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“Jenny Rosenstrach writes about food and family with
such a marvelous spirit of warmth, friendship and-most
importantly-pragmatism that you simply can’t help but fall in
love with her. As long as people keep having kids, jobs,
marriages and appetites, this cookbook is destined to remain a
classic.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, Bestselling author of EAT, PRAY,
LOVE)
“Part cookbook, part survival guide, Dinner: A Love Story has all
of Jenny’s favorite meal ideas, suppertime tips, and cook’s
secrets (read: cocktails) that help make dinner fun again”
(Everyday Food)
“[Rosenstrach] entertains with her wonderful writing skills,
persuades by sharing her successful strategies, and educates via
research and relayed experience… this book shines.” (Library
Journal)
“A humorous and encouraging book for readers who believe in the
importance of family dinnertime.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“I can’t decide which I like more—reading this book or cooking
from it. Jenny is that rare writer who can literally make you
laugh and cry—and most importantly, she inspires you to stop just
talking about dinner and start making it.” (Adam Rapoport, Editor
in Chief, Bon Appétit)
“Rosenstrach emphasizes her strong belief that the family who
eats together stays together and combines stories and recipes in
this essential collection.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Dinner gives me hope that one day my family will also assemble
around an actual table and eat an actual meal that was actually
cooked by me; a meal not solely comprised of animal shaped cheese
crackers dipped in hummus. Although those are good too.”
(Samantha Bee, Most Senior Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart, and bestselling author of I Know I Am But What Are You?)
“Warm, funny, packed with recipes and photos, and reassuringly
nonjudgmental, it will help inspire the most faint-hearted of
cooks to pre-heat the oven.” (Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of The Happiness Project)
“The family dinner, that forum for manners, taste-making,
storytelling, and memorable arguments, is no small subject. Jenny
Rosenstrach tackles it with gusto as she shares her fascinating
story of learning to feed her family....[N]ot only a wonderful
read, but a book studded with excellent recipes and tips.”
(Amanda Hesser, co-founder of FOOD52.com)
“…compelling…more than just another cookbook. We love Rosenstrach
because her writing is natural, honest, and smart” (Bon Appétit)
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From the Back Cover
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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 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 book 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.
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