When it comes to vacations with the kids, there are two kinds of parents--the kind that refuses to cook a single meal (it's vacation!) and the kind that embraces the extra time to explore the local cuisine and cook up a storm every night (it's vacation!). If you are the second kind (and most of us at Cookie are), check in with OLB this week so you can get some ideas for your late-August getaway. I got this recipe for pasta with clams from a New York Times interview with Tom Colicchio about picky eating with kids. I love the way Colicchio gave the recipe almost Twitter style--"I can go out and buy clams and some shallots and garlic, chop it up, put some wine in it, olive oil. Let the clams steam open, add chopped up tomatoes and mustard greens and toss with pasta. That is going to take me 20 minutes. It's a great simple pasta dish. It's that easy. Anybody can do it if they want to. It just takes practice."