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See this happy-looking guy? You can hardly tell that he reared two girls (his “two lovely daughters,” he calls us) and has been the target of many, “but, Dad…(insert angst-ridden sigh)” comments since the mid-1980’s, many of which I now wish I could take back.
Yup that’s my dad, and he’s enjoying Fusion Pork Tenderloin (and […]
Way back in ‘07 when we talked about the idea of launching a blog for our Let’s Dish! stores, it seemed like an intimidating task. Heck, most of us didn’t even know what a “blog” really was … or did… or something. But as we investigated our options, we learned that a blog would not […]
October is over but the Pink Dish! giving has just begun! Thanks to the support and participation of all of you - dishers, friends, family, the Let’s Dish! team and the community - the Pink Dish! Campaign achieved its goal once again.
We are proud to announce that this year’s contributions enabled us to fund all […]
As we at Let’s Dish! began the planning for the 2008 Pink Dish! Campaign, I found it hard to believe that it had already been a year since our first initiative. Then again, a year can mean so much in the fight against breast cancer - and the same is true for Pink Dish!.
Lisa […]
Want to keep your kids happy, healthy and full for less than $4 a serving? WUSA9 in Washington DC shares how you can do just that with a little help from Let’s Dish!. Today, reporter Lesli Foster features our store as the one-stop shop for kid-friendly meals for you and your […]
As we head into summer, Let’s Dish! offers a delicious menu of meals perfect for the pool, beach or backyard BBQ. Each month, you’ll find great family meals that are perfect for taking on vacation or grilling up with friends and family at home.
No time to come in and prepare your meals? No […]
As summer approaches, you find more and more fantastic produce in the grocery store, including vegetables that will pair perfectly with meals on the Let’s Dish! menu. But, what’s the best way to prepare vegetables to get the best flavor and retain all the important vitamins and nutrients?
We recommend this New York Times Health […]
So many of you said you didn’t know all the perks of being a Let’s Dish! fan on Facebook until our recent post, “You’ve got a Friend (on Facebook),” that we decided to EXTEND our Facebook Fan offer to all Food for Thought readers.Â
Become a fan on Let’s Dish! on Facebook through MONDAY, May 19th, and you can […]
Hey Let’s Dish! customers, if you haven’t already become a Let’s Dish! fan on Facebook, here are a few reasons to join our fan base now. This past month we:
Gave all fans a preview of the new month’s menu one week before it hit the website and two weeks before in the store
Surprised one lucky […]
We’ve enjoyed meeting and seeing a lot of new moms in all our Let’s Dish! stores this week thanks to our special FREE Meals for New Moms promotion. Here’s one funny story from a new mom’s “freezer experience” in our Gaithersburg, MD, store. Thanks for sending it in, Dawn!
A mom stopped by today […]
Let’s Dish! was featured on Beltway Gourmet this morning as WBAL’s Doug Roberts talked with us about preparing meals for vacation. Roberts asks the question: “While the rest of your gang is having lots of summer vacation fun, how much time are you going to spend planning and shopping and preparing all those meals?”
Our […]
In case you missed it, our own Lisa Hardiman and Jeremy Kugel hosted Sunday Brunch on WBAL-TV on Sunday, May 4th. Lisa and Jeremy shared a few ways Let’s Dish! can help you make your Mother’s Day celebration special this year and dished up our popular French Toast Peach Cobbler. It’s the perfect for brunch […]
Consumer Reports is a valuable resource for so many savvy shoppers out there. But did you know they give advice on more than cars and electronics?!
Follow the link to read their “Tip of the Day” on how to keep food fresh, posted on the Consumer Reports Home and Garden blog. And, don’t […]
It’s a fact that food is more expensive than ever these days. Yet, a Let’s Dish! meal comes in as low as $3.25 a serving when you dish yourself and make a bunch of healthy, delicious dinners to spare. And you make ‘em just the way you like ‘em. It’s a freezerful of convenience AND […]
We absolutely love Real Simple Magazine. It’s a good day when it arrives in the mail at my house each month. I suspect if I asked a random sampling of our Let’s Dish! customers and Food for Thought readers out there, thousands of you would say the same.
Just last week Real Simple […]
As American Heart Month draws to a close, we want to encourage everyone to remember that focusing on your heart health should be a year-round, every day effort.
We hope you found the articles posted this month on Food for Thought helpful towards your own personal heart health. It’s been educational and inspirational […]
In a recent Morning Edition segment on NPR, reporter Alix Spiegal explores the research that seeks to expand on the issue of family dinner and its benefits in a story called, “The Family Dinner Deconstructed.” According to Spiegal, researchers are now pushing further to ask: “Is it the mere act of eating together […]
This month, Lisa (co-owner of Let’s Dish! stores in MD and Northern VA)Â had her skills as the “woman behind the Let’s Dish! menu” put to the test by The Baltimore Sun. Though she has been putting dinner on the table for tens of thousands of families in the mid-Atlantic as our head of menu devlopment, […]
While studies have shown that a healthier choice is to eat wholesome, home-cooked meals, preferably ones prepared at Let’s Dish!, the reality is that every once in a while, you go out to eat. And, sometimes it’s even fun to go out with your family. But that plaguing guilt, confusion and paralysis that takes over when you […]
If you don’t - or aren’t sure - you are not alone.  Just 1 in 4 Americans know the early physical warnings of a heart attack - and what to do next, according to a new goverment report.Â
For your own benefit and to change this “alarmingly low” statistic as described by the CDC, let’s all take a minute […]
Here’s a postscript to last week’s post on sodium and heart health. On Monday, ABC Health News reported that those cute cans of Campbell’s soup - you know, the ones with the kids’ characters on the can - are getting a little healthier: “Campbell’s Lowering Sodium in Kids Soups” (by Geoff Mulvihill, Feb 18, 2008).
Now these 12 Campbell’s soups will have […]
Sheila Ferrell is a social worker on the open heart surgery unit at Union Memorial Hospital. Last year, her husband went through open heart surgery and was treated on her very floor at Union Memorial.  We thank Sheila for sharing her first-hand and very personal perspective on heart disease with Let’s Dish!.Â
My husband, Jim, and I went through […]
Let’s Dish! was named the 2007 Small Business “Product of the Year” by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce! Here’s the feature from the Chamber’s February newsletter:
We are very proud of our Loudoun County stores - Ashburn and Leesburg - and applaud the entire Let’s Dish! team that helped to make us a winner, especially Elizabeth […]
With all the talk about heart health, today is a reminder that the heart doesn’t just pump the blood… it’s also a symbol of our emotion.
So, on this day of heartfelt expression (and chocolate indulgence), we’d like to thank you - our customers - for making the Let’s Dish! dream a reality. We have great […]
Lisa and I dropped by the FOX 45 Morning News (WBFF-TV, Baltimore MD) on Monday, February 11th, to continue our mission during American Heart Month.
During the Morning Recipes segment, we gave a demonstration of a heart healthy dish on the Let’s Dish! menu in February, Roasted Pork Tenderloins with Red Currant Sauce. We added some […]
Looking for something to do this weekend? We recommend you head to to the Maryland Science Center for some hands-on fun with your kids as they absorb important information about their body and how to keep it healthy!
Several fantastic new exhibits on the human body have just opened for a limited time in the mid-Atlantic. […]
