If I'm making dinner, it's gonna be from our local pasta house!
...and back to the baby chasing grandpa! (The grandson will be 16 months old in a few days and is still getting used to walking in shoes...we couldn't keep them on him until it got a bit cold!)
Great answers which show every author's experience is unique despite the many commonalities of good writing. My preference is longer stories with long chapters. I have a short story on site and admit I spent more time on it than most of my longer chapters in my other two long stories. So for me brevity is harder.
My preference for a dry rub or marinade depends on the cut of meat. The better and way more expensive get the dry rub. Chuck steak gets the marinade. But to each their own!