Migas
You’re trying to figure out dinner, I know, and we’re getting to that in just a second, I swear. But first this foodless little detour through a lesson in classical rhetorical devices. Because I know you’ve been desperately curious about the term praeteritio: “What the heck does it mean?” you’ve doubtless wondered to yourself hundreds of [...]
Camping and Eating
We couldn’t help stealing surreptitious glances at our neighbors during the five days we were camping: there they were, cooking tidily at their stand-up four-burner stove, complete with pot rack, utensil rack, and countertop; there they were washing up pristinely at their wrought-iron wash stand, complete with decorative soap pump and snow-white dish towel; there [...]
*Fish* with Brown Butter Sauce
I really don’t recall a time when I opened upGourmet magazine to find, alongside its glorious twilit pictures of spring chickens and watermelon granita, scathing observations about maddening photo shoots and tearful models. Really, it was all way too seamless for meta-commentary: the photographer had simply stumbled upon a dinner party that happened to be [...]
Cold Noodle Bowl
I really do love to cook, but sometimes I just hate it. Like now. I don’t feel like making dinner, and if it weren’t for the kids, I’d eat a bowl of granola and a handful of cherries every night after drinking many cold beers. Instead, we have granola for dinner only sometimes, and sometimes [...]
Tomatoes, Basil, and Mozzarella
The end of the summer almost always coincides with what is more or less the end of cooking for me. It’s like it dwindles through June and July, dwindles, dwindles, dwindles, and I’m making more and more salads, more and more grilled this and that, turning the stove on less and less. And then come [...]
10 Lifestyle Changes for Family Health
Childhood obesity is at an all-time high in America, while the overall nutritional value of school lunches continues to plummet. How can parents help to control their children’s weight and diet? How can a family dinner be a learning environment to teach proper nutrition? Here are 10 simple remedies and lifestyle changes for families. I [...]
5 Vegetables a Day, the Easy Way
I thought my kids were getting plenty of fruits and vegetables, until a healthy habits survey at Caitlin and Ellie’s annual check-ups revealed we were a serving short each day. Not terribly slouchy, but why not get all the health benefits you can? Besides, I’d rather cement the habit before the teenage years when the [...]