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...Take Sam Stoloff, a literary agent, who is the primary cook in his two-income, two-commute, three-child household, a job that grew weightier a few years ago when his family moved from Manhattan--where takeout was an easy option--to South Orange, N.J. Stoloff has been cooking his way through Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef. On his lunch break he scours New York City for ingredients like the smoked paprika needed for a chickpea dish he recently made. Stoloff's strategy is to stock a great pantry--with items like homemade salsas...
...Stoloff became the guy in the kitchen because cooking had always been part of his relationships. "Either I became the cook, or it was part of my courtship practice." He also finds cooking "deeply comfortable and satisfying." "There's nothing better," he says, "than being in the kitchen and listening to baseball on the radio. That's my idea of heaven...
...pleases his wife as well. She says it underpins "my sense that I can pull off this life--job, three kids." The kids like it too, and Anya pitches in with enthusiasm. "I'll now let her chop with the sharp knife, and I won't even watch her," Stoloff says proudly. "Ilena's kind of flabbergasted...
...true foodie dads like Stoloff, restraint, not extra enthusiasm, is what's required to keep the home running smoothly. One recent weeknight, for example, Stoloff decided to use some ricotta he had on hand to make cheesecake instead of just focusing on the meal. "That decision to make one thing extra," he freely admits, "messes everything up. But mostly, I keep myself in check--unless we're having a dinner party. Then I go nuts...
...just me, it's all over the Square," Stoloff said. "Not as many people are coming to Harvard Square and I would guess also that not as much business is generated by the Harvard community, either...