A few weeks ago, I asked readers over on my Facebook page whether or not anyone would be interested in working with me, one-on-one, to solve some kitchen-based challenges in their lives. I’d been invited to submit an article to
Tag: family dinner
Quick moussaka probably sounds impossible, and in all honesty, it is. A real moussaka is a slow-cooked, time-intensive labor of love — layers of eggplant, seasoned lamb, bechamel, and tomato baked until beautifully gooey and satisfying. My friend Kristen has
Every once in a while, you run across a dish that’s so easy and versatile that it seems perfect for just about every occasion. There are lots of foods like this in the world, and I’m sure like me, you
I’m back! Most of you know (because I didn’t stop talking about it for weeks) that I was in New York City last Thursday, presenting a talk at the first-ever Family Dinner Conference. The event was organized by the unbelievably
The longer I cook family dinners, the bigger my kids (and their appetites) get, and the higher food prices go, the more I’ve begun to realize what generations of women and cooks before me have known: Ground meat is the
I thought I was done with the Monday Menus, but you guys have pulled me back in! Due to popular demand from the fans on the RRG Facebook page, I’ve decided to keep going with the Monday Menus theme for
The September meal plan can’t really be here. It was NINETY degrees today, for heaven’s sake. It cannot possibly be time to do this again, already. And yet, here I am, faced with a calendar that stubbornly insists that yes,
I bet some of you will be surprised to learn that J. and I took the boys out for dinner – -to an ice-cream place. Okay, so it was Pinkberry…the very Crunchy Hippie Intellectual foodie version of ice cream. But