Squeee! Longtime readers may remember that back in 2013, I was a member of the cast of the inaugural Providence “Listen to Your Mother” show – an amazing experience. Food writing isn’t the only writing I do, so it was

As my 8-year-old son L. would say, “I cannot…not…NOT…believe” that it is November already. There is something so special about this time of year. I know that sounds trite and a bit like I’m stating the obvious, but really –

Why am I asking this question? It’s the night before Halloween. Surely there are more important things for me to be thinking about – especially since I have very little interest, generally, in “juicing.” I’ve tried it once or twice,

Sunday dinner is sort of a thing in our house. It’s not a tablecloth-and-wedding-china kind of thing, though years ago when J. and I were first married, I did make an effort to bring out the nicer stuff once a
No, really, the heat is on. Or it could have been, but I restrained myself from touching the dial. It is COLD today in Rhode Island. Funny how this happens almost every year, and yet I’m never really quite prepared
Today I had ample opportunity to think about the things that matter. Yesterday felt like The Day of Crap News About Feeding Families. There was the ongoing internet dust-up over whether home cooking and family dinner really are soul-sucking drudgery
Fried chicken is a quintessential picnic food, isn’t it? And yet….picnics make me think of summer (though a nice autumn picnic is nothing to sneeze at). Summer makes me think of heat, at least on a day like today, when
Seriously. You guys. It’s September. (Well, ALMOST.) And I never even posted the meal plan for August! I had one. You know I had one. I can’t function without a meal plan. But, well, AUGUST. It was a month of
Big News! You’ve probably already heard about the fantastic back-to-school organizing guide I put together with my friend Bonnie from The Joyful Organizer. To recap, it’s a downloadable e-guide with over 100 pages of amazingly helpful content. In its pages,