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So every summer without fail, I go through what I privately call my "farmers market problem." I walk through the...

So here's a scenario that doesn't come up a lot in our house, but when it does, I genuinely don't...

So I'll paint you a picture. Last August, Dan decided we were going to do a family camping trip up...

So it was one of those Chicago Julys where the humidity hits you like a wall the second you step...

So last Fourth of July, I'm standing at the grill with tongs in one hand and a juice box in...

Here is a confession from someone who has spent fifteen years cooking professionally and still manages to go completely blank...

So I need to tell you about the summer I completely stopped apologizing for serving vegetables as the main event...

So I want to have an honest conversation about grocery budgets because I think there's a version of food content...

So there is a specific moment every summer that I have come to think of as the Pasta Salad Moment,...

So let me tell you about the summer I became the undisputed grill queen of our entire neighborhood block, because...

So, twenty minutes is my number. Not thirty, not forty-five, not "about an hour if everything goes smoothly," which in...

So I want to talk about the word "healthy" for a second because it gets thrown around in ways that...

Every summer, without fail, around the second week of July, I am in my kitchen at 7 am, packing a...

So here's my hot take—and yes, I know the irony of using the word "hot" here—the crockpot is the most...

The 5-minute side dish that appears at literally every single summer meal So my neighbor Karen brought this salad to...

The recipe that turned my meat-and-potatoes husband into a veggie lover So picture this—it's the 4th of July, my brother-in-law...

So last July, I pulled in from a nine-hour catering gig, feet destroyed, smelling like smoked brisket, and my 12-year-old...

So it was Wednesday night last spring, 6:15 PM, and I had exactly 25 minutes before my son Jake's baseball...

So every summer, there is that one week in July where it is 94 degrees in suburban Chicago, and the...

So I've spent 15 years cooking professionally, and I'll be real with you — the most stressful cooking I've ever...