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We know Let’s Dish! is a dream come true for folks who don’t like to cook. But what about people who really know their way around the kitchen? Turns out Let’s Dish! can greatly enhance the fun and creative parts of cooking, even for veteran (but time-starved) chefs.
I really enjoy the customers who tell me […]
Last week, I was invited to an elementary school in South Riding, VA. The principal called an “emergency” faculty meeting after school. But this wasn’t an emergency in the traditional sense; she just wanted to be sure everyone was there… and on time… so that I could deliver some exciting news.
You see, at this school there’s a very […]
Lisa Hardiman cooks up our “Pink Dish 2008,” Antioxidant-Rich Greek Isle Chicken on FOX 45 Morning News. Delicious, easy-to-make, healthy, and with $5 from each Ready Made purchase supporting local families coping with breast cancer — it’s no wonder Lisa and Alexa have host wowed Fox host, Steve Fertig! Pretty sure he’ll […]
Lisa Hardiman, Let’s Dish! Mid-Atlantic co-founder, breast cancer survivor and Pink Dish! spokesperson will be hitting the airwaves again. Catch her Monday, October 13 on Fox45 Morning News (Baltimore) with Kimberly Moore! She’ll be cooking up our delicious Antioxidant-Rich Greek Isle Chicken, the “official” Pink Dish of 2008 — developed in colaboration with the American […]
How can you raise money for deserving families without leaving the comfort of your keyboard? Just include a note about our Campaign in your blog, send us the link (email it to: bloggers-at-letsdish-dot-com), and we’ll donate $5 in your honor. Hopefully, your words will ripple through Cyberspace and help the Pink Dish! Campaign raise even […]
People are loving the whole grain options we now offer at Let’s Dish! locations in Maryland and Northern Virginia.  Whole grain pasta, pitas and brown rice? Say the word and we’re happy to make the substitution — at no extra charge!
Hey, and here’s something you may not know: The brown rice we now use in Let’s […]
Relax-the-max on most Let’s Dish! meals
Due to popular demand (i.e., yours!) we have relaxed our limits on the maximum quantity of any individual meal you can order at a session.Â
For many meals, we have set the max at 4 (or 8 splits). A few meals have lower maximums, either because they take longer to dish […]
How do we create such fantastic menus? Well, our talented food team is always cooking up the best recipes months in advance. But did you know our customers play a big role as well?
Through the “My Orders” link once you log in to letsdish.com, customers can rate the meals they’ve dished [1 […]
On May 13th, Bon AppĂ©tit launches their new website, and the most interesting feature for those of you who are “foodies” is that it focuses on the Top 100 recipes from over 50 years of the magazine. Yes, these “100 Dishes you need to know right now” are their favorite, Test Kitchen-approved (and reader-rated) […]
“Gadget Gal” Holly Cole has a little surprise for you today! She recently traveled to Sweden for the 2008 World Skating Championships where she happened to have a little extra time to shop for - you guessed it… kitchen gadgets?!
Can you guess what this mystery Swedish kitchen gadget is?
Here’s the answer:
As my husband and […]
Thanks, everyone, for joining us on March’s culinary adventures.
Whether you’ve got a worldly palate or prefer home-style cuisine, we hope you learned something about your own tastes, and the dishes that inspire them. Every meal can tell a story, and we’ve enjoyed taking this adventure with you.
Next month, the blog will change focus, […]
If you’re still wondering about moonpies after my last post on starting a Family Book Club, here’s the answer!  I found this recipe on allrecipes.com, a favorite site to try new things.
 Southern Moon Pies
SUBMITTED BY: Jody Crout
“Now you can make this Southern favorite at home. Full of chocolate and marshmallow goodness! Vanilla extract may be substituted with coconut or mint […]
I hope you’re enjoying the culinary adventures brought to you this month by Let’s Dish!.  Today we continue our noodle adventures!
Last week, we began our focus on noodles around the world with a post on spaetzle, German noodles.  Today, we move on to Asian Noodles, which are by far the most popular. They have many kinds… so, why […]
Culinary Adventures aren’t limited to Let’s Dish!
As I sit at my computer contemplating all the many places I would like to visit in the next few years (naturally inspired by our culinary adventure menu this month at Let’s Dish!), I happened onto Epicurious’s website. I was delighted to see that they too have […]
Here’s a quick gadget recommendation from the Let’s Dish! “Gadget Gal,” Holly Cole:
Are you or someone you know having trouble with arthritis? Can’t grip your kitchen tools as you once could? Don’t worry - you’re not alone.
I get a new OXO gadget for myself every so often just to make life a little easier. […]
Who doesn’t love to throw a dinner party? But…no one wants all that work! Why not organize a Progressive Dinner Party? Here’s how it works: At a progressive dinner party, guests share the duties of cooking, entertaining and cleaning up. Dinner often begins with appetizers and drinks in one location, moves on […]
As you may have noticed, at Let’s Dish! we try to maintain a variety of different cuisines that hold a broad family appeal. Today, I’d like to introduce you to one of our favorites: Asian cuisine.
Asian Food at a Glance (and a side dish recipe for you!):
Asian food, particularly Chinese, Japanese, Thai and […]
We’re back with our “gadget gal,” Holly Cole, with another recommendation! This time, her finds are for an adventure in your own backyard. Whether your quest is to be an all-year, outdoor cook or, like the best of us, a fair weather friend of the grill, here are some gadgets we love:
The season […]
What is your child’s favorite meal? Most moms would say when all else fails….. Macaroni and Cheese. But, why not try other types of noodles from around the world?
German Noodles:
Spaetzle
The Germans call their noodles spaetzle.
Spaetzle is a very popular side dish in Germany which is surprisingly almost never offered in the United […]
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 […]
This month’s adventure isn’t just about international flavor! As a part of our Culinary Inspiration category, we’ll be discussing all sorts of topics for foodies (or those aspiring to be one) as cooking can be its own daily adventure. The Let’s Dish! food team in the mid-Atlantic knows their way around the kitchen and […]
So, you want to take your family on a risk-free culinary adventure - how do you begin?
Well, it’s no different than taking an actual trip … you don’t just find yourself at the destination. Before you go, you determine where you want to go, what sights you want to see, how you’re going to […]
This month at Let’s Dish! we decided to go on a “culinary adventure.”
Even at our mid-Atlantic headquarters this meant something different to each and every one of us. To me, it meant trying the latest thing from Timbuktu. To Alexa, it meant introducing a new flavor to her kids that they might not have yet […]
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, […]
