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As a busy mom, I find easy-to-prepare meals a must. However, I don’t want to sacrifice the flavor and complexity of a take-your-time homecooked meal. That’s what makes Homemade in Half the Time a treasure. This new cookbook by Shea Waggoner (Rodale, 2006) has more than 200 delightful recipes, and a quarter of those use…

My husband, Dave, doesn’t like to eat steak at a restaurant because he thinks he can do just as well at home with a good steak on the grill. I disagree, not because of his grilling ability, which is stellar, but because I like the ambiance of a steak house. A real steak house serves…

I took an informal poll of several mothers with young children, asking what their perfect Mother’s Day breakfast in bed would be. Among the wistful replies for fresh-squeezed orange juice and French toast or an omelet and fruit was this common refrain: “Forget breakfast … just let me sleep.” As the mother of a 2-year-old,…

One of our staff members told me that the difference between Cajun and Creole food boiled down to “brown and red, respectively” (i.e., roux- or tomato-based). Turns out, our readers have a lot more than that to say about Cajun and Creole cooking. Following are two readers’ thoughts on the subject, with a recipe from…

Try this alternative to fried chicken on your next picnic