I’m just LONGING for summer produce. Aren’t you? Maybe I’ve spent more time and energy this year paying attention to the seasons and making sure that we don’t eat too many way out of whack fruits and vegetables — in
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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
On Easter Sunday, I made a boneless leg of lamb for our family dinner. I hadn’t planned on it; actually, I was going to do something nice with a pork loin, maybe, until two weeks prior to Easter when Whole
It actually hit 60 degrees here in Rhode Island recently – today, in fact, and yesterday, and another day before that. It won’t stay that way, because the Atlantic Ocean makes our weather entertainingly unstable (that’s my positive-spin outlook on
Of course they’re not really magic. Don’t be silly. How could a meatball be magic? Unless you mean “magic” in the sense that every time they show up on the dinner table, or in a lunchbox, or wherever, there is
A few people have asked, relatively recently, whether or not I ever make Shepherd’s Pie. The answer is, yes, I do sometimes make it; but it’s not often, and I have almost never made a “proper” shepherd’s pie. That is
One of the things I think many people tend to struggle with, as they try to eat well, cook real food, and maintain a balance between their food values and their social lives, is how to deal with hosting a
I cannot ignore the fact that this is a very, very important time of year for football fans. It’s nearly Super Bowl Sunday. This is not only the high holy day of football (incidentally, the only sport I really care
There are a lot of ways to get a family dinner on the table each night, homemade lunches into lunchboxes each day, and keep everyone basically well-fed and reasonably happy – even if you’re working full-time outside the home, or
I mentioned recently on the Red, Round, or Green Facebook page that I was making tamale pot pie for dinner; I also happened to post the same information for a dinner group I belong to. The results were the same