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I also collect old cookbooks with my favorites being the themed Betty Crocker and Sunset books. I very rarely ever cook from them but I love to leaf through them.

Number 1 is somewhat of a no-brainer but I am lucky in that number 2 definitely applies to my usual, Sunday morning market. Not only can I get produce, but I can buy olive oil, eggs, beef, pork, fish, bread, cheese, honey-and probably countless of other items that I'm forgetting. This means that I need to have much more cash on hand than if they were to only carry fruits, veggies and flowers. Luckily, many of hte vendors now offer the option of paying with 'the square' smart phone apps so I can also just bring my debit card.
But despite that, I still need to go to the grocer for the obvious reasons. I just go much less than I used to.

Very excited to eat some good home cooking this weekend. Hubby's homemade pizza and kale caesar salad tonight, tomorrow will be a mother's day bbq we are hosting with grilled tri-tip, grilled artichokes, grilled potato salad and no-bake strawberry icebox cake for desert. Sunday morning is unbeknowst to me right now (I'm a mom) but we will have grilled California King salmon for dinner. Delicious eating.

The no-bake strawberry ice-box cake. Making it for a mother's day bbq we are hosting on Saturday night.

Well my secret isn't a mango pit but I always pick off and eat the greasy, crunchy bits left on a fry or sheetpan after roasting or frying something. Thats where all the flavor is!

Oh thank you so much for the post! In an optimistic and overeager moment at the farmer's last weekend, I picked up 2 full pounds of rhubarb before realizing that I wont have an opportunity to use it until teh following weekend. It will be going into the freezer tonight. Thank you!

Luckily I live in Northern California where year-round farmer's markets are the norm and so this problem rarely applies to me. But one thing I do is jump on the new items (green garlic, rhubarb, asparagus, etc.) as soon as they appear because their presence can be fleeting.

This looks great and sounds like a new twist on an old classic. Thanks for the idea-pinning now!

I loved this list and I shared it with a colleague/good friend of mine who also enjoys cooking iwth the need to feed 3 kids every night. We had fun commenting on each point but probably one of my favorites was the one about the gin and tonic: #38. If you have to ask “lime or lemon?” when making me a gin and tonic…I’ll make my own gin and tonic.

Loved that.

I've learned so much from this website and so, so happy that I stumbled upon here back in 2008 when I was a new mom at home on maternity leave caring for a newborn. There are many recipes, tips and techniquest that I've picked up over the years that are now a part of my current repertoire of cooking, planning, prepping, cleaning-you name it. So for that, I give you a hearty thank you!

Congratulations on the book and I cant wait for it to have a prominet spot on my bookshelf.