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Our kids’ preschool program has a lovely secure members’ page online, where they not only have access to a webcam so you can check on your kids during the day (a very cool bonus, though I don’t often use it),

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Sometimes, in the grand scheme of this crazy culinary life of mine, there are days that can only be well-passed if spent in the pursuit of bread.  Any bread will do: quick breads, yeast breads, sweet or savory, but bread,

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Yesterday, as I wrote grimly about the lapse in judgment that led J. and me to a processed food coma, and the better head that prevailed when I redeemed myself by creating the soft pretzels that are tucked safely into

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Three things arrived this weekend at the RRG household: Football season, official Fall weather, and molars. P. is a terrible teether — a late teether, a fussy teether, and a teether who has probably been voted by his daycare classmates

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I have a lot of cookbooks.  In the built-in bookshelves in our living room, there’s a shelf crammed with Nigella Lawson, Tyler Florence, Giada DeLaurentiis, Ina Garten, and more.  I love them; I love reading them, looking at the pictures,

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It’s the last day of August (already?  How’d that happen?), so it’s time, I guess, to unveil the plan for September.  But before I do, I’ve got to make note of one or two things and make good on a

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Red, Round, or Green is officially one month old!  It’s funny how fast the month has gone, and yet, how I feel that I’ve been writing this blog forever.  Maybe it’s just because what happens on this blog is so

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One of the things that I love about having a meal plan is that when life gets all wonky and hectic, like it has this week, the plan is still there, patiently waiting for me to follow its magical little

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I’m so excited about my lunch today.  Actually, I’m so excited about everyone’s lunches today.  But mainly mine, because it’s leftovers of last night’s dinner, and I loved last night’s dinner. We had something for which I cannot take credit

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I promised yesterday that I’d get back to practical things here on the blog, and that means returning to our mini-series on Old Standards and New Favorites.  It’s good to get back to sanity this morning, because quite frankly, I’m

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