You know, I don’t think the Omnivore ever truly knows what he’s eating when he stuffs his face at dinner time. He knows he likes dinner. He knows that his dinner is healthy and good for him. But ask him what’s on his plate and you’ll get this: We’ve already discovered that he’s hard of [...]
When I run across recipes like this one, I am reminded why I am not a professional cook (chef?). It isn’t the lust for being in the kitchen nor is it the long and late hours that chefs keeps me from pursuing this career. I’ve got the lust and I can handle late hours (I [...]
The Omnivore never thinks twice when I serve him broccoli in two different incarnations in one week. In fact, he rejoices if green beans appear as a side dish to dinner multiple times a week. And if cabbage or corn on the cob makes multiple appearances at the dinner table, the Omnivore might as well [...]
I need to make this habit. Well, make this concept a habit. Because this event didn’t turn out as planned. You know my husband eats meat, right? And so that sort of complicates leftovers, our most favorite item to take to work for lunch. There could be plenty of meat leftover but no side dishes, [...]
Dear Omnivore, After dinner, when your belly was full with yet another satisfying meal, you took a nap. I, on the other hand, started researching. No, not the kind of researching I did my senior year in college, when I spent far too many nights in the biology basement laboratory with my little friends [...]
