By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink Due to the vastly entertaining vice presidential candidates, who have regaled us with more surprises and dramatic tension than the gentlemen at the top of their … Read More
How Not To Be a Bug Buffet
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink If you are mistaken for an all-you-can-eat buffet by every mosquito, gnat, flea, no-see-um or other flying, hopping, biting pest within a 100-yard radius, there is … Read More
Beat The Pizza Inflation and Save Your Dough
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink I come from a long line of frugal food shoppers. My grandmother fed her six children on one dollar a day during the Depression, leaving my … Read More
Ole Mole ! May Is One Big Cinco De Mayo Celebration
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink “Tra-La…It’s May… The lusty month of May…” sings Queen Guenevere in the Lerner and Loewe musical, “Camelot.” While both the song and most people’s fancy turn … Read More
My Mothers’ Day Kitchen Wish List
by Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a The Kitchen Shrink “I’d like to be the ideal mother, but I’m too busy raising my kids.” Anonymous “When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If … Read More
Friendly Eats For Earth Day
By Catharine L. Kaufman – a.k.a The Kitchen Shrink Every Earth Day, we are reminded that while all of April is dedicated to the global celebration of our Blue Planet home, the 22-nd of the … Read More
Recipe For Valentine’s Day Romance
By Catharine L. Kaufman – a.k.a. Your Kitchen Shrink Ladies of Venus and Martian Gents, if your hopes for this Valentine’s Day are at odds with those of your mates, focus on each other’s compatible … Read More
Gobble Healthy Mardi Gras Goodies
By Catharine L. Kaufman – a.k.a. Your Kitchen Shrink People don’t give up their favorite foods easily. That’s why even the most observant Christians look forward with certain trepidation to the 40 weekdays between Ash … Read More
Candidate Cuisine
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink As election fever is heating up, and the California primary just around the corner, I thought I’d do a culinary survey of our main Democratic and … Read More
Kicking Off The Super Bowl With Healthy Eats
By Catharine Kaufman, a/k your Kitchen Shrink This Sunday, in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, the New York Giants kick off Super Bowl XLII against the New England Patriots. The rest of America will celebrate these gladiators … Read More