Last week, my family and I hashed out a summer bucket list around the dinner table. On it are all the things that we’re excited to do while the sun is shining...
Food
Pancakes Pancakes!
Back in the day, my wife Amy and I would spend our summer weekends in Quogue with her sister and parents. Her father Lou is famous for his pancake breakfast, which...
Shake ‘n Bake, New ‘n Improved
Last week, Jenny went away for three days to work on her book. I don’t know if anyone else out there finds this to be true, but we have this theory about parenting...
Dream Houseguest
Our friends Lisa and Ian let their friend Ron stay in their apartment while they were on family vacation last summer. They came home to a freezer filled with ice...
The Gateway Bean
Last summer, on the final day of school, I drove Phoebe up to Skaneatles, a beautiful postcard-y town in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It was a belated sixth...
Fantastic Jarred Salsa, Honestly
One of the best things about summer: chips, salsa and beer don't seem like a preposterous meal. I'm a huge fan of fresh, homemade salsa, but a certain ripeness of...
Daddy Needs a Drink*
Now that the swampy, soupy weather has officially arrived, it’s time to share a few heartfelt words about something near and dear to our hearts: the evening drink....
Elevate Sorbet
We love everything about Suzanne Goin's beautiful American brasserie, Tavern, in West L.A. We wanted to immediately replicate her artful—yet simple and doable—presentation...
1980 All Over Again
I don’t know what it is – the sudden blast of 90-degree heat or some kind of adult onset allergy or the first signs of a midlife crisis – but I logged some...
“Pork in Milk”
My aunt Patty was the first great home cook I ever knew. She would get up at 5am, run a few miles, come home, make a big pot of coffee, and start making the gooiest,...
Salmon They Will Devour
Our friend and former babysitter Juliette started making this salmon for my kids when they were tiny. While the recipe couldn't be simpler, there is something about...
What Your Drink Says About You
During the day, you’re a minivan-driving, soccer game-refereeing, steak pre-cutting, hair-detangling, Wiggles-listening, Wubzy-watching, spit-up-wearing, school...
