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Cooking: here's a collection of all of our articles filed under cooking

Category: Columnists
The Yummy Mummy: Dishing Up Imperfection
On the Imperfect Kitchen
By Kim Foster
I am thrilled to be a new columnist here at Imperfect Parent, mostly because I am absurdly imperfect and thus, fit the definition perfectly. Those nuts at “Perfect Parent” wanted nothing to do with me and I can’t say that I blame them....read more
Category: Lifestyle
What's for Dinner?
There's a balance somewhere between well-seasoned filet mignon and frozen TV dinners.
By Nicole Jacques
“Hey little guy, what’s for dinner?” My eight-year-old son is ensconced inside a fence of couch cushions on the living room floor. Miniature monsters are ascending the cotton-stuffed barriers and then skydiving into the fortress. My...read more
Category: Lifestyle
A Gourmet Wannabe Drops Out
I'm throwing in the kitchen towel.
By Sherry G. Antonetti
All those helpful cooking recipes in parenting magazines designed to get kids to eat healthy gourmet meals? They lie. Those glossy photos depicting cute little moppets happily chowing down on exotic feasts like sushi, asparagus, and roasted bell peppers...read more
Category: Parenting
Third Millennium Mom
Combining 50s home-goodness with today’s work ethic – is this a realistic expectation for women?
By Rita Fiorentino
We've sworn off hydrogenated oils (or trans-fats they're also called). Heard of them? They're in everything. So far, I've found three types of cookies that don't have them (Pepperidge Farms Pirouettes, Chessmen and the Newman's Own brand Oreo-type cookies)...read more
Category: Politics/Society
A Better Mousetrap?
Today's supermarket aisles are full of innovative new products like green ketchup and purple french fries. What are these people thinking??
By Linda Sharp
It has long been said that if you "Build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door." So true. Inventors have long enjoyed very lucrative careers spent ferreting out that which needs to be improved, enlarged, reduced or what,...read more

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