Bunmi Laditan

Dear lunch monitor, I know I started the year strong with spaghetti and quesadillas, veggie slices and cheese cubes, but it’s December. There are special days, performances, and snowman cookies to buy then put on a plate like I made them.  So, if you see ice cream cones in my son’s lunchbox as his snack, no you didn’t. You saw carrot sticks. That’s what you saw. You saw Swedish ginger cracker gnome hats, a traditional Swiss holiday treat made from buckwheat, molasses, and sno

Yesterday we made Lunch Lady Cafeteria Rolls. According to the recipe, they're called Cafeteria Rolls because they were the standard lunch roll in the 80s in schools far and wide.

This morning, I had the thought, "How would I attack mothers if I were satan?" I considered it for awhile. Well...I'd start by creating an environment that holds those who care for children in low esteem. Because if I could do that first, everything else I did would be easier. I'd start by making motherhood seem like fundamentally, a waste of time, one's brain, one's efforts. I'd create an environment where being a mother is, at best, a side-pursuit and not on its own somethi