If You Want Your Kids To Listen

Just Because You Eat Doesn't Mean You Eat Smart. It's Hard To Beat A $1.99 Wing Pack Of Three At A Fast-food Restaurant - It's So Cheap - But That Wing Pack Isn't Feeding Anyone, It's Just Pushing Hunger Back An Hour.

If You Could Learn How To Make A Perfect Lemon Tart Then You Got A Story. If You Don't Feel Like That, Make A Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie, But Have Five Go-to Dishes Like That And You Can Move Them Around, Change Them Up Just A Little Bit, And Always Have Something In The Can.

The Idea Of Having Dinner Together Every Day With Your Family Removes The Pressure From Trying To Explain Everything. You Tell Us The Good Parts About Your Day, But You Also Tell Us The Bad Parts About Your Day. And At The End Of That, Because You're In A Ritual, You Remove The Pressure Of Admitting You Had A Failure That Day. And It Also Takes The Wind Out Of Having A Great Day. I Mean, It Makes You A Little Bit More Normal All The Time. That Moment Of Therapeutic Sharing Is Something That Happens In Food, That Doesn't Necessarily Happen When You're Watching Tv.

I Like Thick Or Middle (spaghetti). Thin For Me Is Always Overcooked By The Time I'm Eating It.

You Sit Down At Katz's And You Eat The Big Bowl Of Pickles And You're Eating The Pastrami Sandwich, And Halfway Through You Say To Yourself, I Should Really Wrap This Up And Save It For Tomorrow. But The Sandwich Is Calling You: Remember The Taste You Just Had. So Fatty. It's What You Want. It's What You Are! I've Never Gotten Home From Katz's With A Doggie Bag In My Hand. A Pastrami Sandwich At Katz's Is What's Bad And Good About Food. It's The Sacred And The Profane.