Kitchen simplification. I’m the main cook in our household, and can fall prey to the seductive call of Interesting Recipes (from news sites, that attractive new cookbook, etc.) There’s a good reminder in Viana La Place’s Unplugged Kitchen: Your beloved Nonna, whom everyone remembers as such a fantastic cook, probably had a repertoire of maybe ten (or fewer) dishes that she served in rotation and tweaked over the years. This was how normal households worked. I like to try new approaches, but need to look out for kitchen consumerism and the lure of food as entertainment.