A while back I posted an amusing video entitled, “Would You Give Your 2-Year-Old a Chef’s Knife?” The creator of that video, J.M. Hirsch, actually did give his toddler a chef’s knife, compelling evidence of the importance he places on teaching children about food from an early age. (And of the disregard he has for his [...]
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As part of our Family Dinner Dilemma discussion, Lunch Tray reader (and friend) Donna recently alerted me to “No Take Out,” a free recipe service that provides you with a new dinner menu each night. There’s a lot to like about No Take Out. First, cooking steps are divided into “When You Walk in the [...]
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Part of the hassle of getting dinner on the table is, of course, shopping. Short of having your groceries delivered (and of course, there are lots of ways to do that now), shopping still involves sitting down and making a list and then trying to get in and out of the store in the least [...]
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Just one day before launching my “Family Dinner Dilemma” series about getting weeknight dinners on the table, I got an email out of the blue from Waverly, the parent and writer behind “Peace and Love in the Kitchen.” I visited Peace and Love and guess what? It turns out to be a beautiful and [...]
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In response to my post announcing our current discussion of family dinners, Gretchen, a full-time working parent, wrote in with this comment (shortened a bit for space): . . . . [A]s a full-time working mom, putting family dinner into practice is a constant challenge for me. I don’t get home until 6:00 and I [...]
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To kick off our discussion of getting family dinner on the table, I thought I’d start with on-line menu planners. These planners, which are sometimes free and sometimes require a paid subscription, provide you with five meals a week, with recipes for the main dishes and sides, and they offer a complete shopping list [...]
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In our recent discussion about Ellyn Satter and table manners (and more on that to come, by the way), I mentioned the fact that my family is lucky enough to be able to sit down to dinner together every night, a ritual we all cherish. And that got me thinking more about family dinners generally: [...]
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