Freeze it the night before you set out, wrap securely in foil and let it defrost during the day until it's time to cook it for dinner.

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Every day, right after she got home from work, she would cook dinner for us.

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His sister Dorothy remembers how their mom would be in the kitchen, at the end of a long day, trying to cook dinner for six kids.

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Curtis had gone to get his mail outside his home and was planning to go to his ex-wife's home to cook dinner for her and their children when he was approached by officers in SWAT gear, she wrote.

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Mr. Burgess says he uses his outdoor kitchen to cook for many of their dinner parties with friends, who over the years have included "Sopranos" actors, food writer Ruth Reichl and chefs such as Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton.

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You might think, Well, it would be really efficient for me to cook dinner in the shower.

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Tarathe Brown, a single mother, doesn't have time to cook much of a dinner for her five children.

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Eventually a harried housewife or a busy executive will be able to order a ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook gourmet meal for delivery by dinner time (see box).

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