Good Morning, What's for Dinner? mural with a coffee mug and champagne flute character

Coffee now, champagne later

Knock-your-socks-off good recipes that earned a permanent spot in the dinner rotation.

Weeknight favorites, dinner-party winners, and the recipes friends keep asking for again and again.

What sounds good for dinner?

Start with the mood, then make the meal.

Six mural-style recipe mood panels: Fresh and Light, Let's Get Spicy, Steakhouse at Home, Fire Up the Grill, I Need a Hug, and Worth Celebrating.

Inside the cookbook

The chapters have opinions.

Page 9

Appetizers Rule

Page 27

Salads - No Kale!

Page 41

Sides Have More Fun

Page 61

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Page 83

Beef, It's What's For Dinner

Page 103

Pork - The Other White Meat

Page 125

Turkey, Let's Be Goodish Tonight

Page 139

Pasta Perfection

Page 159

Desserts - Yes Please!

Page 181

Menus

Tips for the Kitchen

Small notes from a dinner-first household.

Do not let lunch spoil dinner.

Goodish counts.

Always know what is thawing.

When in doubt, make potatoes.

Dinner list

Never ask the question empty-handed.

This space can become recipe updates, new menus, cookbook news, or whatever we decide belongs in the permanent rotation.