Cooking is empowering. And it’s unique, in that this simple exercise provides you with one of the few daily necessities for survival—food. You can’t say that for going to the gym, or writin...
The lyrics to the classic wintry song, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” did not age too well. Sung as a male-female duet, the woman repeatedly insists “I really must go,” to which the male si...
https://noteatingoutinny.com/2018/01/05/reason-for-not-eating-out-63-because-its-cold-outside/
It’s taken a week and a cathartic dinner party with good friends to come around to writing this post. But believe it or not, it was going to be the next Reason For Not Eating Out even before th...
https://noteatingoutinny.com/2016/11/15/reason-for-not-eating-out-62-to-soothe-in-stressful-times/
This month marks ten years since I’ve been writing this blog. Ten years of scribbling, cooking and ranting about not eating out. 607 original recipes, 60+ Reasons For Not Eating Out, scores of...
https://noteatingoutinny.com/2016/08/19/reason-for-not-eating-out-61-because-its-been-10-years/
We live in blessed times. I mean, seasonally. It’s late-spring, and we have things popping out of plants that are incredible and edible (and not edible, but fragrantly incredible, like wild lil...
I have a friend who takes classes on just about everything and anything that’s interesting in the world. Bollywood funk dancing? Sign her up. Grown-up pottery workshops? Let’s make a date of ...
https://noteatingoutinny.com/2016/04/26/reason-for-not-eating-out-59-for-creativitys-sake/
The first rule of dating is that there are no rules. But hopefully you know that already. So why should you read this, from a person who probably knows less about the secrets to dating success th...
https://noteatingoutinny.com/2016/02/04/reason-for-not-eating-out-58-to-rewrite-the-dating-rules/
It takes guts to own imperfection in the digital age. When Instagram and Tumblr accounts are being reviewed in job applications and by ex-partners alike, not to mention potential partners, it’s...
There’s been talk about how cooking is in the elites-only club. I’ve heard plenty of this sentiment anecdotally, and I’ve seen it expressed in so-called studies—especially since last fall...
This weekend, I’m going apple picking at an orchard a little ways Upstate. I’ve never gone apple picking at a U-pick farm before (as lamented in this post two falls ago), so I’m pretty exci...
https://noteatingoutinny.com/2014/10/23/reason-for-not-eating-out-55-because-you-can-pile-up/