| Tonight it's my turn to make dinner and to my wife I preemptively say, again: Sorry! I'm not great in the kitchen. I don't have the patience or the skills. For most of our relationship, my partner and I have had one of those "she cooks, I clean" deals. But even though she really enjoys it, she has reached her limit. I don't blame her. "Most people I talk to — family, friends, people in line at the grocery checkout — are less than enthused about making dinner these late-pandemic days," writes Dawn Perry in a column I immediately texted to my wife after reading it. "And it's not because we all used to eat out at fabulous restaurants every night or can afford Grubhub nonstop. It's because there is seemingly no end to home cooking in sight — exhausting even for those of us who usually love it." I offered my cooking services after seeing my wife struggle to figure out what to make for lunch. I confess that I was not expecting her to accept. It really takes a lot of hard work and creativity to produce tasty dishes day after day. Yes, I was that clueless. And even if Perry really captures the struggles of pandemic cooking ("what once offered a sense of control feels like a thankless, endless exercise"), she also offers great tips to push through in the name of getting families eating together.  (Michelle Kondrich for The Washington Post) What used to be a creative labor of love has turned into a repetitive chore. Bring on the boxed mac and cheese! Audio Article ● By Dawn Perry ● Read more » | | | | Exploring the very different paths America could take from here. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | Britain managed to produce a head of government as shambolic and sociopathic as a recent and perhaps future president. By George F. Will ● Read more » | | | | Our system for not overturning elections is foolproof! By Alexandra Petri ● Read more » | | |  (Andrea Pippins for The Washington Post) "Woke" is a term that everyone's been using but few have gotten quite right. By Bijan C. Bayne ● Read more » | | | | The investigation into Chris Cuomo's conduct has claimed the job of another CNNer: the network president. By Erik Wemple ● Read more » | | | | Put democracy on the ballot again. By E.J. Dionne Jr. ● Read more » | | | | Constance Baker Motley should have been a federal appellate judge. By James Hohmann ● Read more » | | | | Perhaps his endorsement has less value that Republicans think. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | | Almost all of them will vote against anyone President Biden chooses. Why not just admit it? By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | We must stand up to the right's attempt to ban books, rewrite history and tarnish objective reality. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | Why, 40 years after my birth as the first American IVF baby, are we still fighting for access to care through insurance coverage? By Elizabeth Carr ● Read more » | | | |
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