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The ultimate WordPress resource? Really?
We know it's a big claim, but we've really tried our best to curate a top notch list of WordPress resources that are worth looking at.
Below you'll find top WordPress blogs with some of their best posts, top themes and plugins and much much more.
So without further ado, let's dive right in!
Blogs about WordPress and their best blog posts
With so many awesome WordPress blogs and sites out there, it's always hard to try and narrow in on a select few.
We did our best to include as many as we could, but to be honest, listing them all would create a 10,000+ word post!
WP Tavern
If you crave WordPress news to no end, than WP Tavern is your Holy Grail.
The blog is continually updated with the more in-depth topics and news in the WP world, is full of interesting and top notch interview, and you'll always find something interesting to read or listen to on the podcast.
WP Kube
Let's keep the ball rolling with more great WordPress blogs.
WP Kube is yet another great resource for tips, tricks and reviews on WordPress products and services. The site also has a great section for exclusive coupon deals so that you can save money on the products you were going to buy anyway.
Here are some of the best posts from the blog:
- What The Heck Are WordPress Frameworks?
- How to Move or Backup Your Website with the WordPress Duplicator Plugin
- How to Find and Display Page, Post, Category, or Tag ID in WordPress
Elegant Themes
Not only is Elegant Themes one of the top WordPress Theme Shops around, it is also home to one of the most popular and heavily trafficked WordPress blogs online today — close to half a million views per month!
Why the popularity? Well, the theme shop has some serious WP weaponry and the blog homes some really great articles on a wide variety of subjects including social media, being a web designer, SEO and more much more.
Here are some of the top posts on the blog:
- Putting the Famous WordPress 5 Minute Install To the Test
- WordPress SEO Best Practices In 2015
- How to Create Custom, Trackable, Short URL's For All Your WordPress Posts and Pages
Winning WP
Winning WP covers just about every WordPress topic you can think of. Themes, plugins, tutorials, SEO, Social Media — it's got it all.
And if you're ever in need of a deal, then be sure to check out the Deals section on the site for coupon codes to help you save a bit of money.
- 10+ Stunning Examples of Visual Composer (CodeCanyon's No.1 Selling Plugin) in Action
- Complete WordPress-Backup Solutions
- How to Insert Page Breaks in WordPress Posts and Pages
WP Beginner
Of course, we can't leave WPBeginner off the list. As one of the good old Titans of WP blogs, WPBeginner is one of the most popular blogs in the WordPress hemisphere. It houses thousands of how-to posts to help both beginner users of WordPress and the more advanced.
Here are some of the top posts on the blog:
- How to Move Your Site from Joomla to WordPress
- 20 Must Have WordPress Plugins for 2015 (Expert Pick)
- 15 Killer Hacks for WordPress that Are Extremely Useful
WP Shout
This awesome blog houses some great WordPress tutorials written by a couple of guys who know their chiz (yes — chiz). Fred and David are the guys behind the helm of the ship that is WP Shout and their skill as WordPress developers comes through loud and clear.
Here are some great posts from the blog:
- WordPress Hooks, Actions, and Filters: What They Do and How They Work
- How to Update WordPress Without all Hell Breaking Loose
- The Beginner's Guide to WordPress Taxonomies
WP Daily Themes
As the name suggests, WP Daily Themes is updated daily and often features WordPress themes that have recently hit the market. The blog also features a wide variety of topics pertaining to WordPress plugins, how-to posts, and much more.
- How To Take Your WordPress Install from Good to Great!
- How to Customize Your Login Page in WordPress
WPMU DEV is best known as a premium plugin and theme shop, however, the site also has a hugely popular blog that covers both basic and advanced topics about WordPress and the occasional editorial type of post that are always a welcome change of pace.
- How to Customize the WordPress Text Editor to Look and Function Like Your Front-End
- 25+ Resources for Building Any Niche Business Website with WordPress
- How to Uninstall WordPress Multisite
WP Scoop
This one is one for your bookmarks. Why? WP Scoop isn't your average WordPress blog.
The site is molded around helping you compare top plugins in order to help you choose the best one for you. Not only can you read the in-depth reviews, but you can also leave your own reviews on the plugins available for review and help others along the way.
WP Mayor
Not only can you find great content about WordPress on WP Mayor, but you can also find great help regarding your site. Looking to have a site audit, need help getting our site fixed after it has been hacked or looking for a WordPress Job?
You can find help right on the site and learn quite a bit from the blog along the way.
Here are some great posts from the site:
- How to Convert Partial RSS Feeds into Full Text
- Split Testing WordPress Menus and Widgets with Nelio A/B Testing
Though you've likely heard of WP Engine Hosting, you may not know about their online magazine — Torque. There you will find great business tips for freelance, WordPress news and many other categories where they dive a bit deeper on WordPress related topics.
- How to avoid clients from hell and make freelancing fun again
- 22 ways to keep visitors on your website longer
- How to create a review website: Tips on earning affiliate commission with WordPress
WP Superstars
WP Superstars covers all the good stuff about WordPress. Want in-depth but not overwhelming reviews about the latest WP products to hit the market? Or how about tips to help make your WordPress environment easier to deal with?
Well, this blog as all of that and more. Our moto?
WordPress. Simplified.
That way everyone and their 80 year old grandmother can wrangle the wild beast of WordPress. Below are some of the best posts that we have up on the site right now:
- How To Add Google Analytics To WordPress And Monitor Your Traffic With Ease
- How To Optimize Images For WordPress Without A Steep Learning Curve
- WP Engine Review: Superior WordPress Hosting
- How To Add Category Specific Widgets In WordPress
Tutorial and coding sites for WordPress
Bob WP
It may not be the traditional tutorial based site, but Bob WP is one of the top resources for amazing WordPress theme customization tutorials by the ever amazing Bob Dunn.
Not only can you find great tutorials, but Bob also has an awesome podcast and workshops to help you make the most of WordPress.
Sridhar Katakam
Looking for Genesis Framework tutorials to help you customize this amazing theme? Then be sure to check out Sridhar Katakam's site.
Though much of the content found there requires a membership to view it fully, Sridhar has some of the best tutorials and walkthroughs that I've ever found for customizing the Genesis Framework.
Tuts Plus WordPress
Tuts Plus is a membership site that teach everything from coding a WordPress site to running a WordPress powered business (though the content isn't specific to WordPress alone.)
There is quite a bit of information that can be viewed for free, and if you like what you're learning then you can join for more in depth learning.
It's is one thing to know how to build websites with WordPress, but it is another thing entirely to learn how to make good money as a WordPress web designer.
The Evil Genius, Spencer teamed up with 1st Web Designer and created this site to teach people how to code and design sites on a single WP framework and how to find clients that pay.
If you're struggling to make ends meet as a designer, then this is something you'll want to check out.
Want to learn to code HTML, CSS, Javascript and more, but just can't justify the cost that so many other sites charge? Then you'll want to bookmark this page.
Learn everything you need to know about coding basics and some advanced things as well, on Codecademy — all for free.
Some of the best WordPress themes
Looking for a great WordPress theme? I know that it's a rough road to travel, especially since there are so many choices.
Below we've rounded up some of what we consider to be the best themes around so if you're on a search, consider this your first stop to finding that perfect theme.
Genesis Framework
You shouldn't be surprised to see this bad boy on the list. The Genesis Framework and all its child themes is one of the best, most powerful, developer friendly themes around.
Even if you're not a designer or developer, new tools like Beaver Builder and CSS Hero are making it easier for anyone to grab the framework and mold it into a design that they'll be happy with. I work almost exclusively with this theme and love it!
Read our review to find out more.
Divi by Elegant Themes
Though Divi is a relatively new theme, it has been launched into WordPress stardom due to it's drag and drop capabilities, elegant design and relative ease of use. Membership with Elegant Themes gets you this theme and so much more, so it can be well worth your money.
Check out our review to find out more reasons why you'll love this theme.
Schema by MyThemeShop
Need a fast, powerful, SEO centric theme? Then check out Schema by MyThemeShop. Though it's look is a little basic, the theme beat out the Genesis Framework when it came to speed right out of the box.
The backend theme options are extensive with tons of customize options which means that you don't need to code to make the theme stand out. I've used this theme myself and couldn't be happier.
Zerif Pro by ThemeIsle
This is one of the best one-page WordPress themes out on the market today. Not only was Zerif Pro created by a top notch company, but it's one of easiest themes to design since all the customizing features are built right into the WP Customizer.
You can always take the theme for a test run using the free version, but after you do, you'll see just how easy it is to build your site with it.
X Theme
The X theme climbed its way to the top on Themeforest as one of the top selling themes of all time, and once you take a closer look at it, it's easy to see why.
The theme comes with what are called Stacks which are different versions and layouts of the theme, has a ton of plugins and over 40 different layouts that you can download as demo content to your site so that you're not starting a design from scratch (though that is an option).
You can design literally any style theme with this single framework and you don't have to code in order to do it. You can use the built in shortcodes or Visual Composer to create dynamic and unique pages you'll be proud to call your site's home.
MyBlog by WP Kube
Looking for a blogging theme that takes it up a notch? Then check out MyBlog by WP Kube. The theme takes bold fonts and sleek lines and mixes it with a few unique elements that create an exceptional theme for your blogging purposes.
Sydney Pro by aThemes
Sydney Pro is great theme for all your business purposes. It is a one-page style theme that works the the Slider Revolution plugin and boasts many great features to help you create a captivating site.
Ultimatum by WonderFoundry
Want a theme that really wows right out of the box?
Well, Ultimatum is sure to do just that. Ultimatum is built on Bootstrap, is a drag and drop style theme with, comes packed with $240+ premium plugins like Visual Composer and Slider Revolution, and is WooCommerce, BuddyPress and bbPress ready.
Some of the best WordPress plugins
Much like WordPress themes, it's pretty difficult to narrow the absolute best plugins down since so many people have their own opinion about what is the best and what isn't. Still, we tried to narrow in on a few plugins that are pretty top notch.
Below are some of the best WordPress plugins that are definitely worth taking a closer look at.
If you want a full-suite of marketing features packed into a single WordPress plugin that is also free, then SumoMe is one of those tools and that you've been waiting to hear about.
The plugin itself is packed with its own set of free apps like opt-in popups, social sharing buttons, heat map capabilities and more.
Spam is a huge headache to have to clean up and deal with on a daily basis. The Akismet plugins helps to alleviate the headache that is comment and trackback spam.
Though it's not perfect and does, occasionally put a legit comment in the spam folder, the plugin does an amazing job of helping combat this type of spam and will save you a ton of time in the long run.
CoSchedule hasn't been around for very long, but it's one of those plugins that you quickly fall in love with after you realize how much it can do.
Not only is it an editorial calendar, it is also a social media tool that will post your WP articles to your social channels (which can be customized) and it will help keep your older posts out in your social media channels so that you don't have to go back and do all the work yourself.
Speaking of opt-in popups, Bloom is a great email opt-in plugin to help you grab even more signups for your email list.
Not only are there a ton of style options to choose from, but the plugin has plenty of placement options to also up the chances of grabbing that valuable subscriber.
CSS Hero
As a Genesis Framework designer (and aspiring developer), there was almost nothing that makes me happier than finding this amazing plugin.
CSS Hero takes the hassle out of both learning to code CSS and hand coding CSS altogether. With the help of the plugin, you don't need to know CSS in order to take your theme from average to epic.
Just a few clicks of your mouse and you've edited CSS like some the pros.
Beaver Builder Plugin
There are a ton of page builder plugins, but Beaver Builder has a way of taking the cake when it comes to ease of use and customization options.
Plus, just as a side note, it's compatible with CSS Hero too which means that you you don't have to be a WP expert to create dynamic and striking websites.
Click to Tweet
When this plugin launched, it seemed to just take over the WordPress world — and with good reason. Everyone knows that social media and gaining social shares from your website viewers is vital for gaining traffic back to your website.
Click to Tweet made it possible to place CTAs in your post to promote those shares in a non-intrusive sort of way. This is one of those plugins that everyone should use.
For more help with adding click to tweet boxes to your content, check out our tutorial.
Since we're on the topic of social shares, if you've been looking at a membership with Elegant Themes, then Monarch may be the reason you opt-in to it.
Not only is the plugin great to use for gaining social shares, it is also easy to use just in general and has a ton of placement and customization options to help snag shares.
Contact Form 7
There is much beauty in simplicity, and it doesn't get much more simple or beautiful than the Contact Form 7 plugin, which is likely the reason for its huge popularity.
As you probably know, the default contact forms for WordPress are down right sad. But this plugin makes contact forms easy to create and use on any WP site.
WordPress communities
Want to join a community of like minded WP lovers? Then check these sites out.
Rise Forums
Rise Forums is a no nonsense, no crap allowed forum ran by Kevin Muldoon — a long-time and well-known WordPress blogger.
The WordPress section of the forum is a great place to ask questions and get help or opinions on everything WordPress. And the rest of forum is a great place to connect with other marketers and WordPress users.
WP Chat
WP Chat is a great site to connect with knowledgeable WordPress lovers and experts and to get feedback on topics about development, plugins, themes and a bunch of other stuff. Just explore the site and you'll find something interesting to throw your two cents at.
I love this site because not only can you find some of the best articles on WordPress that have been published, you can start discussions with other WordPressers and discover great plugins without the confusion.
Manage WP gives you a great opportunity to connect with other top designers, developers and bloggers with a large influence in the WordPress field and definitely worth looking into.
Wrapping it up
We've done our best to curate a huge list of everything from top blogs to top themes and plugins and more.
You've now got plenty of blogs to read so you can catch up on all things WordPress. You've got plugins, themes and other great tools to help you supercharge your website.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is the first video game from indie developer "The Astronauts", a small studio created by the three founders of "People Can Fly", Andrzej Poznanski, Adrian Chmielarz and Michal Kosieradzki. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first person mystery game about a supernatural detective named Paul Prospero who sets about locating a missing boy/the titular character. While controlling Paul, the player follows along a trail of clues while utilizing his supernatural abilities to track down Ethan while unravelling whatever mystery has been set upon the in-game world while the game incorporates elements of popular weird fiction and noir stories over the course of the game's 3 hour journey.
Let me say, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is visually stunning and steals your breath away within the first few steps inside the game's world. It's immersive, smooth, meticulously detailed and absolutely gorgeous. The use of lighting within the environments is remarkably well done and the game never misses a beat when it comes to captivating the player's attention. The fact that the game does not require the player to shoot their way through while solving puzzles only adds to the game's various atmospheres as very few things are as intimidating in games as exploring a dimly lit corridor inside a mine without the security of some kind of weapon. Regardless of whether or not an enemy is present, the construction of each scene and how it interacts with different sounds or lighting conditions is quite frankly the strongest point of this game.
However, I wish I could be just as positive of the story as I am towards the visual environments. As other reviews of the title have pointed out (most notably Kotaku) this game gives the player a disclaimer, reading "This game is a narrative experience that does not hold your hand" and it is quite literal when it tells the player that. I found myself having traversed at least half the map before I had a good handle on how I was supposed to go about solving the mysteries contained within each scene, some of which are more obvious and simple than others but not always immediately apparent. The method of gameplay progression is something that needed to be made the slightest bit clearer early on before leaving the player in the woods. Literally.
In such an open environment it's also quite easy to miss some of these scenes entirely and the execution of some of these mysteries can feel somewhat clunky.
The murder mysteries seemed simple enough, tracking down murder weapons and creating a timeline of events is a task that is almost instinctual for anyone who has had the chance to sit through an episode of at least one of the never-ending forensic crime shows that bombard our television screens these days. Although the visualization of these crimes, after a chronology has been successfully constructed, feels pretty jarring to bear witness to. The characters would jump around to different areas of the local environment and it would break cohesive structure of the events. It was a good opportunity to capitalize on what could have been an immersive, cinematic experience which would have accented the game's environments, narrative tones and themes perfectly but instead we get these clunky fragments that show us a series of events in a way not befitting the rest of the game. It feels like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is making sure you properly explore every nook and cranny of the map instead of trusting you to do that for yourself. It's something that definitely plays to the detriment of the game.
The player involvement in relation to the story is also left to be desired, while the game is not inherently Paul's story but that of Ethan's, his impact on the unfolding events ceases after his opening monologue stating his intent upon arrival. (spoiler) A lot of people, including The Astronaut's own Adrian Chmielarz, have written about the game's ending and have discussed problems they've found with it, only I don't think there's any real problem with the ending at all. The conclusion is fine, it fits the tone and themes of the story just fine – it's even foreshadowed early on if you look closely enough.
The problem is that the overall story of Ethan Carter has moments where it reaches the verge of becoming both equally creative as well as immersive as the environments, only to pull back in order to make sure Prospero stays an observer. Paul Prospero has nothing to lose because there's no personal involvement; there are no consequences for his snooping around and no threats looming around the corner. It basically renders the main story as being entirely optional and turns the game into a nice Sunday stroll with a few bodies that just happen to be littered around.
That said, I don't hate The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, in fact, there are so many things that I absolutely adore about. I was always eager to explore the game world and I especially loved the developer's nod to the Cthulhu Mythos while reading Ethan's short stories but it's not enough to detract from the key issues surrounding The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. The main characters all seem one-dimensional, the main story doesn't have enough of an impact on the main player and vice versa. The story comes so close to being strong but sacrifices itself for the impartial existence of the protagonist, however everything outside of that; the environments, the short stories, and the exploration made for an experience that I would highly recommend.
- Have I mentioned the beautiful environments?
- Seriously, look at those screen caps.
- I'm not sure how many more times I can use the term "immersive" to describe this game
- A fun homage to Weird and Noir Fiction
- Weak story structure
- Somewhat clunky gameplay mechanics
Score: 8/10

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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Top of the Island
Two days ago was clear and cool so we did something we have been meaning to do for years, has a walk up to the highest point on the island - Prophitis Elias - a pleasant walk and a fantastic 360 degree viewpoint.
Tomorrow Babis has invited us for an afternoon lunch of salad, fresh fish, calamares and retsina - that's one reason why we come in the winter. Might try and get a few route in 1st though!
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Advance Praise for Dinner for Busy Moms "Thanks to Dinner for Busy Moms, the words 'dinner' and 'moms' together no longer need to inspire dread, panic, or pizza. Let Jeanne Muchnick's 1,001 ideas show you how the evening meal can be made easy, nutritious, and fun—so instead of it making you feel tired or guilty, you can sit back and enjoy both your food and your kids." —Paula Spencer, Woman's Day "Momfidence" columnist and the author of Momfidence "Reading this book made me hungry, and actually motivated me to go to the food store with a list and a meal plan. I also love the tone: It's fun, witty and honest, and as a busy mom of four, I can relate 100%." —Marian Edelman Borden, author of The Everything Baby's First Year Book and The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Play Groups "I love Jeanne Muchnick's step−by−step approach to feeding your family and their collective well−being. I'm a huge fan of planning, especially meal planning—heck, it helped my family and me save thousands of dollars a year when we became suddenly frugal. If you follow Muchnick's advice, you will not only get dinner on the table without stressing yourself out, but you'll also benefit from having that important family meal time together." —Leah Ingram, author of Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier and Healthier for Less "If the Food Network makes your eyes glaze over, but you still want to cook good food for your family, this book is for you. Filled with sanity−saving tips for busy 21st century moms, Dinner for Busy Moms is the handy guide to preparing family meals that you wish you had whenever you're staring down the supermarket checkout aisle at dinnertime." —Jen Singer, author of the Stop Second-Guessing Yourself guides to parenting "Finally, an author who 'gets' that's it's impossible for multi-tasking mothers to get a family dinner together between ballet lessons and soccer practice—and then tells us precisely how to make that dinner happen regularly. Hooray for Jeanne Muchnick." —Rona Gindin, host of On Dining and author of The Little Black Book of Walt Disney World: The Essential Guide to All the Magic
"If, like me, you're a mom who would rather scratch her eyes out than cook dinner for her kids, this book is for you. I especially loved the chapter titled, "Feed Yourself First." This book is all about helping moms find shortcuts and encouraging us to indulge ourselves. Plus, any book that advises a chocolate break is a book I want to read!" —Melissa Chapman, Staten Island Advance Kids in the City columnist, Time Out NY Kids contributing writer, and WCBSTV parenting blogger "If there's anyone I've come to trust regarding mealtime and my family, it's Jeanne Muchnick. As an avid fan of her restaurant reviews in InTown Magazine, Westchester Magazine and The Journal News, this mom of two is my barometer for great food finds. Kudos to Muchnick for taking her keen sense of delectable dining experiences and bringing it to the dinner table." —Beth Feldman, author of See Mom Run (Plain White Press) and founder of RoleMommy.com "Moms want things that work. From appliances to weight loss programs, we have no time for trial and error. Dinner for Moms proves that family dinners work—to raise better students, healthier eaters, and happier people. Jeanne Muchnick reminds us (without laying on any guilt) that it's about the table, not the stove. Passing the peas just took on vital, daily importance." —Kim Orlando, founder of TravelingMom.com and the TravelingMom Blogger Network
"What's on the menu tonight? According to the author, it doesn't have to be fast food eaten in the car. In fact, experts tell us that parent-child meals around the kitchen table can benefit your children in a myriad of ways without you having to channel your inner Martha Stewart. Breakfast for dinner? Picnics in the family room? Why not? This book explains in an honest and accessible way how to improve your family meals without causing you more stress. And it does so mom-to-mom, which is always how the best advice gets passed, just like a treasured recipe. So dig in to this meaty meal of advice, fun, and common sense. The result is a smorgasbord of benefits every parent can really sink their teeth into." —Liza N. Burby, publisher of Long Island Parent magazine.
A crazed, multi-tasking mom trying to juggle it all with little time for grocery shopping, let alone prepping and planning
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Frank and fun advice for making mealtimes manageable
for Busy Moms By Jeanne Muchnick
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In memory of my mom, Adele Goldstein Muchnick, whose cooking always lured me to the dinner table. And to my daughters, Corey and Sydney Rosen, and my nieces, Arin and Lily Pieramici—I hope Grandma Dell's recipes and this book's sage advice keep you talking, eating, sharing and laughing always.
acknowledgements Where to start? It's been a dream of mine to write a book for so long, that now that the moment is here, I can't help feeling like I'm at the Oscars with a laundry list of people I need to thank. So here goes, keeping in mind that if I could, I'd mention everyone, starting with my Pikesville High School English teacher, who always told me I had potential (thanks Mrs. Fowler). Of course, I couldn't have done any of this without the support of my husband, Mark, and my daughters Corey, and Sydney, who have patiently (for the most part) put up with my "crazed" deadline−infused moods and my gastronomical shortfalls. Huge hugs and kisses, also, to my friends Elisha, Melanie, Chris Ann, Cornelia, Katie, and MaryLynn, as well as my fabulous sister, Ann, and my nieces Arin and Lily, who helped test recipes, as well as did their fair share of proofreading and honest critiquing. Appreciation and credit also go to the many mom bloggers and nutrition experts who shared their comments and busy mom solutions. Special shout-outs to Martha Marino, the Director of Nutrition Affairs Communications at the Lynnwood, Washington−based Washington State Dairy Council, who offered valuable statistics and research, and Denver nutritionist Julie Hammerstein, who patiently waded through my countless volley of emails as I asked for about the 100th time: Are you sure this is right? Beth Oden, a nutritionist in Boulder, Colorado, also lent her words of wisdom, especially with regard to kids and allergies, while O'Fallon, Illinois-based dietitian Laurie Beebe offered innumerable constructive suggestions. And NYCbased Melinda Beaulieu, a certified natural foods chef, lent her advice on feeding complicated (read picky) families. I couldn't have written half of this book without you amazing women and appreciate the hours you spent explaining the differences between canned vs. frozen, low−fat vs fat−free, natural vs. organic, as well as your thoughts and analysis on why the family dinnertime is so sacred. Thanks, too, to
Julie Freedman Smith of Calgary, Canada-based Parenting Power™ who gave me ideas on how to turn off the TV, and to Ellyn Satter who graciously allowed me to reprint her mealtime tactics. Because I gained about five pounds testing the recipes in the back of the book and got hungrier by the chapter, I have to thank my fabulous photographer, Mark Liflander (LiflanerPhotography.com) who did his best to make me look fit despite the growing mid−section bulge. Heaps of gratitude, too, to Dody Chang, for doing her best to keep me in a Zen state of mind. An extra portion of recognition to my publisher (and busy mom of twins) Julie Trelsted and her staff at Plain White Press, in particular Roberta Hendry, who were encouraging, insightful, and tolerant—and hopefully caught all my spelling and punctuation errors. We hatched a lot of ideas and debated many a chapter title over Julie's kitchen table, so thank you, Julie—and thank you to her family—who basically "lent" her to me during the birth of this project. An oversized glass of red wine in "cheers" to art director extraordinaire Katie Schlienz, who promptly responded to my cries for help in the form of all−hours−of−the−night emails and technological snafus. Heck, she even made ME dinner! (This is where I need to do a plug for her and her stationery/graphic arts business, so check her out at KatieSchlientz.com.) A plug, too, to Pam Koner, founder of Family-to-Family.org, which helps feed needy families. She reminds us that we should never take the food we have on our table for granted. A portion of this book's profits will go towards her charity. Finally, though they're not on this earth anymore, thanks to my parents, Adele Goldstein Muchnick and Beryl Harry Muchnick, for nurturing and comforting me over the years with conversation and bowls of matzo ball soup, brisket, kugel, crabcakes, mashed potatoes, and more at our Baltimore home. I miss you more than words can say, and only hope one day my girls will read this book with the same appreciation for the ritual of family mealtimes that you both instilled in me.
This Book Can Help You Feed Others Family-to-Family was started by Pam Koner, a single mom of two teenage girls who got the idea of connecting families with more to those with less after reading a story in The New York Times about Pembroke, Illinois, one of the country's poorest communities. When she learned that the food pantries there ran out of food at the end of each month, she decided she had to do something. Koner contacted the local pastor mentioned in the article to ask how she could match up families in her hometown of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY with families in Pembroke. Within one month she had linked a total of 34 families. That was seven years ago. Today, the organization has grown to include approximately 400 donor families who send monthly food shipments to families in 17 communities in 15 states. Volunteers now man various chapters set up throughout the country, and individual families can now sponsor a family through their cyber-sponsorship program. Though food is one of the biggest needs, staples also include coats, blankets, shoes, and personal care items. For more information, go to Family-to-Family.org.
A portion of this book's proceeds will benefit Family ! ily to-Fam
Table of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
1 I Don't Do Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 2 Ready. . . Set. . . Go! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3 An Organized Pantry is the Best Stress-Reliever I Know. . . . . . . . . . . 61
4 What's for Dinner? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 5 Feeding Your Family. . . Without Becoming a Short-Order Cook . . . . . . . . . 121
6 Feed Yourself First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 7 Now We're Cooking! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 8 Recipes and Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Website Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Introduction "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." —Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, from Pavarotti, My Own Story
What does dinner look like in your family?
s there a disconnect between what it is and what you'd like it to be? If so, join the club. If you're anything like me, you're lucky you can put your shirt on without the tag facing inside out, locate two socks that actually match, let alone find time to go to the grocery store and leave with everything on your list. Because of our crazy multi-tasking lives, dinner as we know it—or knew it—isn't as Rockwell-esque as the old days when Clair Huxtable or Carol Brady set a platter of chicken and mashed potatoes in front of a hungry group of kids and everyone talked and shared news about their days. (Yes, it was fiction, but it was based in truth.)
Somewhere between the countless soccer games, after school activities, tai kwan do, ballet lessons, sports clubs, tutors, and our 9-to-5 You don't (or 6 or 7 jobs), we lost our way via have to be a take−out, order−in, drive−through SuperMom to and pick−up. Not that there's anyget dinner on the table. You thing wrong with that, but. . . there just have to is an old−fashioned fuzzy feeling plan to plan. within us (aka our guts) that reminds us we can do better. Which is where this book enters stage right, flaunting a kitschy apron and a frying pan. You might not think it's possible. . . but you can get dinner on the table at least more than you're doing now. If you've read the statistics regarding families and the importance of family meals (more about that in Chapter One), you know that's a good thing. This is not a recipe book, but a strategy book filled with ingredients for getting your family back to the dinner table.
My goal is simple: To help you plan, prep, cook ahead, freeze, embrace leftovers, and enjoy take-out—whatever it takes to get your family eating together, minus the electronics (and that includes hubby turning off his Blackberry or iPhone), without you falling on your face from exhaustion. It's meant to help solve that "Yikes!" feeling of realizing it's 6 p.m., and you're once again staring at your fridge, hoping a wellbalanced dinner will suddenly pop out and set itself on the table. You're Mom: You're supposed to pull magic out of your hat, right? But in reality, you're beyond busy, acting as chauffeur, teacher, housekeeper, nurse, psychologist, entertainer, and disciplinarian, and too often have put dinner on the back burner (no pun intended). You need strategies. You need streamlining. And you need sanity. I know because I'm
It's also about finding your sanity (along with the salt and pepper).
right there with you. And though it took me years to finally enjoy the preparation and planning of meals (and have embraced my microwave and frozen foods for this very reason), I've also missed the warmth, laughter, and camaraderie of sitting down as a family and connecting. The strategies outlined in this book are meant to help you fill that gap not only with decent dinners (It's not a cookbook!), but with what fills your soul. Because, in the end, it's not about what you're serving that matters: It's that you're sitting together in the first place. Simple as it sounds, kids learn by example. Just by being with you, watching you, listening to you, and talking to you, they absorb good table manners, healthy eating habits, and the importance of conversation. Reminder: This book is not about making you feel guilty. It's not about complicated recipes meant to turn you into Martha Stewart. Nor is it meant to berate you if you serve pizza, chicken nuggets, or Chinese take−out on occasion. Rather, it's meant to help you get your family to the table, turn off the TV, spark conversation, and spend quality time together. It's about taking the mayhem out of mealtime, solving your dinnertime dilemmas, and offering tips for reconnecting with your family.
This Book Is By Moms, For Moms So you know: I'm not a nutritionist, dietician, or pediatrician. I'm a mom just like you. I'm also a writer, which got me interested in the subject in the first place. (I'm great about writing about other people's trials and tribulations but eventually put the microscope on myself.) My background includes a 20+ year career as a freelancer and editor at various women's magazines including Woman's Day, Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's World, Women's Health & Fitness, Parents, Pregnancy, Good Housekeeping, BaBY, and InTown: Westchester. My job has always been to interview a cadre of experts on various topics, and then cull down that research into an understandable and informative article.
Over the years I've become a "mini" expert on everything from sibling rivalry to birth order to traveling with kids. But the heart and soul of whatever I'm working on has always been other women: The people who are living and breathing specific situations and looking for reasonable, realistic solutions. After all, we're the ones on the front lines of knowing who best to call for what, or how to serve a halfway nutritious (no−fuss) meal. Think about it: How many times do you ask a friend for a recipe that you tasted at her house vs. pulling one from a magazine? No offense to my former colleagues, but I've always been intimidated by those gorgeous looking roast chickens (often shellacked with hair spray for that page− ready photograph) and promises of "not your standard stew," when in fact, the ingredient list alone would keep me in the grocery store for close to an hour. It's all too perfect and pie−in−the−sky. It's my friends who give me the information I need to know: Other women like me who have demanding lives and are looking for simple solutions so they can go to bed at a decent hour. Because most of the ideas in this book come from moms like you, they're honest. And, more important, real. I'm the first to admit I'm no Betty Crocker. Nor have I ever had any interest in cooking. But I do want to slow down and have at least one hour a day with my family, chatting over pasta, catching up over hamburgers, swapping ideas over chicken, and having my daughters know they have my and my husband's undivided attention through every stage of their lives.
1 I Don't Do Dinner
here's a sign on my fridge that reads, "I serve three meals: microwave, frozen and take-out" and, sadly, I'm not exaggerating. For me, the hardest part of the day is suppertime. The very question, "Mom, what's for dinner?" (usually before I've taken off my coat and walked in the door from work) is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Who has time? In reality, dinner is a constant challenge, and I'm not embarrassed to admit that, over the years, I've served more than my share of less-than-ideal meals. In fact, my girls (now 14 and 17) like to tell the story of how, a few years ago, they called our local diner to get dinner delivered but were told, shortly after recounting their order, that they didn't have the $20 minimum required for delivery. So they said "thanks anyway" and hung up. But because of 21st century technology and caller ID, the manager of the diner called back. "Are you girls sure you don't want to order something else?" he asked, clearly concerned for their welfare. . . like the poor kids would go starving because
their mom hadn't prepared dinner for them. (The truth is I did have some chicken cutlets in the freezer and was on my way home with groceries.) The fact that we didn't sit down The average for dinner as a family that night or the other American eats nights that followed was just icing on the cake. six convenience foods daily. Why couldn't I get it together like other women I know? It wasn't always this way. Depending on my various stages of "momhood:" new mom, working part−time, working-full− time-with-long-commute, working-fromhome, commuting-again (though closer to home)—you get the gist—we've had various stages of dinner. There was us all eating together, which involved me trying to juggle a bottle into Kid Number Two while spoon feeding mashed potatoes to Kid Number One, while also managing to occasionally grab bites of steak with my fingers. Then there was me serving something simple, like elbow macaroni (with various sauces for everyone), with me up and down a million times because one kid's pasta wasn't hot enough, another decides she hates pasta, wants chicken nuggets . . . then ketchup . . . then juice . . . then me forgetting the garlic bread burning in the oven for the meal my husband and I were eating. Not to mention in between this dinner dance, my husband and I trying to have a conversation about something other than poopy diapers, before we have to get up from the table to change said diapers or clean up a juice spill before someone starts crying/ whining/screaming (select your loud sound), then throwing pasta on the floor. Which then turns into (select one of the following): Temper tantrum, food fights, bad manners, burping, vomiting, spitting, kicking and, eventually, a Sesame Street video (or some Baby Einstein tape—after all, we all want our kids to be brilliant). . . all of which buys me (us? Did my husband leave the room?) the five minutes of peace needed so I can indulge in a now tepid glass of Chardonnay. Pick an exasperated word, any exasperated word. Is it any wonder, that after all that commotion, I switched from having us all eat together to attending to everyone in shifts, first feeding my kids, and then making a separate meal for my husband. (Hello ten pounds of weight gain as I ate their leftovers to tide myself over while waiting for darling hubby.)
Did you know?
How Did Things Change So Much? What a difference a few generations makes. Growing up, I had the experience of sitting at the dinner table every night, my dad commanding one end of our Formica® table, my mom on the other, and my sister and I facing each other. There was no TV in sight. A hot home−cooked casserole was served in a Pyrex® dish in the middle, complete with steam rising from a plate of creamed corn. We had placemats and sometimes even cloth napkins. Dishes were passed with "please" and "thank you." My parents would ask about our days. And my sister, Ann, and I would actually (politely) recount them. Despite the rose−colored nostalgia I'm painting, and despite the fact that I did occasionally kick my sister under the table and pour soda into her mashed potatoes when she wasn't looking, we knew the family dinner hour was more or less sacrosanct. Fast forward to today, where rounding up the troops is often a logistical nightmare, with meals a catch−as−catch−can proposition, grabbed on the run, often in recyclable containers or grease-soaked paper bags, eaten between traffic lights on the way to or from this practice, that lesson, or this meeting. We eat standing up at
Kids will challenge you with their tantrums and picky eating habits, but stick to your mission of having them join you at the dinner table.
the counter, on the way from the stove to the table, or from the table back to the sink. Pick a place, any place: On the floor, in front of the TV, on the sofa, at our kitchen islands. Invariably we gobble our meals, hurried, dipping, dunking, slurping, sipping, but rarely enjoying as one at the kitchen table. I'm not alone. Often, when I call my girlfriends at around 6 or 7 p.m. and say, "Am I calling at a bad time? Are you eating dinner?" they sound just like me: "Nope, we all grabbed a slice between soccer practice," or "The kids ate, but I'm waiting for Bruce," or "Dinner? Is that what you call me eating a frozen Lean Cuisine® and the kids gobbling down Hot Pockets®?" And I haven't even talked about incorporating the Holy Grail known as the food pyramid. For years, my eldest only ate hot dogs, while my youngest vacillated between pizza and chicken nuggets. Hardly a balanced meal. In fact, we joked in our house that a balanced meal meant sitting on the kitchen chairs without falling. Thinking about a starch, a vegetable, a fruit, a fiber, and an entrée is hard enough when you need a huge calendar/GPS navigational device to track every person's whereabouts. The pressure−cooker that is parenthood means the family dinner has virtually disappeared. Today, less than half of American families eat dinner together—despite the fact that 98 percent of moms say it's important. And when they do, most meals last less than 20 minutes and are often lacking in proper nutrition.
Research shows that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the U.S. include vegetables.
While we can't help but think about "the old days" with Mom at the stove cooking for us all day, our lives have changed. Yes, there's a certain amount of nostalgia in play here, but (and BUT!), there's also our 21st century reality: We need to create a new kind of family meal.
The Reasons to Get Back to the Table And so, the question becomes: Does it really matter whether we all eat dinner together? The answer, say experts, is a spoon−banging yes. Study after study proves time spent gathered at the kitchen table is a significant way to strengthen family bonds. Counted among the benefits are higher quality of food, better nutrition, and portion control, as well as emotional nurturing, sense of belonging, better grades, less delinquency, and overall family unity, not to mention cost savings (less ordering in and eating out). In case you haven't heard the sobering statistics, here are a few:
Fewer than one-third of all children eat dinner with both parents on any given night. Teens from families that almost never eat dinner together are 72 percent more likely to use illegal drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol than the average teen. They are also more likely to have lower grades, higher rates of addiction, poor eating habits, and a higher risk of depression and eating disorders. Researchers from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at
Stats to Know: ● The average family spends more than $2,000 per year on dinners away from home, with 10% of those dinners coming from McDonalds. ● More than half of the dinners eaten by overweight American children are consumed in front of the television. ● Meals eaten with family have about 50% more fruits and vegetables than meals consumed alone. ● Family meals are three times more likely to include low-fat choices.
10 Benefits of Family Dinners 1 Everyone eats healthier
meals. 2 Kids are less likely to become
overweight or obese. 3 Kids are more likely to stay
away from cigarettes. 4 Teens are less likely to drink
alcohol. 5 Teens are less likely to try
marijuana and other drugs. 6 School grades will be better. 7 You and your children will
Columbia University found that the less often a family eats together, the worse the experience is likely to be, the less nutritional the food, and the more mundane the dialogue, if any at all. Among those who eat together three or fewer times a week, 45 percent say they eat with the TV on (as opposed to 37 percent of all households), with nearly one− third admitting there is little to no conversation. Parents with less than a high school education share more meals with their kids than do parents with high school diplomas or college degrees.
talk more. 8 You'll be more likely to hear
about a serious problem. 9 Kids will feel like you're
proud of them. 10
There will be less stress and tension at home.
A majority of teens who ate three or fewer meals a week with their families wished they did so more often. The kitchen table (where I've written half this book, in fact) is everything: It's the Grand Central Station of our homes,
It's proven: Time spent gathered at the kitchen table strengthens family bonds.
where good news is celebrated with clinks of champagne glasses, homework is scribbled and erased over the knobby pines of a scratched table, holiday kids' tables are set until way past a child still belongs at said table, and heated discussions take place long into the night over mugs of hot coffee. It's the hearth of the home, the centerpiece of our togetherness. It's where we gossip with friends, chat with a neighbor over freshly baked banana bread, or set out our graveyard of ruined recipes to prove to our husbands that yes, we really did spend the day cooking. The dinner hour takes over the kitchen like no other meal: It's the nightcap to a long six hours we've all been apart, the smell of what's cooking in the oven (or heated up in the microwave), the warm embrace we need at the end of a long day. It's here where we catch up and, hopefully, slow down. Having this block of time set aside to communicate allows us to stay updated on our kids' school and social lives. It's where children's vocabularies are broadened from listening to our conversations. Not to mention the big bonus: When you include kids in discussions, they feel valued, that we're interested in what they have to say. Being together and mingling over meals teaches your kids other important skills, too, such as sharing ("Please pass the bread."), compromise ("Johnny is taking the bread right now, you'll have to wait."), negotiation, ("If I pass you the peas, will you pass me the salad?"), learning when to interrupt ("Someone left the stove on!") and when not to inter-
Mom Tips "I highly recommend talking to kids about foods they enjoy and foods that they would like to taste. By bringing them with me to the farmer's market, we learn about, and taste, new ingredients that get them excited. Then, we watch the Food Network, flip through cookbooks, and browse online for recipes that sound delicious. If you want to have them help you cook, have all of the ingredients ready in advance. Otherwise, they will lose interest too quickly to get anything productive done." —Michelle Stern, San Rafael, CA, mom of two, ages 7 and 9, and owner of What's Cooking
"As both a therapist and a parent, it's what happens around the table—social interactions, conversation, sharing, nurturing, and nourishing—that seem important. I don't think it matters much which meal it is, but rather the quality of the time spent together." — Liz Sawyer Danowski , Oxford, England, mom of one son, age 5
rupt ("When is it my turn to talk?"), as well as learning manners ("May I be excused?"), in addition to teamwork ("Please help bring the plates to the sink") and problem solving, ("I thought I put four forks on the table"). All translate to lifelong interpersonal and communication skills. The benefits far outweigh our "we're too busy" excuses:
Did you know? More than one in five parents say they are simply "too busy" to have family dinners together. The most common reason teenagers give as to why family dinners are not more frequent is that "parents work late." The most common reason parents give is "conflicting schedules." SOURCE: NATIONAL CENTER ON ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (CASA) AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
your kids. Youngsters left to themselves often opt for a junk food diet of chips, pastries and processed foods, and, often a lifetime of bad habits. Young people who regularly eat meals with their families eat more fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and calcium−rich foods, and drink fewer soft drinks than other people their age, according to a five−year study from the University of Minnesota. Plus, portion sizes will be more appropriate at home, cutting down on extra calories and fat. Food made at home tends to be eaten in smaller quantities. A study by Harvard Medical School reports that chances of being overweight are 15 percent lower among those who eat dinner with their family "most days" or "every day." Not only is a set meal time a chance to encourage your children to make healthy nutritional choices, but also an opportunity to help them make healthy lifestyle decisions.
✔ You'll become more conscious of how you are eating. Family meals (sans TV) encourage slow eating as opposed to a grab−and−go meal. According to ex-
✔ You'll eat more healthfully. And so will
One of the benefits of the family meal is that kids do better in school.
perts, it takes 20 minutes for your stomach to tell your brain it's full. In a fast−food generation, we don't always wait those 20 minutes. Taking the time to eat more slowly can mean fewer calories taken in.
✔ You'll be a better communicator. Mealtime conversations have been shown to improve young people's vocabulary, according to studies by the University of Minnesota. Chatting with your family about your town's green policies or the latest blockbuster movie has the hidden benefit of improving your conversational and thinking skills.
✔ Your kids will do better in school. A study of first graders' reading readiness found that "high scorers had a radically different atmosphere around the meal table," as compared to the low scorers. The former group enjoyed family meals that were "a focus for total family interaction." Another study proves teens reported earning more As and Bs in school than students who ate dinner with their families fewer than three times a week.
Surprise fact: Why aren't parents and kids eating together? "interference of teen activities" and "television watching that simply cannot be missed."
✔ You're doing your teens a favor. Teens who eat with their families five or more times per week are less likely to abuse drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, according to CASA. If you have a girl, you're also preventing her from developing an eating disorder. Teen girls sharing at least five or more family meals per week were less likely to use diet pills or laxatives, binge eat, or vomit to control their weight, according to the Minnesota researchers.
✔ You'll save money. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average American family spends more than $2,000 per year on dinners outside the home.
✔ You'll be happier. Mealtimes create memories and bring families closer, with many folks reporting a larger sense of unity, love, self−confidence, and understanding, all of which is fostered around the dinner table. And surprise, surprise: The majority of teens in a study by CASA—84 percent—report they actually want to eat dinner with their families.
Why This Book Is For You Most likely, I'm not telling you anything you don't know. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that walking into a home where the aroma of a bubbling stew or a hot−out−of−the−oven lasagna tickles your nose will make you feel comforted, welcomed, and warm. What you don't know—and what I didn't know either, until I started doing some research—is that it's possible to get into a family meal groove, even if you haven't done it for years. It's just a matter of simple tactics.
Doing Dinner Better Of course, as with most things, getting started is the hardest part. In my case, it was a sharp kick in the pants, otherwise known as The Guilt Trip, that got me going. It wasn't long after "the diner episode" that I began to realize I needed to change
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Blake DeLong is an actor based in New York City. He can currently be seen alongside Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo in Sam Gold's critically acclaimed production of Othello at New York Theater Workshop. He is best known for originating the dual role of Andrei and Old Bolkonsky in Dave Malloy's smash hit Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, now on Broadway, for which he received a 2014 Lucille Lortel Award nomination.
Other stage work includes productions at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, BAM, Ars Nova, 59E59, and at regional theatres across America. He has helped develop new plays for Soho Rep, Yale Rep, The Lark, New Dramatists, and Center Theatre Group, and his original play The Hottest Blood was independently produced and performed in New York City in the summer of 2015.
His film work includes lead roles in current festival favorite Shy Guys, opposite 2016 Tony Award winner Reed Birney, as well as 2014 SXSW Official Selection Thank You a Lot, and supporting roles in We Need To Talk About Kevin, Complete Unknown, and Auld Lang Syne. His television credits include "The Blacklist", "Vinyl", "The Following", "Unforgettable", and "The Mysteries of Laura".
Blake holds an MFA from The University of Texas at Austin, where he also taught undergraduate acting. He received additional training at the Public Theater Shakespeare Lab, the Chautauqua Theatre Company Conservatory, and completed a one-year fellowship in residence at the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C.
He lives in South Brooklyn with his wife and their very silly dog, Hugo.
Since relocating to New York City, Blake has worked in film, television, theatre, and national commercials. He is best known for his leading performance as Jack Hand in Matt Muir's critically acclaimed independent film Thank You a Lot, which premiered at SXSW 2014. Other credits include:
Television: HBO's "Vinyl", A&E's "Unforgettable", NBC's "The Blacklist" and "The Mysteries of Laura", FOX's "The Following".
Film: Complete Unknown (with Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon, World Premiere at Sundance 2016); Auld Lang Syne (Festival Circuit 2016); The Hostess (Festival Circuit 2016); Thank You A Lot (SXSW 2014, distributed by Gravitas Ventures); We Need To Talk About Kevin (with Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, Cannes, TIFF), Sons of the Rodeo (SXSW, Vail, Longbaugh, CinemaTexas Film Festivals, and winner Best Film at Spin Fest Film Festival); Expecting (Directed by Piaget Spirit Award winner Chris Ohlson, Official Selection Rooftop Films, Dallas Video Festival ACE Award for Best Direction); Better Than Nothing; LeFrak City; Arab, Alabama.
Off-Broadway/New York Theatre: In Quietness (Walkerspace); The Bachelors (Rattlestick); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Lucille Lortel Award Nomination); The Essential Straight & Narrow (The New Ohio); The World Is Round (BAM); Abi Morgan's Tiny Dynamite (59E59); The Man-made Rock (Fourth Street Theatre); Viva Los Bastarditos! at (LaMaMa ETC/FringeNYC - Winner, Audience Favorite Award); Taboos (SoHo Playhouse.)
For more on Blake, visit www.blakedelong.com
Here's what Blake's students have to say about him:
"I was so intimidated by Shakespeare and had a really bad experience in college. I finally got it together and faced my fear and took this class. Blake creates such a safe and comfortable space for you to learn, share, and perform. He pushes you to become a better actor through the process, and you will." -Justin James Lang
"Saying Blake DeLong is a fantastic teacher isn't giving credit where it's due. I learned so much from him when I took the Shakespeare course. In just one semester I learned to better understand Shakespeare's language! He also teaches techniques that apply beyond Shakespeare to all of theater and acting. I cannot wait to take the course again. Thanks Blake!" -Andrea Nash
"Blake is a gift to any actor looking to work on their craft. His passion for acting and love for teaching make him the ultimate package. Whether you are advanced or an absolute beginner, Blake will make your experience a great one!" -Jonny Rios


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