10 Golden Rules of Entertaining

A week ago, Andy and I were both packing for separate trips — me to Seattle for fun, and him to Boston for work — when the subject of dinner came up,... The post Sausage Bake with Tomatoes & Feta...

I know what you might be thinking: Bolognese is not a sheet-pan dinner. Bolognese is not a simple dinner, a shortcut dinner, a dinner conducive to the very American instinct... The post Sheet-Pan...

When it comes to restaurants, the Upper West Side of Manhattan is famously casual and family-friendly…and a little slim on destination spots, but that does not mean we haven’t found... The post...

Greetings eaters and readers. Today, I’d like to get back to basics a bit, and present a recipe for my Potato Salad with Green Goodies. It’s one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-this-before... The...

Happy Near Year, Readers and Eaters! Just wanted to let you know that I’m heading up a 2025 Weekday Vegetarian challenge over on Substack this month. The first week’s meal... The post The Weekday...

Hello faithful blog readers. Can I tell you how much I love that you are still here, almost 15 years after I wrote my first post ever on the Dinner:... The post The Dinner: A Love Story Newsletter...

Maybe it’s because I’ve been wearing my Operation Connect Goggles™ all the time lately, but when I flipped through Luisa Weiss’s new book Classic German Cooking last week, my first impulse...

I have such a crush on Carolina Gelen. And I have ever since my daughter forwarded me her hugely popular instagram account during the pandemic a few years ago, writing only... The post Carolina...

There’s a section in Get Simple devoted to “store-bought saviors” (i.e. products to have on hand that help make dinner come together faster) and every time someone asks me about it at... The post...

*EXCEPT FOR WHEN I DON’T Whether you’ve been reading Dinner: A Love Story for a decade or a week, you probably know my number one rule by now: Finish the... The post 10 Rules I Live By for...

No, I haven’t been eating dinner on the windowsill — the kitchen in our Berkshires rental, while perfectly charming, is decidedly lacking in optimal light for food photography, so I’m using... The...

For those of you lucky enough to have young kids at home this summer, might I suggest picking up a copy of Priya’s Kitchen Adventures? Priya Krishna, the New York Times food journalist... The post...