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Happy Food Revolution Day 2014!  As I have in years past, I’m teaming up with a group of fellow food bloggers to celebrate this day with a communal project.  The amazing people at the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation got in

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It’s here!  It’s finally here!  My beloved summer Farmer’s Market opens in just a little over a week, and I’m positively giddy about it (in case you couldn’t tell). Oh, I know it’s not going to have much to begin

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Longtime readers often joke with me about the little carnivores I’m raising — L., in particular, is a lover of eating anything that at one time had a face.  It’s true that while I enjoy eating vegetarian meals, it’s not

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We are ALMOST THERE. I’m writing this meal plan with the full knowledge that the next time I do this, our summer farmer’s market will be ready to begin.  No, it won’t be all tomatoes and roses in May or

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Do you ever have those nights where you get home and can barely even think about making dinner?  Work was stressful, the commute had you white-knuckling the steering wheel, the kids are crazed, there’s homework to be supervised and pets

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March is a busy month for us — P. and I have our shared birthday this month, so there are inevitably celebrations to plan and family and friends to see.  This month, I decided to make my job of meal

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Yup.  We’re still waiting for Spring. No, it’s not that I’m surprised (as a friend’s astute daughter said, “Of COURSE the groundhog thinks there are six more weeks of winter — the first day of Spring is March 21!”); it’s

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How we’ve worked through the “Eat more, eat less, eat now” struggles to have a peaceful family dinner. Raising kids is a big old umbrella term.  You think it’s one thing, but it’s not.  It’s a lot of little things:

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I’m just going to be honest here: The more locally and seasonally you eat, the more the end of winter kind of drags. At least, that’s true for me.  Don’t get me wrong – I love not buying Evil Winter

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I’m in the business of feeding kids.  That’s not the job I go to outside of my house every day, it’s not what I get paid for, but it’s a big part of what I do.  I have two kids;

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