Tag: no-special-equipment

So here's the situation that this article was born out of. It was the Friday before a long Fourth of ...

So last summer Maya went through a phase where she declared—completely out of nowhere on a random Thursday—that she wanted ...

So there's a very specific kind of summer evening that this recipe was born for. It's hot, it's a Wednesday, ...

So, the summer Dan announced we were doing a full beach day—actual beach, not just the neighborhood pool—I went into ...

So I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it every summer until everyone believes me—boiling corn is a crime ...

So the summer I finally committed to Sunday meal prep was the summer everything changed for our weeknights. I'm talking ...

So summer lunch is a category of meal that I think about differently than any other, and here's why. During ...

So that summer, I figured out that the best cookout sides don't always involve turning on a single burner, a ...

So I'll be completely honest with you—I resisted smoothie bowls for an embarrassingly long time. I'm a trained cook with ...

So it's a Tuesday in late June, the kind of afternoon where the air conditioning in our house is fighting ...

So, when Dan decided he wanted to learn how to grill, I made a decision that I'm still proud of—I ...

So the first time I made shrimp kebabs for a backyard cookout, I did everything wrong. I used small shrimp ...

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 ...