FoodRetro

Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.

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    • 1 + 1 = 3
    • Deep (Granola) Thoughts
    • I Can’t Make This Stuff Up
    • Life With Food Allergies
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    • Things I Read
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    • Greenish Thumb Things
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What a Simple Virus Like HPV Can Do

October 21, 2016 By Food Retro

When my doctor’s office called me back a couple weeks following a routine physical, I had a sick feeling of dread. “Irregular pap,” the doctor’s assistant said. Cervical cancer!? My mind panicked. But my mouth, fortunately, knew what to say. “What happens now?”

Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, Science Gives Me A Hadron, Tech-Talk Stop, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: Health & Home, how-to, parenting, sponsored

Will Your Child Be Canada’s Next Cartoonist?

September 22, 2016 By Food Retro

For a long time, when I was a kid, I wanted to be some sort of an artist. Maybe an animator or just a famous painter. I drew a lot. My mom kept an uncomfortable number of drawings I made when I was 3. I kept doodling up until I was an adult, encouraged by…

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Filed Under: 1 + 1 = 3, Friendly People I Meet, The Answer is 42

My Son’s an Unequivocal Fan of Dwight Schrute and I’m Not Going to Apologize for It

September 19, 2016 By Food Retro

Who knew that when I took away screen time, I would create a monster? It started innocently enough. My son was being a crabby little human being, who was watching annoying YouTubers using text to talk to say annoying things like “prankster gangster.” So I, in a moment of supreme mommy-ness, declared that screen and…

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Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42, Things I Read Tagged With: #streamteam, The Office

10 New Netflix Shows For French Immersion Kids to Watch in the Summer of 2016

June 24, 2016 By Food Retro

10 New French Dubbed & French Subtitled Shows on Netflix for Kids

Last year, I did an article about shows on Canadian Netflix to help keep your grade-school-aged French Immersion child in practice over the summer break. Wow, was it surprisingly popular! I decided to do a new version for 2016, since a lot of new shows have come out! 

Filed Under: The Answer is 42, Things I Read Tagged With: #streamteam, french

Confessions of the World’s Okayest Mom

May 11, 2016 By Food Retro

This parenthood thing. I used to think it was the hardest thing I’d ever encountered when kidlet was an infant. Looking back, I can’t help but think, what the heck was I thinking?

Filed Under: 1 + 1 = 3, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: #streamteam, parent confessions

Spring Has Sprung, and We’re Giving Away a Kitchenaid (and more)! #BornOnTheFarm

April 26, 2016 By Food Retro

It’s funny. Although it has been a mild winter compared to last year, this year seemed rougher. February in particular was a dark and dank month. The weather was unpleasant, people were isolated, and  it just. Dragged. On. But hey, the sun is coming back, the grass is green, and the weather was even tolerably nice…

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Filed Under: Beauty(ful) Things, Life With Food Allergies, The Answer is 42, The Urban Homestead

FoodRetro: The prequel

April 6, 2016 By MomRetro

Believe it or not, FoodRetro and its owner have birthdays that aren’t too far apart. While I was content to merely announce “Hey, FoodRetro’s turning 3!” instead of “Oh my god, I’m getting old!” my mom had some other ideas. She texted me to let me know this post was in the system, and perhaps it’s…

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Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42

Three Netflix Titles That Have Made Me Feel Old as Heck #Streamteam

February 29, 2016 By Food Retro

3 Netflix Movies that Make Me Feel Old as Heck #Streamteam

I’ve concluded that February is the suckiest month of the year. I don’t know who decided to make it a month of romance, but as a cabin-fevered woman who is sick of the snow and who hasn’t had a night out since last year, I can say definitely that at least they were smart enough to…

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Filed Under: 1 + 1 = 3, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42, Things I Read Tagged With: #streamteam

Onion and Cottage Cheese Scones #BornOnTheFarm

February 23, 2016 By Food Retro

This cold that’s been going around is so yucky, the winter has been so dreary, and I’ve felt like such a shut-in, I admit I haven’t taken as much joy as I usually do in things like baking and cooking. Or anything. The result is that we’ve been eating less healthy, and that has just…

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Filed Under: Bread, Kitchen Chemistry, Life With Food Allergies Tagged With: egg free, Kitchen Chemistry, Life With Food Allergies, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, vegetarian

Popcorn: An Old American Love Story from MomRetro

February 19, 2016 By MomRetro

The pop-ularity of a simple bowl of popcorn cannot be overstated in my household. To be honest, my love affair with the bright yellow kernels began as a child while helping my grandfather every weekend pop, bag, and seal huge bags of this delectable snack, which were then delivered to local pubs, “mom and pop”…

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Filed Under: Deep (Granola) Thoughts, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42

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