In defense of (good enough) food
Michael Pollan has been making the talk show rounds discussing his new book, Food Rules. I’ve been meaning to write about him for a while. …Read More
Category Archives: Money
USA Today: Mags show just how far women have come
My column on the changes in December women's magazines from the 1950s to today ran in USA Today this morning as "Mags show how far …Read More
Ad Age releases The New Female Consumer: The Rise of the Real Mom
I am quoted in a white paper from Ad Age on marketing to moms. Drawing on the "Core Competency Mom" series that I wrote for …Read More
Thanksgiving and the New Home Economics
(cross-posted at lauravanderkam.com) This year I attempted to make my first big turkey dinner. The holiday meal has long been one of those womanly rites of …Read More
Sarah Palin’s 168 Hours
Like the rest of humanity, I watched Sarah Palin's appearance on Oprah on Monday. (I have a personal interest in her book... I had wanted …Read More
The Economics of Milk Delivery
Today, the Wall Street Journal's Cranky Consumer column tackled the growing industry of milk delivery. Actually a very old-fashioned industry, the milkman is staging a …Read More
Grandma’s greener than you
That's the subject of my most recent USA TODAY column--about how, by living as frugally as possible, Americans who lived through the Depression (or other …Read More
The Take-Out Trap
Looking to get out of the house the other night (see the post about 168 hours and an infant), and not wishing to cook, I …Read More
168 Hours and an Infant
Life is a bit busier in my household these days as we welcomed little Samuel Dwight Conway on September 24. He was surprisingly big -- …Read More
A Day in the Life of a Power Mom
Amanda Steinberg, whose Daily Worth email recently featured one of my USA Today op-eds, has another post from a few days ago about how she …Read More