Recipes
Project Lunch Box: Do You Bento?
Despite the fact that my husband says, “kids who bring Bento boxes to school are 300% more likely to get beat up,” I think the
(Fish) Food for Thought
Just a quickie today. Please check out this article about the FDA’s plans to approve genetically engineered salmon, creepily called AquAdvantage. (To me, it sounds
Project Lunch Box: A Can of Worms
Last week when I wrote my Lunch Lady post, I didn’t really know what I was in for. After deciding to begin “Project Lunch Box”
Rock the Pot Luck
I won’t be doing much cooking this weekend. For the first time in years, we’re going away for Labor Day. The friends who so graciously
Lunch Lady
My youngest child started kindergarten yesterday. This long-anticipated event — almost nine years in the making! — has filled me with all kinds of mixed
Fuzzy Friends
After a long, hot summer and plenty of bad fruit (Seriously, is there anything as disappointing as a mealy peach?), it’s finally peach season in
Don’t Judge Me Because I Love Nutter Butters
There’s nothing like a road trip through the great state of Wyoming to make me think about guilty pleasures. Not to pick on Wyoming —
When in Rome, Right?
Not to gloat, but I’m on vacation. Right now I am in a cabin surrounded by miles of empty sky, an amazing river, and about
A Cheerful Little BPA Update
I know it’s the middle of summer and I should be blogging about something fun like camping gear (as promised) or homemade Popsicles. But I
Happy Campers
My kids are wacky about camping. They beyond love it. And I have to admit I get how they feel. I still have fond (and
Getting Saucier and Saucier
I had planned on writing a sweet post today (artificial versus natural sweeteners, that is), but I just read a study claiming that my beloved
Decoding the Door
My refrigerator door is not pretty. Instead of an enticing array of chilled beverages, our limited door space is seriously overloaded with condiments. It sometimes
Food for Thought
Like about 75% of the women in America, I’m in a book club. Still, I like to think our book club, which started in 1998,
Backyard Basil Bounty
Every year in May, I plant basil because I love it so much. And every year in May, I also apparently forget that basil grows
Eat Like Erlingur
They live on a volcanic island just outside the Arctic Circle, but Icelanders as a group are some of the happiest (despite some long, dark