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We're Not Alone

March 31, 2009 by Mary Anne Rittenhouse Leave a Comment

True, cooking has always been one of my favorite pastimes, but I’m no stranger to a takeout menu. Many of my favorite recipes are inspired by my favorite restaurant foods.  That being said,  the prospect of cooking at home can seem so bland when compared to a regimen of professionally prepared meals seven nights a[…]

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Food for Thought

March 16, 2009 by Mary Anne Rittenhouse 1 Comment

As a quick addendum to yesterday’s post regarding my own mother’s experience living  through the Great Depression (and then post-WWII Levittown), I found this statistic from the USDA’s Economic Research Service quite interesting.  Apparently, Americans are spending less and less of their disposable income on food – and more and more on more “disposable” items.[…]

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The Great Recession

March 15, 2009 by Mary Anne Rittenhouse 2 Comments

My mother, Liz, is a remarkable woman. At 84 years old, she still works five days a week, manages a house, drives, cooks, never forgets a birthday and shops with the best of them. As a younger woman, she also managed to raise six children on a very inconsistent budget. Growing up, sometimes we were[…]

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