Likely your spouse knows how to turn on the oven timer. I hate cooking. I hate recipes. I hate being rushed. If you can relate, take heart.
Miracles do happen.
The menu In true Wallace fashion, the dessert's selection garnered the most enthusiasm and was the first order of business. The kids took charge, deciding early on that a chocolate cake with lavender frosting and icing roses was the show-stopping finale this meal needed. That changed to a leaning tower of Oreos held together with scoops of vanilla ice cream. In the end, peanut butter and chocolate pie from Gourmet magazine won out. Taking a cue from their mother, who rarely follows a recipe to the letter, the kids wanted to add chocolate candy or decoratively placed Oreos.