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Modern Urban Reality: The Importance of Belonging to a Community
This April, the Room Nine Community School in Shoreline, Washington lost a parent. He didn't gradually stop coming to PTSA meetings or claim he was too busy at work...

An Introduction To Greek Cuisine Greek food is a product of the country’s hot climate and island make-up, but it relies on simple ingredients...

Soup Swap!
In the dark, cold times of the big wooly sweater, there is nothing better than soup.

Salad - A Lesson in Dinner Fashion
Salads can be great for dinner. They are quick, easy, and so flexible you can virtually never eat the same salad twice!

Hosting a Dinner Party Solo
Dinner parties are a great way to gather with friends, meet new people, and have a great time...

Spring Smoothies
In our hectic lives, we rarely get the chance to slow down and relax, and our diets are often one of the first casualties of this rush. Well, spring is here, and we’ll fix both of those problems quite quickly...

The Slow Cooker Advantage: Dinner's Ready When You Get Home
Nothing much beats opening the door on a cold blustery evening and smelling that dinner is ready. It's one of the things single people often miss simply because there's no one else to do the cooking. ...

The Tricked Out Kitchen
For some people cooking is a hobby, for others it is a comfort. One thing cooking should not be, however, is a chore...

Figuring Out What To Cook There are a ton of recipes. ... The real challenge is figuring out what you want to cook...

Empty Refrigerator, Nothing Else To Cook Meal Planning We all have evenings when we open the refrigerator, stare glumly inside and realize there’s nothing for dinner but some ketchup and yogurt...

Family Life
Feeding Yourself & the Kids

Ten Quick Easy Recipes for the Lunch Box The kids are tired of the same ol’ PB & J, but you’re too busy and time-crunched to think up new lunch-box ideas.

Weeknights With The Kids - Summer Picnics Picnics are one of summer’s great traditions. They work equally well for singles as for a crowd, the food is easy to make and there’s minimal clean-up. Plus you get to be outside enjoying a park or, better yet, a concert in the park.

Weeknights With The Kids: Tailgate Party
A tailgate party, and the preparation for it, is a perfect time to include the kids in the cooking process, as well as have a great time – times that your kids will remember when they’re older. ...

Modern Urban Reality: The Importance of Belonging to a Community
In April 2007, the Room Nine Community School in Shoreline, Washington lost a parent. He didn't gradually stop coming to PTSA meetings or claim he was too busy at work...

Cookbook Reviews

Small-Batch Baking   You know those truly decadent desserts you enjoy at bakeries? The ones you’d love to bake at home ...

Cooking for Two: 120 Recipes for Every Day and Those Special Nights   The absolutely best thing about this book is that the recipes look like old friends.

Summer Cookbook:
"Good Day for a Picnic - Simple Food That Travels Well"
By Jeremy Jackson

Dinner Dates

Hot and Spicy: A Dinner Date with Yoga and Indian Food
Nothing makes an evening more awkward than poor planning, so an easy way to break back into dating is through a themed date. ...

Faking Your Way Through The Wine List
Girls go crazy for guys that know wine. If you know diddily about grape juice here is a quick guide to faking it, and ordering a bottle to impress...

Other Reads

Apple pie, lasagna and 8 more inventive uses for tortillas
Seattle PI Food Editor HSIAO-CHING CHOU has some simple and scrumptious uses for those 50 packs of tortillas.

Tiny farm wants to change the world — one chef at a time
This Seattle Times article introduces urban dwellers to a few people who know where our food comes from.

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