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Think simple for at-home weddingsProper planning should help you put together a memorable affair
Scene 1: ”Hi Mom, I have a great surprise for you: Ilsa and I got married last week here in Berlin. We are coming home next month so you can meet her. Do you think we could have a small wedding at the house for some friends and family? No big deals, please.” Fade to …
Read moreFor all levels of play, winning diet is key
Cleats? Check. Sneakers? Check. Bats? Check. Shin guards? Check. Frisbee? Check.Snacks and water? Check. Breakfast? Oops. ”Food is fuel for the body,” says Walter Norton Jr., strength and conditioning coach for the Boston Breakers, the women’ professional soccer team. ”If you are not fueled properly, you are going to run out of gas,” adds Ellen …
Read moreWhat’s for lunch? Mom may be surprised
NAOMI Joshi, mother of three and director of a nonprofit organization in Boston, still happily packs a lunch for her 15-year-old daughter, Emily, throwing in a sesame bagel with whipped cream cheese, a yogurt stick, a bottle of sparkling water, an apple, carrot sticks, and a package of graham cracker cookies. ”This is one way …
Read moreWhen the lunch bell rings, teachers run
NEWTON – It’s Burr Elementary School at 12:25 p.m. Stomachs are growling, excitement is mounting. ”Line up!” Squeals of delight and they’re off to the lunchroom – the teachers’ lunchroom. It is ”Salad Bar Wednesday” for the second-lunch-period teachers and almost nothing gets between them and their meal. No stopping in the halls for a …
Read moreSecret to a luncheon feast is finally out of the bag
She unfurls her cloth napkin. She lays out her silverware. The aroma of a real meal emanates from under the lid just lifted. With anticipation, she begins her lunch. Everyone asks: ”Do you eat like this every day?” Inadequacy is in the air. Excuses are floating thick and fast. Lunch mates reach into wrinkled paper …
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Bento:Build a Better Lunch
Debra Samuels, bestselling author, food writer and cooking instructor, wants to give the American lunchbox a makeover. In the chapter on “bento,” the traditional Japanese lunch box, in her upcoming book, My Japanese Table, Debra encourages the use of color, texture and taste to create healthier and more visually appealing meals.
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