Every time I read your description of the ritual of family dinner and craving more time with kids/family, I get a little teary-eyed. Glad to know I’m not alone in thinking time at the dinner table is special. Can’t wait to get my hands on the book!

I love your message and couldn’t agree with it more! Family dinners have always been a treasured part of my life and I thank you for your soon-to-be-released book because I know it will help me continue the tradition! Best of luck!

Kale, Sausage & White Bean Stew! It’s the best cold weather, eating something from the garden recipe I’ve made several times.

I finished reading your cookbook cover to cover, last night. I absolutely love your voice and and your recipes. My husband and I cook in very much the same way, drawing inspiration from a lone vegetable in the produce drawer and working from there. I am gradually inching the kids meal towards our grown-up meal but being a secret non-meat eater (can you believe that at ages 10, 8 and 7 my kids still don’t know I am a pescatarian? I hate that term.) who loves spice, makes that slightly more challenging. But on that topic of “meal merging” I have to say that I think your Venn diagram is wrong. I’m no math whiz and could be confused, but take another look. And as far as favorite recipes, thus far (I plan on cooking them all), I made the quinoa with sauteed onions, spinach and a fried egg the other night and loved it’s brilliant simplicity and appropriateness for a 9:30pm dinner (after a late swim team event). My usual go to in that situation is eggs poached in a paprika-laced tomato sauce, sprinkled with feta and parsley and served with flatbread or pita. The quinoa was a great alternative. As a devotee of your website I’ve made many of your other recipes (spicy shrimp with yogurt, another fave) and you’ve never steered me wrong.
The book was well-worth the anticipation. Thank you. And as several other readers have requested, come down to the DC/MD/VA area. You seem to have a strong following here–just don’t head down in August!
PS: You’ve inspired me to get back to blogging. It’s been awhile but I have an inkling that DALS will be mentioned in my next post. I have not entered the photography or design realm yet, but our musings are very much in line. So check me out on slyrooster.wordpress.com and as you will notice, I am a fellow Conde Nast alum.

Holy winter dinner guests, Batman, that pork shoulder ragu on p. 179 is The Business!

I received the book for my birthday after I discovered I was #322 on the wait list at the library (322!! can you believe it!!) I’ve, so far, read through the first two stages and have a whole week meal plan full of DALS meals. We made the porcupine meatballs tonight and adored them. The house smelled incredible. Thanks 🙂

I stumbled upon your website somehow, and just spent the last 20 minutes looking and reading! I can’t wait to check out the cookbook as well. I also believe that dinner should always be a love story. 🙂 Congrats on the book–what a unique backstory!

I recently stumbled upon on your blog and I was smitten. I ordered your book and I have now moved from smittten to enamored. The content of your book is thoughtful and entertaining. The recipes are keepers.

However on equal footing with the content is the design. Thank you for having a lovely cover and no book jacket. It makes my heart happy. No bothersome rips to fret over. If there is a splash or a spill it wipes off.

Also the cover matches the content. Something that seems like it would be easily achieved but many cookbooks miss the mark .