The MOM 100 Blog

• August 09, 2012 • 30 COMMENTS

  Gearing Up For Back-to-School Weeknight Dinners

  Getting back in the swing of weeknight/schoolnight dinners stands out as a shining example of what can be crazy-making about the re-entry period of fall. I’ve just started bracing myself, and thinking about how to make those dinners a bit smoother, calmer, and less stressful. Damn, I do this for a living and still find... MORE

• June 28, 2012 • 2 COMMENTS

  Pike Market in Lists

  I wanted to write about each of the recent four cities which I traveled to with my kids (and sometimes my mother and my husband) in the past nine days. I wanted to, but that would have meant less sleep and fewer activities (but do eat at the café at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, and... MORE

• May 31, 2012 • 3 COMMENTS

  31 Hours in Cincinnati in Lists

  In a city of very nice people, here were some of the nicest: Courtney Tsitouris, a local food blogger and videographer who is chronicling the burgeoning food scene in this friendly city. Jose Salazar, the chef at renowned restaurant, The Palace in The Cincinnatian, who gave me some huge purple asparagus to bring home. Nick Dietrich,... MORE

• May 29, 2012 • 1 COMMENT

  57 Hours in Dallas in Lists

  Times someone blessed my heart: Seven Great moment while teaching cooking class at Central Market in Plano: 12 year old boy, after tasting Miso Cod Fingers, said that this fish had “changed his life.” Dining experiences I shan’t soon forget: Insane-tasting dinner that Stephan Pyles‘ restaurant prepared at his eponymous restaurant. Let’s just say any meal that starts... MORE

• May 23, 2012 • 2 COMMENTS

  4 Days in Washington, DC in Lists

  This trip was thankfully a bit longer than others, in large part due to the fact that my sister, her husband, and two daughters live here, and we turned it into a bit of a family weekend with Gary and the boys coming down for part of it. Best reason for spending 4 days in... MORE

• May 16, 2012 • 0 COMMENTS

  33 Hours in Tulsa in Lists

  Lovely people I spent time with: Jeff Martin, the founder of BookSmart, who hosted a “Moms’ Night Out” event at the adorable Blue Moon Cafe and Bakery April Brooks, who knows so much about Tulsa that she should be elected mayor of Tulsa, and is making me seriously consider living there. She makes amazing things out... MORE

• April 25, 2012 • 5 COMMENTS

  26 Hours in Chapel Hill in Lists

  Sunday night’s Chapel Hill inspired dinner Lovely people I spent time with: Andrea Reusing, the chef/owner of Lantern – also, Jason and Sylvia Matt and Sheila Neal of Neal’s Deli Nancie McDermott, cookbook author and eating enabler Bill Smith, chef/owner of Crook’s Corner Sara Foster of Foster’s Market – also, her husband Peter Sellers Sandy and... MORE