2026-09-29
17 分钟We have a pretty small kitchen, so everybody's kind of running around
and kind of passing by me as I'm trying to get in the fridge and get things working on the stove.
Alice Avalar is an insurance specialist and a mother of two who lives just outside Chicago.
She recorded a typical dinner prep for us on her phone.
My husband comes in to check in and see what's cooking, see if he can get a little taste.
Her time is spent thinking about making dinner.
I feel like I think about dinner multiple times a day for hours a day.
And it doesn't have to be just tonight's dinner, but I'm like sourcing like recipes or I'm trying
to think about what we could potentially eat or how I could change those recipes to fit our needs as a family.
That sounds like a real job.
It does.
Yeah.
You know, when I talked to Alice and asked her that question, what's for dinner?
I could see the stress rising.
Yeah.
Across the country, different people from all walks of life,
everyone seemed to be struggling with some version of this question.
Our colleague Jesse Newman covers the food industry.
And lately, she's been asking lots of people, what's for dinner?
It's a seemingly simple question, but the answer often involves a ton of work.