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Food à Deux
one pan, two meals — what could be better!
by janet reynolds | photos by jody horton/chronicle books
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hen the kids live at home, the cook — usually the mother, let’s face it — feels a certain responsibility to put something on the table for dinner that’s nutritious and healthy. The basic food groups and all that. But when the nest empties — usually after a decade-plus of cooking for a not-always-appreciative crowd — cooking often loses its luster. Your partner already knows how to eat
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healthily. Let him do it on his own time. Let’s just open a box of cereal or order takeout and call it a day. But to do that is to lose an opportunity to reconnect with your spousal unit and have something tasty — all without spending a ton of time in the kitchen. Enter One Pan, Two Plates, a cookbook by Carla Snyder that focuses on creating good food with a minimum of fuss and clean-up. The book is divided into various food groups