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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.

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Grilled Chicken Sausages with Shredded Kale and Pecorino

Prefer a turkey, pork, or lamb sausage? By all means, use that instead.
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Shrimp Rolls

Keep summer going just a little bit longer: Serve these with a pile of steamed, buttered corn.
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Yes, You Can Get Kids to Eat Fish. (Yes, Even Picky Kids.)

No, really—you can get your kids to eat fish. All you need is patience, some vacation trickery, and a little deep-fried magic
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Fish and Corn Cakes With Tartar Sauce

This fish and corn cake recipe is a less expensive, equally delicious option for anyone who loves a crab cake. Could you put it on a bun? Why not?
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When Traveling with Kids, Use This 3-Step Plan

What's the best way to travel with kids in tow? Make a plan and stick to it, by following the "rule of three."
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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
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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.
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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
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It's Beginning to Taste a Lot Like Christmas

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What to Cook the Night Before Thanksgiving

The night before Thanksgiving should be easy to execute and even easier to clean up.
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Curried Carrots with Pecans

In place of pecans, try walnuts, peanuts, or cashews.
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Salmon in Parchment Paper with Horseradish-Yogurt Sauce

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

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

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

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Steak Salad with Horseradish Dressing

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