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Will Blog For Food (Meals For Deserving Families, That Is)

Jeremy Kugel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:02:15 +0000

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 more money for local families touched by cancer.

Check out how one blogger has already helped spread the word.

Thanks, Liz. And thanks to all those out there lending a hand. We appreciate your support!

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Parent/Kid Sessions Featured on ‘Kid Baltimore’ Blog

Jeremy Kugel — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:54:33 +0000

Judging by the popularity of our Parent/Kid sessions, we knew we were onto something. But even we were surprised and delighted to find we’d been “secret shopped” by Joyce Hesselberth of the popular “Kid Baltimore” blog. “Restaurant-quality food”, she wrote after bringing her daughter to dish on July 31st; “directions are super clear, and the ingredients are beautiful and fresh.” And when she invited the extended family to their first meal? “Disappeared before I knew what happened,” she beamed.

As Joyce noted, Let’s Dish! Parent/Kid sessions are a great chance to efficiently combine kid entertainment with household chores. Overall, the meals are “a big hit” she says. And we couldn’t agree more. Check out the complete Kid Baltimore write-up here. Or sign up for your own Parent/Kid experience (one kid, age 8+, per parent please!). Happy dishing!

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Which Pie’s For You? Buy One / Try One at 50% OFF

Jeremy Kugel — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:14:03 +0000

Man, we love getting emails like the one below. While I personally am a documented aficionado of our S’mores Pie, Julie W makes a strong case for the creamy cool richness of Frozen Strawberry Margarita Pie. Which is better? See for yourself! Just print this blog post and bring it into any MD or No. VA Let’s Dish! location and get 50% OFF any pie when you buy a pie at regular price.

Dear Let’s Dish!,

Your Frozen Strawberry Margarita Pie is the bomb! I served that wonderful pie of yours to my parents last night for dessert and they were practically licking their plates clean! I think that Let’s Dish! needs to rename this desert as Awesome Frozen Strawberry Margarita Pie because it’s so delicious! Thank you again for sharing this wonderful and yummy desert with me and my family! It was a big hit!

Cheers, Julie W.

Let us know which summery pie you like best — make a comment on this blog post! Talk about a delcious dilemma….

Offer expires August 15th, 2008, and cannot be applied to previous purchase or combined with other offers. Must present coupon to redeem.

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You know you’re a new mom when…

Alexa Corcoran — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:00:55 +0000

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 with her baby and birth certificate, and when she got ready to leave she couldn’t find the birth certificate. Eileen (our customer service manager) and I helped her look for it and it turned up in the retail freezer! We all laughed that the incident was proof she is a new mom - only a sleep deprived mom would forget the birth certificate in the freezer! As she left, she said she can keep up with her baby but can’t be responsible with anything else.

I thought you might enjoy hearing about how we are helping new moms!!

Dawn Brown
Gaithersburg General Manager and Development Partner

Our offer of FREE Dinner for New Moms ends Mother’s Day, so find out all the details and hurry in!

And, if you’re still in search of a gift, you can buy a Let’s Dish! Gift Card online and even print it out so it’s ready to give to Mom. Or you can stop by a Let’s Dish! store near you to pick one up!

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Plan a weekly “geography” dinner!

Lisa Hardiman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:00:33 +0000

Are your seatbelts still fastened? Are you still with us? Have you learned anything new so far on your culinary adventures with Let’s Dish!? Speaking of learning something new, here is a great way to get the whole family on board and involved on this little adventure we are taking…

Pick one night each week (”say Tuesdays”) for “Geography” Dinner. This will be a great way to teach your family - and maybe even yourself - a few new things.

To prepare for your dinner, pick a country or a culture for the week (take turns letting different family members pick the country or put a bunch of names in a hat, and draw one out each week).

Next, give everyone a “task” that must be completed by the next Tuesday and be ready to discuss at the table:

Have one member be responsible for the “map” - showing everyone where the country is located. Use an atlas, get on the internet, buy some of the laminated world placemats so they can use it to show where the country is.
Have a member of the family be responsible for drawing, coloring, cutting out the flag from that country so that it can be hung during this dinner. If they are a little older, they can discuss the colors or reason behind the creation of the flag for that country (ie the stars represent the states and the stripes the 13 original colonies).
Are there any fun “utensils” for eating in this country - chopsticks, wide spoons, your hands….be authentic, let one of the family members learn a little about the eating habits from this country.
Download the National Anthem from the country or some famous musicians songs that reflect the culture. Opera for Italy would be great. Have a family member find out about other famous people from this country.
Have a family member learn a little about the current government structure of the country. Is it a monarchy? A dictatorship? A socialist government?
Have a family member look into what the national “landmarks” are for this country such as Buckingham Palace or Stonehenge, the Pyramids in Egpyt….
Do you have a sport fanatic in your home? Have that member of the family be responsible for learning about the sports played in this particular country.
Most important…food. Dinner that night should reflect the country be it the main course (It’s easy if you have dishes from the Let’s Dish! menu in your freezer: Basil Chicken and Potatoes for Thailand, Jerk Chicken for Jamaica, Asian BBQ Pork Wraps for China, Country French Flank Steak for France…you get the idea. Or a special dessert, profiteroles for France, sticky toffee pudding for Ireland (BTW the new Haagen Daas Sticky Toffee Pudding Ice Cream is amazing). It is fun and easy to make something from your country on hand. Everyone get take part in this from helping to decide what to cook to the actual making of the meal.

OK, it’s time for take off again. I can’t wait to hear what your family comes up with! I am always looking for new things to add to this game of ours. Send me postcards…

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