Things were happening at our house that made me negligent with cooking and posting.  For nine weeks during the holidays we cooked out of a plug-in kitchen because the heart of our home had a situation.  Although we were blessed with a host of small appliances that supported any food heating [...]

Stir-fries are the perfect solution for a crunchtime dinner. In the time it takes the kids tell you about who did what to whom at school today, you can sear up a fresh, secretly healthy meal that will fill those mouths and render the table peaceful.

But if your stir-fry, like [...]

What do you do with vegetables that are ready for any exit? You know the ones at the back of your refrigerator whose coloring has turned like fall leaves, they’re less crisp,and your kids would only eat them if blindfolded. A few weeks ago I might have tossed them because [...]

Wrapping up the behemoth project that was our photo book from African Family Vacation made me nostalgic for Kenya.  It also made me slightly hostile toward my dueling shutter bugs, Kendall and Dan, for capturing one billion or so images that hijacked my laptop and from which we(I) culled 1700+ [...]

Now, what were all those foods that they said were good for boosting brain power and memory?   They’re on the tip of my tongue…sweetbreads?  No.  Recalled eggs? Nope. Smarties?

I remember, thanks to Cynthia Green and the editors of Prevention magazine and their new book Brainpower Game Plan, [...]