A concept I have long understood, but don’t utilize nearly often enough, is the idea of double-duty food. By double-duty, I mean ingredients — or sometimes, even whole recipes — that can be worked with at least twice in the
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This week on RRG has been all about the family dinner — its rewards, its challenges, and how I strategize to be able to pull off a homecooked meal every night of the week without going insane. I feel like
Yesterday’s post on the relative feat that is family dinner seems to have started a larger discussion (hooray! Nothing a blogger likes better than discussion); both on the comments board and in my inbox, personal Facebook account, etc., people are
Miss me? Sorry, readers. I know I’ve been sporadic lately about posting. Last week was a doozy that culminated in P. getting very, very sick with a respiratory infection; believe me when I tell you that trying to manage all
Apologies for the lack of post yesterday — I fell into some sort of black hole at work, from which I have barely clawed myself this morning, and couldn’t devote any attention to the blog. But believe me, in the
On Friday, I asked you all to spend this week tabulating, at least loosely, what $2.50 will buy you in terms of “real food.” Some of you have already responded; some will probably respond later in the week; and I’m
Happy (choke) Valentine’s (gag) Day. Sorry, but I’m not a big Valentine’s Day person. Just never have gotten into it as a holiday (my mother, an avowed V-Day hater, takes credit for my aversion). I’m warming up to it slightly
I confess I’m uninspired today. Tired, burned out, and hastily trying to cram a post in between other important stuff that should (at least by other people’s standards) be priorities. I’ve been searching aimlessly all day for the one thing
Is it the weekend yet? *Groan.* What a week it’s been so far. Two cars broken down, our household heat on the fritz, and various little personal squabbles and dramas have given me a permanent ache in my neck and
I’ve been thinking a lot about labels and definitions lately. It seems like no matter where you turn in the food world these days, there’s some label you’ve got to confront; whether it’s the classic nutrition label on the jar