and dried cranberries. It is enough to provide good fat, energy and get you through to dinner. Second, do NOT drink Diet Coke when you are trying to stave off hunger, and try to avoid it altogether. It is has sodium and chemicals...

on the surface, especially when nothing is open or you’re too tired to drive too far afield. Eating out for 42 straight days takes has been work, it takes, time, energy and imagination to keep it fresh, and I don’t...

to catch up with us, we knew we didn’t have the energy to enjoy a leisurely dinner, so we decided, based on our location at the time, to visit Giolitti for gelato instead. One of the great benefits of traveling in mid-November...

model goes against the basic theory of spreading your fixed costs over as many variable costs as possible. Instead of enteringinto a new real estate lease, SB should consider more efficient space utilization in the current...

? We’ve decided not to wait" and then have to listen to their speech about “it hasn't been that long” or “the food is already being cooked” or whatever they might say. I’m not saying to not...

to cook is that they believe it takes a lot of time, energy, and skill. Perhaps the first two are true – when you’re making something extravagant, or are hosting a dinner party. Cooking doesn’t have to be so...

Just some general thoughts. Here and on the SF board (see the link beneath my original posting here), we’re having what I see as a peculiar argument. Perhaps I should just leave folks be in their conviction that chow is an...

'd like him to view that as a GOOD thing, not grounds for him to stamp his foot petulantly at the gross inefficiency of it all. Since I don’t work in the restaurant, I do NOT have to be an efficient part of that system....

like Spam that are by no means the most sophisticated foods on the planet, but do bring me pleasure for one reason or another). I think it’s someone who derives pleasure from food and puts some energy into figuring out...

the specified ingredients. Like most people I have limited time (and energy...) during the week to cook so I’m looking for fairly simple but tasty dishes to prepare. Recipes within a recipe are often dealbreakers under this...

't build up in the first place. Considering the savings in time and resources (you’re cooking cheaper, tougher cuts of meat; less energy used to heat the food; and you can do things like steam corn on the cob with a half...

small farms, and because they’re close to home, don’t use enormous amounts of energy to get to me.

time. Cooking does take time, but it is a vital ritual of living, and I hope you put good energy into every dish you cook!

Not at all, Kevine. It’s the cooks who have the time/energy/curiosity to keep trying to do things the very best way who keep us “good enough is best” types progressing and learning, and in the process keep...

, recorded music and attractive wallpaper and tablecloths, I’d rather that energy put into better food.