Dinner: A Love Story

Thanks to those of you who tuned into my live video with Hetty Lui McKinnon to talk about her beautiful, soulful new cookbook Linger, and the way she used salads (riotously gorgeous salads) to connect with her community. Here, she walks us through recipes we need to make right now — including a center-of-the-table Tom Kha noodle dish and a tabouleh-adjacent quinoa salad with pomegranates that I can’t stop thinking about — but also give us some hard-and-fast Rules, like whether fruit belongs in a

Thanks to everyone who joined me for my latest book talk, this time with Adam Roberts, author of the new novel Food Person. He has been writing The Amateur Gourmet blog-now-newsletter (one of my favorites) since 2004 (!) but this is his first novel, and it was really fun to hear him talk about his process and the cookbook-loving characters and New York and restaurants…and the cool wedding favor he made for every guest when he got married. Intrigued? Here’s the recording if you missed it. Thanks,

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit dinneralovestory.substack.comWhat exactly goes on in families that produce multiple innovators, trailblazers and bold thinkers? Susan Dominus goes deep on that question in her new book The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success, and, lucky us, she stopped by the studio (um, my kitchen) to chat about what she learned, including new research about sibling birth…

Thanks to those of you who tuned in to my live chat yesterday with Gentle Food’s Christina Chaey. We talked about the way we use food to take care of ourselves and others, what we’re excited about for spring, and strategies and recipes we lean on when we’re cooking for our friends in a way that feels comforting rather than stressful. The talk was part of Grubstack, a live food festival which is going on all weekend. Honestly, the whole thing sounded complicated to this analog girl when I first

I’m delighted to let you know that Cup of Jo founder Joanna Goddard is my guest on today’s Dinner A Love Story podcast. We talk about her dinner table, of course, but also about how she built one of the internet’s most influential lifestyle websites, and how she has created a community where everyone feels welcome. (It’s not as easy as it looks.) Here are a few things that came up in conversation if you’d like to explore further:I’ll Show Myself Out, by Jessi Klein (here’s an excerpt)Normal Family:

Presenting episode 5, wherein Andy and discuss coming up with vegetarian dinner ideas after so many years of falling back on meat; navigating dinner party invitations when you don’t eat meat; our thoughts on plant-based burgers, and, of course, my new book The Weekday Vegetarians.A few things that came up in case you’d like to explore further:-My book, The Weekday Vegetarians, just out this week (hooray!)-The Veggie Burger we can’t stop making (The Kitchn)-Salvaging Rotten Produce (Cup of Jo)-Brothy

Greetings! I’m so excited to share the next episode of The Dinner: A Love Story podcast, where we discuss how to stop time, tearjerker baby shower gifts, and the art of the random Carvel cake message. You know, the usual. Guest-starring SuperMakeIt founder, artist, author, and friend extraordinaire Jodi Levine.Links to a few things we mention in this episode:Our Like Magic project!Submit an idea to Like MagicSuperMakeItCatherine Newman’s “Yay It’s Wednesday Cake!” (The ultimate Like Magic