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May 13, 2008 – 12:01 am

Don’t miss the Bon Appétit Top 100

from Bon Appetit magazine
On May 13th, Bon Appétit 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) seasonal recipes of all time.

So, check out bonappetit.com on Tuesday, May 31th. The recipes, according to the Editor-in-Chief, will vary with season and keep you up to date on what is hot and what is not in the food world. You will know first hand what will wow your guests at your next party!

Of course, we at Let’s Dish! will be watching this new website as well as other foodie favorites on the web closely to incorporate fresh new culinary ideas along with the “tried and true” into our monthly menus, so you can say, “bon appétit!” at your very own dinner table.

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May 5, 2008 – 2:00 pm

Let’s Dish! celebrates Mother’s Day on WBAL-TV

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 for Mom (with the side benefit of delighting the the rest of the family too)! Served with the always available Let’s Dish! Signature Scones, baked to warm, just-crumbly-enough, golden delicious perfection - and, oh…, Mom will know how much you appreciate all that she does for you.

Free <a mce_thref=Jeremy also took the opportunity to share a fantastic Mother’s Day offer from Let’s Dish! - Free Dinner for New Moms - good only from May 4th to May 11th, so find out the details and hurry in! Or, for the ultimate gift, get Mom a Let’s Dish! Gift Card, available for purchase stores or online (where you can print it right away for that last-minute gift option). Even better, send Mom meals directly with our new DishDelivery service and she won’t even have to lift a finger. Now, you can’t say you’ve got no idea what to get Mom this year!

Here’s the video of Sunday Brunch - and as a special bonus for all you Food for Thought readers , continue reading and you’ll find the recipe for the Let’s Dish! French Toast Peach Cobbler!


(If you can’t view video above, please click here to go to this post on Food for Thought or watch on YouTube.)

Buy a Let’s Dish! Gift CardRELATED LINKS:
> Free Dinner for New Moms during Mother’s Day Week
> Make Your Mom’s Day Even Brighter
> Buy Mom a Let’s Dish! Gift Card

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March 21, 2008 – 6:00 am

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 about food in all different ways, not just in new and exciting flavors but also in how food touches us in our lives and how we can make it a lifetime adventure for ourselves and our children.

One thing you should know about me is that I love to read.

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March 3, 2008 – 9:00 am

Meet Valerie Harding, Our New Chef

Valerie Harding, Chef and new Let’s Dish! Director of Food ServicesWe are thrilled to introduce Valerie Harding, our new Director of Food Services for Let’s Dish! Mid-Atlantic. Valerie joined the food team in February. She is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and has had extensive culinary and food marketing experience having worked for several of the large hotels in and around the Washington, DC area including the Hyatt Hotels as well as the Wyndham Hotel. Since 1995, Valerie has been working for Sodexho holding various different titles including the Director of Catering for the Washington Post and the Library of Congress under Sodexho a contract management company.

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February 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

Lisa breaks the dinner routine in The Baltimore Sun

Lisa Hardiman suggests new recipes to Ruth Rhymaun (Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam - February 5, 2008)This month, Lisa (co-owner of Let’s Dish! stores in MD and Northern VA) 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, this was a serious challenge: in just one afternoon, could she break the dinner routine for a family of four?

Yes, Lisa decided, heading up to Bel Air, MD, for a wintry afternoon with Sun reporter, Meredith Cohn, and local family, the Rhymauns.

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February 24, 2008 – 12:30 pm

Fruit juice vs. whole fruit: which should I choose?

When Alexa and I went on WBAL for Sunday Brunch, one of the topics we discussed was fruit vs. fruit juice.  In today’s post, Lisa follows up on the issue with some quick guidance on the difference in healthfulness between fruit and fruit juice:

QuestionsLisa, does fruit juice count as one of your dialy servings of fruit?
And, is drinking fruit juice just as hearth healthy as eating fruit?

AnswersFruit juice is only a serving of fruit IF it is 100% fruit juice.
So, be sure to read the label to make sure the juice is 100% fruit juice, not a fruit “cocktail” or juice “drink” as some of those only contain as little as 2% fruit juice.

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February 16, 2008 – 5:00 am

Pop Quiz: Test your knowledge of nutrients!

QuestionsHere’s a little pop quiz that will help you make the grade when it comes to good nutrition!  We’ve tried to be sneaky, so you’ll first see the three questions.  Then, you can scr…o…ll… down for the answers!
    

POP QUIZ:

1)  Which of the following foods contains the most fiber?

A) ½ cup baked beans
B) A turkey sandwich made with whole grain bread
C) 1 prepared package of instant oatmeal
D) 1 cup of fresh, whole strawberries

2)  Which nutrient do Americans obtain the least of in their daily diet?

3)  What mineral found in servings of fruits and vegetables can help mitigate the effects of sodium in your diet?

OK, pencils down…

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February 12, 2008 – 7:15 pm

We Recommend: Let’s Dish! on FOX 45 Morning News

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 of our healthy Ready Made side dishes and dessert options - and voila! - a romantic and healthy Valentine’s Day dinner!

Here’s the video - there’s still time to dish this very meal for Valentine’s Day, so sign up for a session or drop by the store to pick one up today!

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February 7, 2008 – 6:00 am

We Recommend: Let’s Dish! on WBAL Sunday Brunch

Lisa and I put on our Let’s Dish! aprons this past weekend to prepare a heart healthy dish from February’s menu for the Sunday Brunch segment on WBAL-TV (Baltimore, MD).  During our three minutes, we tried to share as many tips as we could on how to identify heart healthy ingredients and integrate these nutritious foods into your diet.

Here’s the video in case you missed it!

TV/Video IconLet’s Dish! on WBAL-TV (Baltimore)
February 3, 2008

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If you cannot see the embedded video above, you can also view it on the Food for Thought blog page by clicking here or on You Tube.

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January 19, 2008 – 9:30 am

Enjoy more time with family and friends (and this recipe for an easy treat)!

I love Let’s Dish!, we have used you in the past when going on vacation with friends so instead of having to plan for meals we pre-pack them and enjoy time together instead of time in the kitchen.
- Kristin Long of Organizational Specialists Inc.,
www.organizationalspecialists.com

As we head into MLK weekend, you may have a little extra free time.  We thought this tip was a good one to post today - you might get some ideas for the long weekend!

Even as an co-owner of Let’s Dish!, it wasn’t until 3 summers ago I brought Let’s Dish! on vacation with me.

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January 8, 2008 – 6:00 am

Focus on your favorite recipes. (And here’s a new one from Let’s Dish!.)

Do you find yourself looking through note cards, torn-out newspaper or magazine recipes to find your favorite one to make? Here is a tip about organizing in the kitchen. Most people have a container to hold their recipes whether it be a file card holder or accordion file as I have. But the problem comes when I try to find one particular recipe out of all the ones I save. I have my recipes divided into categories that the accordion file made up, so that is a help. But I have too many!

So, here’s the idea: keep only the ones you use most often in the kitchen and bundle the rest into an envelope and store them elsewhere.

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