This Week's Blog Roll: Local Chefs Share Home Cooking Tips

Have you checked out some of the posts from our stellar team of bloggers? Here are some excerpts from this week:

 is living the good food life in Arlington. And this week, she's getting inspired as :

"Are you in a weeknight dinner rut? I am. It usually happens to me at this dark time of year, when I’m on the far side of the 'season of overeating' between Halloween and New Years. For inspiration, I turned to some local chefs to ask how they tackle the fact that, whether they are prepared or not, their families come looking for dinner every night."

When  lost her last "real" job, she went through the —with a brief stop at homicidal mania.

"It didn’t take me long to get past all that, however, and settle into my new life as an aspiring novelist. I wasn’t particularly lonely, my days didn’t drag. I was productive and had results to show for my efforts. I probably even lowered my blood pressure. What I did miss, was having an income."

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