Tag: Grocery shopping

When Cooking is No Longer Fun: The Mental Load of Daily Cooking

June 22, 2020

  I’ve been cooking for a long time. And it’s just not fun any more. I used to spend hours cooking, trying new recipes, thrilled to see the joy on people’s faces as they dug into one of my lemon meringue pies or my spin on curried chicken. And I remember when it all started. … More When Cooking is No Longer Fun: The Mental Load of Daily Cooking

Savoring the Daily on the Fringes of the Coalfields

December 8, 2012

Although grocery shopping here in the United States doesn’t quite reach the challenges I faced when grocery shopping in Morocco or Burkina Faso, the very act of buying food makes me think hard about eating and cooking and just plain living. Shopping for food entails making decisions. What choices do I make when my only … More Savoring the Daily on the Fringes of the Coalfields