For a no-fuss meal, you might buy a container of all-natural pesto ($8 for eight ounces) made by Romarsi of Montclair and a package of fresh ravioli ($5.50) from Valley Shepherd Creamery of Long Valley.
A fairly unreconstructed pub in one of England's highest villages, what this does boast is a friendly welcome, local ales on tap, filling no-fuss meals and three smart bedrooms; the triple is the most stylish, with leather headboards set against exposed stone walls, plum-coloured furnishings, walk-in showers and underfloor heating.
Tagliata is what I make for dinner whenever a fuss-free meal is required.
Don't fuss over meals they cook.
Moving fast over a lot of territory replete with cheap restaurants, we decided not to fuss with hot meals.
It's full of no-fuss recipes for every meal, which range from fully raw to mostly cooked, with plenty of snacks and desserts to keep everyone happy.
In fact, on those rare (and dare I say treasured) nights when I'm on my own for dinner and don't feel like fussing with a full meal, I'll make them for myself as a main course.
Born in Vienna in 1920, she endured childhood in a flamboyantly dysfunctional bourgeois Jewish household, where the women were at war, a child could be neglected despite competitive fussing over manners, meals and morals, and a loved governess could be sacked for discharging her duties with tender flair.
The report also concluded that the French are "contradictory" in their eating habits, just as likely to fuss lovingly over a multicourse meal as to throw a pizza on the dinner table.
But if your budget won't permit haute cuisine, or you are disinclined after a long day at the beach to spend hours fussing over an elaborate French meal, try one of the "lolos," the local term for informal barbecue restaurants.
Linda Oliva would march into her mother's home a few times a week, cook meals, shop, organize and fuss sweetly over her brother Frankie, who has special needs.
