January 6th is the holiday known around the world as Three Kings’ Day or Epiphany. In Germany and throughout much of Europe the day is celebrated by making this delicious sweet bread known as King Cake. Stuffed with raisins and…
Highchair Travelers: Welsh Cakes
Wales is famous for their their scenery, their music and of course, their food. Our family’s favorite easy treat is Welsh cakes, quick breads that cook on a griddle like pancakes but taste more like muffins or scones. Sweet,…
Highchair Travelers: Candy Apples for Guy Fawkes Day
November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day! This holiday celebrates the foiling of a revolutionary plot to blow up Parliament in 1605. Guy himself was a minor player in the drama, but since he was the one discovered guarding the pile…
Highchair Travelers by Region
To make it easier for our readers to use our Highchair Travelers ideas, we’ve sorted them here by region. Europe Asia Africa/southwestern Asia/Levant The Americas You can also view our Highchair Travelers posts organized by calendar here.
Trip Report: England and Wales 2014
In what may be the greatest act of courage/insanity ever performed by the 80 Diapers family, on Thursday morning we decided to go to England. On Saturday. Yes, we decided to plan and book a ten day holiday in the…
Highchair Travelers: Spanish Tortilla
This week Matthew brings you our all time favorite Spanish lunch, the Spanish Tortilla. Don’t confuse this with Mexican tortillas–they share nothing but a name. Spanish tortilla is more like a thick potato omelet. It’s amazingly delicious and addictive, and…
Highchair Travelers: Pastitsio
Years before we ever traveled to Greece, Lemmy was already an expert at making his favorite Greek recipe, pastitsio. This delicious baked casserole is a very kid-friendly combination of spaghetti with meat sauce and macaroni and cheese, and was at…
Highchair Travelers: Sechseläuten
Do you wanna burn a snowman? Monday, April 13th is Sechseläuten, a Swiss holiday celebrating the end of winter. Held in Zurich, the festivities begin with a parade through town which ends in the town square. There, a huge bonfire…
Highchair Travelers: Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce
High up on our list of best-food-ever trips was our vacation in Greece a few years ago. When we got home, I applied myself diligently to learning how to recreate the amazing gyros we’d eaten almost every day in Corfu.…
Highchair Travelers: Irish Soda Bread
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We Americans love this holiday. But most of the things we associate it with it are . . . not so authentic. My Irish friend told me the first time she ever ate corned beef and…