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Jenny Rosenstrach

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Jenny Rosenstrach is the creator of Dinner: A Love Story, the award-winning website devoted to family dinner, and the New York Times bestselling author of Dinner: A Love Story (Ecco), Dinner: The Playbook (Ballantine), How to Celebrate Everything (Ballantine), and The Weekday Vegetarians (Random House). She was the features director at Cookie magazine for four years and special projects editor at Real Simple for six. Her essays and articles have appeared in numerous national publications and anthologies, including The New York Times Book Review, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Whole Living, and the op-ed page of The New York Times. She has appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition and NBC’s Today. She and her husband, Andy Ward, write The Providers column for Bon Appétit. They live with their two daughters in Westchester County, New York.

How to Feed Starving Kids a Good Dinner—in About an Hour

When after-school activities ramp up, it’s easy to slack on dinner duty. Here, our three favorite strategies for feeding overscheduled kids

Turkey-Spinach Meatballs

In this turkey-spinach meatballs recipe, you brown them under the broiler instead of in the pan. It’s faster, neater, and big-batch friendly.

Kids Bored on Christmas Vacation? Get Them Into the Kitchen!

Fill your kids' long, empty hours of Christmas vacation by getting them into the kitchen. Here's 7 ways to do it

It's Beginning to Taste a Lot Like Christmas

What to Cook the Night Before Thanksgiving

The night before Thanksgiving should be easy to execute and even easier to clean up.

Curried Carrots with Pecans

In place of pecans, try walnuts, peanuts, or cashews.

Salmon in Parchment Paper with Horseradish-Yogurt Sauce

This recipe can easily be doubled to serve eight, instead.

How Marcella Hazan Taught Us All to Cook with Precision

Hazan introduced America to real Italian cooking, but to our Providers columnist, Jenny Rosenstrach, she was like family—if a little strict

Peanut Sauce

Peanut butter has a place on the dinner table. This peanut sauce recipe makes enough for two or three different meals.

Parmesan Chicken Cutlets

If you cut the chicken into smaller pieces before breading, they’re nuggets—the guilt-free kind.

Sweet Potato Wedges with Lime Mayo

This zesty mayo dip would also go well with sliced red bell peppers and celery sticks before dinner; it’s amazing how many vegetables kids will eat when they’re actually hungry.

Beer-Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Red Cabbage

You need only a small amount of beer to flavor the sauce. We trust you know what to do with the rest of that bottle.

Shrimp Fried Rice

Steak Salad with Horseradish Dressing

This dish is inspired by a steak salad recipe on the menu at Keens Steakhouse in NYC.

Why Date Night Is Just as Important as Family Dinner

Eating together as a family is important, but it's just as important for married couples to go out on date nights—without the kids, of course

How 11-Year-Olds Can Help Cook and Bake for Mother's Day

Because of its precision, its fun factor, and its instructional nature, Jenny Rosenstrach lets her 11-year-old bake (and occupy) herself

April Bloomfield Cooks Fresh Ingredients Simply, From Artichokes to Snap Peas

The season's freshest ingredients--from artichokes to rhubarb--don't need much to be delicious, especially in the hands of chef April Bloomfield

Chicken and Cabbage Salad With Soy-Lime Dressing

Although the recipe calls for chicken, you can serve this nutrient-dense cabbage slaw with any protein you like.

Slice-and-Bake Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies

Adding whole wheat flour ups the nutritional value of the oatmeal raisin cookies and adds a nice nutty flavor to the recipe.

Everyone Loves French Fries

The #6 rule of a successful family dinner: Everyone loves french fries (even when they're baked)