What ingredients do you always have in your kitchen? I love asking friends this question — it gives a fun peek into someone’s daily life. Cookbook author Dan Pelosi once gave us this list: olive oil, rigatoni, Castelvetrano olives, lemons, anchovies.… Read more

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What’s your favorite first line in a book? First, here are a few famous ones…

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”… Read more

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We’ve talked to readers about changing careers — to be a lawyer, realtor, and bakery owner, as well as a therapist, nurse, and restaurateur (gift links) — and now I’m curious: What’s your job?… Read more

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I once read an interview with Jennifer Aniston, wherein she was asked — of all things — about why she’d been photographed wearing the same swimsuit year after year.… Read more

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The other evening, it was witching hour, and my three kids were…

…hyped.

We had just spent the past hour playing in the backyard. Tag, hide-and-seek, and drawing a never-ending hopscotch grid with chalk on the warm cement.… Read more

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What are you up to this weekend? We watch lots of ’90s movies in the summer (Clueless, The Fugitive, The Firm) and next up is Quiz Show.… Read more

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