The Fat Diaries: The Supermarket Field Trip

Suddenly everything was going all wrong! I didn’t want her to equate junk food with fat, I just wanted her to equate good food with healthy. Yesterday I was, once again, debating whether I should go grocery shopping with the kids or whether popcorn and ketchup would be a good dinner. The fact …

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Written by Monica Marier on Friday June 10, 2011

When Kids Take Over the Kitchen

Meghan Cox Gurdon gets a late Mother’s Day surprise when her children decide to cook her dinner. Will it be a delicious feast or a disaster? Writing in the Washington Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon gets a late Mother’s Day surprise when her children decide to cook her dinner. Will it be a delicious …

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Written by Meghan Cox Gurdon on Friday May 13, 2011

Help! I'm Tired of Cooking for My Friends

Eddie hears from a reader who's tired of being asked to help cook for her friends' dinner parties. Is their a way to squeeze out of these kitchen-time demands? Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie hears from a reader who's tired of being asked to help cook for her friends' dinner parties. …

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Written by David Eddie on Friday April 8, 2011

The Fat Diaries: The 'Royal' Diet Hits America

A new French diet is all the rage in Europe and thanks to a rumored link with Prince William's future mother-in-law, the frenzy is about to hit our shores. Have you got your commemorative plate? Your William & Kate mug? Is your gigantic refrigerator bearing the likenesses of the …

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Written by Monica Marier on Friday March 25, 2011

A Conservative Case for Farmers’ Markets

So much of what we celebrate today as the “farm-to-table” movement is really just a modern re-imagining, or re-invention, of a less industrialized time. Every Thursday evening,  around 7 p.m., I begin checking outside my side door to see if the elves have made their delivery yet. It’s quite …

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Written by Danielle Crittenden on Friday March 11, 2011

The Fat Diaries: Eating Green on St. Patty's Day

What is America’s obsession with turning every food item possible a vomit-inducing shade of neon green for St. Patrick’s Day? It’s March, folks! Time to break out the green food coloring! Seriously, what is America’s obsession with turning everything a vomit-inducing shade of neon …

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Written by Monica Marier on Friday March 4, 2011