Who is Gi-Gi Stock?

Gi-Gi. This is the way my great-grandchildren address their feisty, involved grandma. It is because of them that I wrote Let’s Cook Together–Adult and Child Cook Up a Storm for Fun and Good Health!

I have a dream. In my dream I see alert, healthy, muscular and educable children who rarely, if ever, have ear infections or require antibiotics. In this dream the children are well fed and are chomping on raw vegetables as soon as they are able to chew. They do not eat excessive sugar or consume trans fats from burgers or french fries. They sometimes shop with an adult and are given the opportunity to learn about and choose nourishing food. Sometimes they share in the food preparation and then carry their creations into the setting of a family seated TOGETHER (with no TV in evidence).

When I became a great-grandma, I could not sit by and observe the poor way loving moms would feed their children. Since my family would not listen to me even if I dared speak up, I wrote Let’s Cook Together. It was a carryover venture when, after 20 years, I was forced to discontinue the publication of To Your Health Magazine [TYH]–The Magazine of Healing and Hope. Now Let's Cook Together has become my new challenge.

The focus of TYH was how one can become responsible for one's health, utilizing prevention to heal ourselves. So often, many of us are not tuned into our bodies. Wellness and new modalities was our thrust. It was the right moment, for the population was becoming aware of these new possibilities.

Although TYH touched on children’s issues, the bulk of our articles were dedicated to adults. But now is the time to focus on our children. It is not easy to turn a child away from the media that displays glistening french fries and big cheese burgers; however, in Let’s Cook Together, I offer wonderful recipes and suggestions so that children can be enticed to do so.

Our children are our future—so let’s make the change together!!!!