Family Meals

How To Green Your Holiday Meal

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

Working up a menu for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or another upcoming holiday? Here are three tips to help you be more environmentally responsible while planning that feast.

Real Food Rehab: 2 Simple Steps To Healthy & Delicious Meals

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


Dana Joy Altman

If you stock your pantry with high-quality basics and foods you love, you won't overspend on last-minute grocery store runs. You'll eat healthier and always be able to throw together a satisfying meal.

Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green


Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

Is It True That People Don't Cook Anymore?

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

I studied food and went to local markets wherever I traveled. I learned all on my own that simply prepared, fresh, local, and organic foods taste best.

The Dinner Wars: Parents' Fighting Over Feeding the Kids

Donna Fish | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living


Donna Fish

Think about how you were raised with food. How were you taught to eat? Did it work well for you? How so? Why do you want to pass it on to your kids?

Ending the Dinner Dash

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living


Laura Vanderkam

The personal is political, the second wave feminists liked to say and nothing showcases the hard choices modern mothers face like the issue of what we feed our families.

The Family Meal: Why Moments Speak Louder Than Numbers

Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.18.2008 | Living


Peggy Drexler

It's amazing to me how quickly the arguments about what is - and is not - an effective family defaults to big numbers when in reality, the effectivene...