"As long as people keep having kids, jobs, marriages, and appetites, this cookbook is destined to remain a classic." -Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

The first book from the author of The Weekday Vegetarians and Dinner: The Playbook.

Jenny Rosenstrach, and her husband, Andy, regularly, some might say pathologically, cook dinner for their family every night. Even when they work long days. Even when their kids' schedules pull them in eighteen different directions. They are not superhuman. They are not from another planet.

With simple strategies for weeknight meals and common sense, Jenny figured out how to break down dinner -- the food, the timing, the anxiety, from prep to cleanup -- so that her family could enjoy good food, time to unwind, and simply be together.

Using the same straight-up, inspiring voice that readers of her award-winning blog, Dinner: A Love Story, have come to count on, Jenny never judges and never preaches. Every meal she dishes up is a real meal, one that has been cooked and eaten and enjoyed at least a half dozen times by someone in Jenny's house. With inspiration and game plans for any home cook at any level, Dinner: A Love Story is as much for the novice who doesn't know where to start as it is for the gourmand who doesn't know how to start over when she finds herself feeding an intractable toddler or for the person who never thought about home-cooked meals until he or she became a parent. This cookbook for families is, in fact, for anyone interested in learning how to make a meal to be shared with someone they love, and about how so many good, happy things happen when we do.

Fans of "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond, Jessica Seinfeld, Amanda Hesser, Real Simple, and former readers of Cookie magazine will revel in these delectable dishes, and in the unforgettable story of Jenny's transformation from enthusiastic kitchen novice to family dinnertime doyenne.

How does she make it happen every single night?

• Simple Strategies: Practical, no-stress game plans to get a real, home-cooked meal on the table, covering everything from prep to cleanup.

• Family-Friendly Recipes: Go-to, delectable dishes that have been tested and approved by Jenny's own family -- even the intractable toddlers.

• A Cookbook for Beginners: An inspiring, non-judgmental voice that guides kitchen novices and new parents from "where do I start?" to dinnertime confidence.

• The Family Dinner Ritual: Discover how to make dinnertime the anchor of your day -- a time to unwind, connect, and enjoy good food together.

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• Publication Date: June 19, 2012
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 339 Pages
• File Size: 217 KB