Dinner Is Hard

May 21
33 mins

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Episode Description

You're listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and today we're talking about DINNER!

⭐️ What we feel guilty about—and why dinner brings up such Big Feelings.

⭐️ Takeout and delivery. How often is too often? Virginia is asking for a friend.

⭐️ What we've been cooking and eating lately, including favorite recent recipes!

Housekeeping note: We've changed things up a bit to solve some behind-the-scenes tech issues, so here's how to get your Burnt Toast fix:

🎧FREE LISTENERS can find this episode on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or the podcast player of your choice. 🎧 PAID SUBSCRIBERS can listen on Patreon, or add your member-only feed to the podcast player of your choice. ⭐️Paid subscribers also get transcripts, commenting privileges, and our bonus (audio only!) Indulgence Gospel segment. ⭐️

This week we're answering a listener question about what to do when your partner loses weight on a GLP-1 but leaves you with the mental load of explaining weight loss to your kids and family. 

 

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BUTTER & LINKS

Why I Had to Kill Family Dinner

Book Dinner

Is Giving Up Your Furniture a Diet?

The Couples Fighting Over Food Delivery Costs

The Yummy Toddler Food cookbook

 Julia Turshen's pickle dressing salad

Corinne's favorite Korean meatball recipe.

 taco salad

taverna salad

sticky miso salmon bowl

Corinne's Butter: a quilt pattern — and the finished quilt!!

Virginia's Butter: Joining a gym (sort of)

 

EPISODE CREDITS

Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay

Producer:  Kim Baldwin

Logo design: Deanna Lowe.

Theme Song: Farideh.

Video Editor: Elizabeth Ayiku

Audio Engineer: Tommy Harron

Follow us on social! 

Virginia is on Instagram and Threads as @v_solesmith and on Bluesky at @virginiasolesmith.  

Corinne is on Instagram at @selfiefay, on Bluesky at @corinnefay and on Patreon at Big Undies.

Support the Me Little Me Foundation, a virtual food pantry supporting multiply marginalized folks recovering from eating disorders.

Thanks for listening and supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism! 

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