Depends on my mood. If energetic, then some U2, Collective Soul, or other up-tempo music that’s good to sing with. If more relaxed, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, and other smooth jazz. (I’m 25)

given yoghurt and fruit for lunch. They ran out of milk also. Lunches were still full price though. Now my daughter has two lunchboxes for each. A cold box and a hot box. My little girls have the best, healthiest meals in the...

I have to admit, your family may win the prize... but I will nominate my family’s brocolli rabe sandwiches, usually for a meatless Friday, as one of those things that did seem a little weird to find in your lunchbox. With a...

jfood, I share every item on your original list. Here’s a new kink, learned from my DH. When pouring coffee from our drip pot in the a.m., we first pour out any condensed water that has collected on the pot lip —that...

I’ve started using those wrapnmats. I love the concept but if you make sandwiches that aren’t regular size (like smaller ones, rolls), they don’t work that well. We’ve also switched to Sigg bottles for...

stock in a hurry. I use the “beer and bait 'frige” to chill the stock overnight for de-fatting in the morning. Then I ladle it into cups collected as throws from parades at Mardi Gras when we lived in NOLA. I ladle a one cup...

occasionally to either place, the collected back issues of ChowNews will provide a useful chowcyclopedia). Subscribe at http://chowhound.safeshopper.com/23/cat23.htm?528 It’s a killer value, and your payment helps support...

pudding, I haven’t really looked lately for Kozy Shack buttescotch pudding, but I know Imagine Foods makes a vegan (dairy-free) pudding in several flavors including butterscotch.Little Snak-pak containers, perfect for a...

purchasing it if they have those channels. My library has that option and I’ve put in requests hoping there’s a hound on the purchasing panel. May take a while, but at least you have an opportunity to shape your...

was lucky enough to answer the door for the bread man, because he always had a big selection of individually-wrapped lunch-box size cakes and pies.