The benefits of having kids are too many to list. Let’s start with the obvious: the being madly in love…

Everyone has their own notion of comfort food,  a term that first appeared in the 1960s when a newspaper article…

It was one of those slapdash suppers I always threw together for the kids before heading out for date night…

The plan was dinner and a movie with the whole family. It’s a rare occasion these days and one I’d…

That is my fridge on a very good day, but by the end of the holidays it won’t look anything…

Every kid seems to have their quirks when it comes to food. My youngest didn’t care for soup for the…

One thing about being in the field of nutrition is that you get pretty comfortable with some pretty uncomfortable…

Hot soup has been nursing people young and old through the common cold for generations and across nations. Though this…

This is the time of year for all the “best of” lists. Best movies of the year. Best songs. Best…

The holidays are upon us …and while I may have pushed shopping to the back burner, I haven’t dared to…

Little kids are tactile people. They want to touch everything, particularly everything we don’t want them to touch. I remember…

If you ask my husband, he might tell you I’ve developed a nearly pathological drive to incorporate some…

Who doesn’t love a perfect soft boiled egg? But getting the timing just right, so that the white is cooked,…

The first time I made this tart, I left it on the counter to cool before dashing out…