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The Dinner: A Love Story Newsletter

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: A Love Story blog? Honestly, sometimes I can't believe it myself. But then I think about my dinner table and how much it has evolved over the course of that period -- from feeding my little grade schoolers to being an empty nester to taking…

jennyDecember 1, 2024

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Fall Comfort Food, German Style

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 was to invite someone over for dinner and serve them a pot of Linsensuppe Mit Pflaumen (Lentil Soup with Sausage and Prunes) or Wiener Servietteenknödel Mit Pilzgulasch (Bread Dumplings with Mushroom Goulash) or Käsespätzle (Swabian Noodles with Mountain Cheese and Caramelized Onions), then maybe spoon up…

jennyOctober 29, 2024

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