Tag Archives: culinary adventures

Guess the kitchen gadget?!

“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 [...]

Thank you for coming on our culinary adventure!

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, [...]

The Dish On… Wine Selection

Culinary adventures aren’t limited to just the food on the table. We asked our wine partner, Neil Smith of WineSmith (Ashburn, VA), to help guide us in wine selection. And, don’t forget that with the help of wine experts like Neil, Let’s Dish! makes it even easier to select a wine for dinner by pairing [...]

A trip to the moon(pie) – yum!

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 [...]

Family Book Club: A Literary & Culinary Adventure

Ever thought of creating a Family Book Club? It’s a great activity for the whole family – and you would be amazed at how you can bring food into it! As I embarked on this culinary adventure with Let’s Dish!, I had no idea where it would take me. I have spent many hours thinking [...]

More noodle adventures!

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 [...]

Go Global with Epicurious…

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 embarked [...]

Grab an OXO gadget!

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 [...]

Host a Progressive Dinner Party – Let’s Dish! can help!

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 to the entrée [...]

Plan a weekly “geography” dinner!

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 [...]

The Dish On…Asian Cuisine

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 [...]

Tools for a trip to your own backyard

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 is [...]

Try a noodle adventure!

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 [...]

Around the world in 17 dishes!

When talking through menu “themes” for Let’s Dish! in 2008, the idea of a culinary adventure was exciting to us. I am curious…it’s my nature…What do you think? Is it too different for your family or do you see this as fun and exciting? A change from the everyday?We will return to our regular menu [...]

Rum Punch and Real Simple: Dining at Sea

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 launched its [...]

And now for a canine adventure!

First, say hello to Holly Wildberger – or Holly “Dub” as we like to call her – the food team Development Coordinator for the Let’s Dish! stores in the Mid-Atlantic. Holly W is the woman behind many of the recipes you enjoy on our monthly menu and a key ingredient in the testing process for [...]

How does your (indoor) garden grow?

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 will [...]

How to introduce new foods to children

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 [...]

Itinerary for Your Culinary Adventures

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 [...]