4 Things I Love About Having a “Cooking Son” (And One Thing I Don’t)

Don’t hate me ladies, but I have the best deal in town. My son Paul loves to cook. And he’s good at it. I, on the other hand, don’t love cooking. In the old days I cursed the sight of the stove each night. Now I sometimes go a week without touching it, thanks to […]

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At Least I Tried (Yes, “Blue Apron” Was a Disaster)

It seemed a good idea at the time. I ordered Blue Apron — one of those home-delivered “fresh ingredients” services. I even wrote a blog post about it, bragging how I was cooking constantly (okay, twice a week) and being so erudite and adult and kitchen-literate. But truth be told, Blue Apron turned into a horror […]

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8 Things Every Mother with Grown Sons Knows

  PUBLISHED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST, OCTOBER 11, 2017 Moms of boys understand. When your kids are little, you think you’ll never survive the sticky hands, typhoon-force energy, and non-stop “getting into things.” I won’t even go into the teenage years. But then, in what seems an instant, your boys are men. And with that […]

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