I’ve finally done it. I’ve unlocked the secret of how to get my kid to ask--no, beg!--for healthy home cooked food. And it’s a solution so brilliant–-and obvious--I can’t believe it took me this long to figure it out.

My name is Allison Fishman and I am thrilled to be writing Soup to Nuts, our new food blog. I am new to New Jersey; I grew up on Long Island (but don't hold that against me), lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn for most of my life, and am now a proud and hungry Jersey resident.

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