Tag: weekday

I've never been tempted to be a vegetarian. I never went through that adolescent phase where I got squeamish about meat. I don't find chickens or cows particularly cute; I will cheerfully handle …

I grew up in the kitchen. From a tender age, I watched my mother cook dinner every night, and began "helping", by stirring a sauce here, adding a pinch of herbs there.  …

Back in the day when I lived in New York, I was more than a little homesick. I pined and yearned for my home state of California, and pounced on everything I could find …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/4463439363/" title="Salmon 4 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4463439363_36c61dbff9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Salmon 4" /></a><br /> I don't eat much seafood any more. I know that all those omega-3's are supposed to be good for …

Spring has sprung. Sure, I live in LA, where a sunny day could just as easily mean December as it could April. People are always exhibiting various degrees of suntan (usually related to …

There seems to be this idea out there that kids will not eat vegetables. There are suggestions to disguise the vegetables as trees, or puree them and hide them in the brownies. I …

The summer after I graduated from college, I took off for Europe. I wasn't living the bohemian life with a backpack and a Eurail pass (Quel horreur!), I was traveling with my parents and …