Jan Scott

Happy April!

After the long winter that never actually arrived, but was cool enough to keep many of us tucked indoors in hibernation for a few months, I feel like spring has sprung and people are socializing again, which means we're...

This is what you make when you want to bribe your boys to come home for lunch. Just kidding. Not really.

Ben and Jackson go to a school where a majority of the kids traipse home for the lunch hour. We...

Growing boys eat a lot. I know I'm not telling you anything new here, especially if you already have a boy over age eight living in your house. But for those who don't, consider this a tried and true parenting tip: those...

I think I should write a book.

The title of my book would be The Magic of Soup, and it's the tale of a persnickety young boy who seemingly detests the beautiful, seasonal vegetables his mother places before him each night at dinner.

He wriggles...

I knew a lady who taught me most of what I know about being efficient. Anne-Marie was French, of course, and I lived with her when I moved to the sunny south of France. She may not have been the most loving person I've...

When it comes to feeding a family, it's remarkably difficult to make a meal that is universally appealing to the many hungry mouths at the table. As a somewhat picky eater myself, I understand and accept this reality, but as chief cook-in-residence it can...

Earlier this week, my Twitter stream was a deluge of messages announcing the official launch of Bloggers without Borders, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting bloggers with one another, and helping those in need. Created by Maggy Keet, Erika Pineda-Ghanny and Aimee...

There's a popular people-skills book out there known as How to Win Friends and Influence People. It's meant to be a primer on social relationships, offering key tips for increasing your popularity with those you'd like to connect with. For me, it's business speak for a much simpler concept; feed...