Because, although I will do fancy, fiddly things when I feel like it, I don’t feel like it all that often. So I have this off-brand George Foreman grill, and I use it a lot. And I got an eggplant at the farmers market. So…

It’s a baby egg. The neighbors got chickens that lay teeny wee eggs and gave me some. I had tomatoes from the farmers market, so I made a marriage in heaven. Ever had fried ripe tomatoes? I slice mine thick and fry them at a…

#4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, has put in a garden. One of the things she’s growing is green beans, and she brought us her first picking: I put them in a pan with some margarine and water, and cooked the water out, then added…