Someone in my house brought home the October edition of the Food Network Magazine from the free table at work. As part of a household whose inhabitants are rather serious about food, she thoughtfully left it on the kitchen table for thumbing through while waiting for water to boil, sauces to simmer, fish to bake, etc.
This morning I happened across a a savory-looking recipe for apple cider donuts, a helpful article on how to butcher a chicken, and then, on page 87, something quite horrific. Melissa d’Arabian (who, I learned, was this summer’s Next Food Network Star and now has her own show, Ten Dollar Dinners) had been issued a challenge to create several kid-friendly recipes that were both nutritious and cheap. She rose to it and delivered. But what the author found particularly impressive was how this accomplished woman has applied her degree:
Melissa has an MBA from Georgetown University, and she recently slashed the household bills for her husband, Phillipe, and their four daughters by more than half, to $175 a week. ’If you saw my coupon binder, you’d be floored,’ she says.
If only more American women had the opportunity to enroll in an MBA program from a distinguished university so that they too could cut their household bills in two!
And what a shame — a missed opportunity for a brilliant article on the feminine mesquite.
