Mains

A Quick Ratatouille-ish Stew

18:30 Friday January 7, 2005. It’s been dark for nearly two hours already. S and I are just back from the Laundromat (oh, for a washer and ...

Tonight I went to Weight Watchers after my first week back on the program. And (drum roll, please): I gained .6 of a pound. ...

When you’re one of four kids growing up in a three-bedroom apartment without much money, you find yourself taking turns a lot. My brothers and I ...

The night before I went back to Weight Watchers, S and I cooked together. Although I do the majority of the cooking around here (and he ...

Beef has never played a big role in my kitchen. While I enjoy a juicy-to-my-elbows burger as much as the next person, a hunk of steak ...

Iron-willed does not even begin to describe my mom. When I was six, she gave birth to my youngest brother, G, and fell into a post-partum ...

I had a difficult relationship with my grandfather. He died when I was a senior in high school, so some of it may have been simple ...

OK so maybe I’m not enough of an authority to say “EVER,” but as far as I’m concerned there’s no marinade out there that’s a) ...

When I have plenty of eggplant on hand and a few hours before dinner, this is one of my favorite things to make. The original model ...