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Rush Hour Shortcuts
I start each week with grand plans of beautiful dinners and creative leftovers for lunch. But over here at the corner of rush hour and reality is a very busy family of four, and to make our dream meals come … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Box (of Wine)?
So hopefully at this point, you have embraced the beauty of screwcap wine. It is no longer a sign of cheap wine, but rather incredibly convenient and offers assurance against insidious cork taint. The new wave in wine packaging is … Continue reading
Caught in the Act: Cheating with a Slow Cooker
My crock pot began as a joke, but has turned out to be anything but. Over Thanksgiving seven years ago, my husband suggested we get a crock pot. I have no idea where this came from since this is the … Continue reading
A La Colette: The Day I Learned to Cut Herbs
Colette was standing aside the stove, juice glass in one hand, scissors in the other, barking at me to get in the shower and dress for lunch. “Vite! Vite! On mange!” We were in Sète, France, my first French host … Continue reading
From the Editor
Swine Dining
Cooking from the Carpool Lane