Happy Meal

“Our kitchen is where the fun happens,” the Chew chef

(here in the October issue of Good Housekeeping) shares of using dinnertime to bond with her daughter, Philomena, 2, and 11-month-old son, John Jr. “My mother and grandmother were my original ‘happy cooks’ — their tables were the ones I felt happiest gathered around,” she enthuses. “My parenting has really been formed by that.”