A blog in letters. Two friends dish on family, careers, and the food that gets them through.
So, Tygh and I have officially – and permanently – decided we are done having kids. Two is it for us. I maybe would have considered 3, but then likely he or she would have had to be raised by wolves, because Tygh and I are already stretched to the max for child-rearing time.
I was a little sniffly at first (how can this part of my life already be over?) but then I woke up from 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep and thought, nah, good decision.
Read MoreBilly,
This time of year, it’s hard to get away from pumpkin. And I’ve totally fallen victim. The problem, of course, is that there are so many pumpkin recipes out there, sometimes it's hard to file through them all for the good ones, the ones actually worth making. Plus, in this season of entertaining, I really wanted to find a couple of breakfast go-tos that were simple enough for June to help with, but also impressive enough to plunk down for an impromptu brunch. So I’m dropping you a quick letter to share two great ones.
Read MorePlease be honest. Because much of my confidence as a parent is riding on this. What does Dash eat? Like, on any given day? Is it, like, the same 10 foods?
Because, try as I might – with exposure (we try to eat all manner of things in any given week – from vindaloo to cheesy grits), involvement (I’ve been known to bake multiple batches of cookies in one day just to get June in the kitchen measuring and “enjoying” the art of cooking), gentle “one-bite-of-everything-on-your-plate-regardless-of-whether-or-not-it-makes-you-gag” rules, and, embarrassingly, the old “no-dessert-until-you-try-whatever-it-is-I-have-made-goddamn-it” ultimatum – the kid always ends up eating the same damn things.
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