Pamela Chester

Specialty: Kid-Friendly Food, Crockpot/Slow Cooker
Education: New York University, French Culinary Institute
Lives: Philadelphia, PA

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Snow Day Treats
“Snowed in” is a relative term, depending on what area of the country you live. The farther north you go, the less of a big deal a few inches of the white stuff is. As you head south though, just a...


Food Labels 101
Lately at the market, I can’t help but notice there are more and more labels on the front and sides of the food packages in addition to the regular nutrition facts. I just bought some Japanese style...


New Ideas For The New Year?
Once the New Year starts, it’s time for "out with the old, in with the new," right? You’re tired of the same old, same old. It’s time to step off the tired old dinner train and onto an exciting...


Fun Foods For Family Game Night
During the week between Christmas and New Year’s, it seems more board games and card games are played than any other time of year. People are in the holiday spirit of family togetherness, and one thing...


Have Yourself a Merry Little Cookie
Did you ever stop to wonder how the delicious tradition of Christmas cookies came about? Cookies are as much a part of the holiday celebration as the nativity scene, a decorated tree, and prettily wrapped...


The Season's Best Handmade Gifts
Earlier this morning I found myself in an all too familiar holiday panic over those last couple of gifts that need to be bought. I had fully intended to have all the shopping done by December first, but...


A Warming Holiday Tradition
This year I’ve vowed to take the holidays a bit easier, really enjoying the season and making lasting memories with friends and family. Rather than last year’s rush, rush, rush, right up until the...


Pass on the Pumpkin Pie? No Way!
There are some foods that are indispensable to the holiday season. For each family it might vary but these are the menu items that never get changed from year to year, and the recipes get passed down amongst...


Three Cheers For Thanksgiving!
I learned a funny new saying this week from my son’s teacher: Respect the Turkey! She said her family is fond of using that expression in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and it has become their...


Making Healthy Holiday Food Choices
Did you know that during the holiday season the typical person consumes an additional 600 calories per day? That’s a lot of extra calories, especially for our littlest eaters! Usually those calories...


A Chinese Restaurant Favorite
My family and I have been enjoying more than our share of takeout and restaurant meals lately and one of our go-to choices for a meal out is Chinese food. Our local Chinese haunt really is one of the...


A New Way For Baby To Eat
Lately I have been hearing a lot about a relatively new concept called Baby Led Weaning. Instead of starting off spoon feeding young babies pureed foods at around four to six months, little babies are...


Too Much Halloween?
When I was growing up, Halloween was a simple holiday— you carved pumpkins about a week before, and wore some sort of costume (usually homemade) on Halloween night. We had one neighbor who set up a...


Stop and Smell the Apple Butter
Last weekend my older son and I were out for the morning doing weekend errands and just happened to stumble upon a neat little festival. As we zoomed up the road on our way to the closest kiddie shoe...


The High Fructose Corn Syrup Purge
A friend of mine recently announced on her Facebook page that she is doing the high fructose corn syrup purge. I am not sure if the concept came about as a specific part of a healthy eating program or...


Look Ma, No Oven!
One of my favorite activities at home is baking. It’s twice as much fun when you get your kids involved, and a good learning experience for them. However, I have a small issue right now that might...