* With a subject line like that, how much can we really say before delving into the recipe? We feel pretty confident that you have an intrinsic understanding of the primary use cases for these cookies:Your morning is frantic and you need to get out the door pronto, but your kid is unbreakfasted and teetering on the edge of a hanger-induced meltdown.

  • 2 weeks ago | thegreenspoon.substack.com | Fanny Singer |Greta Caruso

    Hi friends,It’s no secret that we’re both dyed-in-the-wool seasonal eaters, cooks and shoppers.

  • 3 weeks ago | thegreenspoon.substack.com | Greta Caruso |Fanny Singer

    Hi friends,Coming in hot with a wonderful Cub Street Diet from the equally wonderful Sierra Tishgart! Sierra is the New York-based founder of the cult cookware line Great Jones, whose beautiful and functional goods we featured in last year’s Easy Tomato Confit post. Before she started a career in kitchenware, Sierra was a food writer and editor who spent her time interviewing cooks, tasting the best of the city, and editing the Grub Street Diet for many years, if you can believe it.

  • 3 weeks ago | thegreenspoon.substack.com | Fanny Singer |Greta Caruso

    Hi friends,When it comes to feeding our kids, one of the things we wrestle with most is sugar. There is so much conflicting guidance when it comes to sweet treats with kids, that every decision can feel like the wrong one. Sugar will kill them. No sugar will make them into a social pariah. Bribing your kid with sweet treats is wrong but also it’s the only thing that works sometimes. You know the drill: a classic lose-lose parenting situation.

  • 1 month ago | thegreenspoon.substack.com | Greta Caruso |Fanny Singer

    Hi friends,With Mother’s Day around the corner, we’ve been reflecting on the enormity and insanity of this journey that began for both of us (within a month of each other!) in 2022. And though the Green Spoon mostly exists in the weeds of being a parent—the brass tacks of surviving the morning, filling lunch boxes and providing dinner to a fickle constituency—we wanted to spend today’s post honoring what has nourished us most as moms. The answer? Other moms. Ourmoms.