What do people insist on using their cell phones when they check out at a store? Have you heard these conversations? It's not like they're solving world hunger or anything. And could anything be more disrespectful to the person at the register? Here's a thought—either take a moment and put the phone down, or don't make the call in the first place until you're done.
Healthier eating starts with not eating everything in sight. Let me put it this way—if you make a recipe that says "Serves 6", and you find you've eaten the whole thing yourself—there's either an issue with the recipe, or you.
I stopped at a lemonade stand today that some kids had on the corner. Talk about cute! By the way, a lemonade stand is possibly the last place on earth the phrase "keep the change" is truly appreciated.
When they go out to eat in China, do they say, "Let's go out for Chinese food?"
You know when you go to a restaurant for a birthday and they do the candle thing in a dessert? Where's it written that it has to be done in a dessert? I ask them to it in an appetizer—no one expects it there.
Clean as you go—if you're waiting for a pot to boil, or chicken to brown in the pan or whatever and find you have a minute or two, clean something. You'll be so much happier later that you did.
My kids will try almost any kind of food, because that's how we started them. Don't let them get away with being picky or you'll end up one of those families making 10 different things at dinner for four people.
Forget taking a bottle of wine to someone's home as a gift—how about giving a bottle of extra-virgin olive and a fresh baguette instead? You can get a really great oil for somewhere around $20, and it says so much more than wine—mostly that you have an imagination.
Sometimes when I go to a restaurant—I skip the entrée and just have a bunch of appetizers instead. It's way more interesting.
