by Jane Sweeney | Sep 28, 2016 | Tips + Tricks
Hands down, the reason restaurant food is better than home cooking is that chefs know how to properly use salt. It is the essential ingredient in every meal–in every bite, really–that knocks your socks off. Chefs aren’t afraid to let it rain down on top of steak; they...
by Jane Sweeney | Jun 22, 2016 | Tips + Tricks
No matter what I’ve read or been told, there is a part of me that wonders, “Do I really have to wash a few lettuce leaves for my sandwich?” or “Can my kids actually get sick if I give them that non-organic lettuce straight from the package!?” Because let’s...
by Kate Etue | Sep 16, 2015 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
My kids’ lunch boxes come home from school looking pretty nasty some days — like when the peanut butter seems to have exploded inside, or when we open it on Monday morning to find a banana was left inside over the weekend. Gross. So we’ve been...
by Kate Etue | Jul 28, 2015 | Tips + Tricks
This summer I’ve made more than one of the mouthwatering Meyer Lemon Ice Box Cakes that I found at She Wears Many Hats, plus my kids have been selling lemonade like crazy. So you can imagine that I’ve been stocking up on lemons. With so many around the...