My last post in this series is devoted to some of my favorite kitchen appliances… The freezer. I get rather embarrassed when a friend comes over and wants to stick, say, a pint-size tub of ice cream in my freezer, and I don’t really have space for it. I’m afraid I look like quite a hoarder [...]
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cooking at home, part 3: meal preparation
After all that meal planning and grocery shopping, the real fun begins… Saving time with prep work. I have a certain system I like to follow each week. Upon returning home from the grocery store, I make sure the dishwasher and sink are cleared. I go through the fridge and toss out anything that’s gone bad. [...]
cooking at home, part 2: grocery shopping
Grocery shopping is always a challenge when you live in a big city. The grocery stores are smaller, prices are higher, parking is more of a hassle (and if you’re not driving, well, then you have to deal with hauling groceries home), and kitchens are teeny tiny. My own kitchen is outfitted with an apartment-size [...]
cooking at home, part 1: meal planning
When I think back to childhood, I tend to think of my dad effortlessly filling the dinner table every night with an array of home-cooked dishes. Weekends were even more elaborate, some Saturdays devoted entirely to cooking together as a family. I always knew our meals didn’t just appear out of thin air, but I [...]
