When G and I don't have dinner planned (and by that I mean, when he doesn't have dinner planned since he generally takes on cooking while I put Sloan down for bed), we generally resort to one of two things: ordering in or "scrounging." Since ordering in is far from the most ...read more
In the weeks leading up to Sloan heading to school, we were so focused on making sure she adjusted to the transition that G and I didn't consider how our own schedules would change. Aside from re-introducing the concept of "school nights" into our lives, the largest change has ...read more
I'm betting this won't come as a surprise to you, but Mondays are my least-favorite day of the week. They are usually full of hectic to-do lists, and feel so far away from the weekend. It was a struggle to find something redeeming about them—until G and I started a new tradition. ...read more
In college—after cycling through ideas that I'd become a vet, a psychologist, and a children's book publisher (as one does at a liberal arts school...)—I finally landed on the goal of becoming a cookbook editor. I went so far as to attend a grad program in publishing, and nearly ...read more
At some point towards the end of last year, G and I incorporated some much-needed tweaks to the way we were eating. We were buying a lot of groceries each week (at both the store and the farmers' market), which would have been fine if we were actually cooking it all at home. But ...read more
As a team, we represent a variety of cooking abilities—Geoffrey has attended rigorous cooking classes and frequently makes meals at home with Emily, who's an amazing baker, and Leslie has worked as a food writer and recipe tester. The one thing we have in common is that we all ...read more