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A sneak peek
This is what has been keeping us so busy (and quiet) for the last several weeks. We’re all in, as is all of our stuff (holy cow, we have a lot of stuff), and we’ve been slowly unpacking, sorting, and...
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A Pie for Mikey
I was five years old when my father died. It was pancreatic cancer what done the old man in. With a baby on the way, I’ve been thinking a lot about him, about the man he was, the father he was. And...
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The Best Thing We Ever Made
Julian Spencer Dietsch was born September 21, 2011 at 7:29 a.m., weighed in at 8 lbs. and measured 20 inches long. We’re at home now, still tired and recovering (and boy are the cats confused), but we...
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One Last Bite
I never imagined when I started this blog nearly five years ago that someday my dishes would appear in a cookbook, but if there’s anything I’ve learned this year, it’s that life throws you the most...
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reentry
It’s wild to think we’ve been back in New York for four months now. It was four months ago today, actually, that I returned to work at my old law firm, walking the same familiar corridors, gazing out...
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after the storm
Like many New Yorkers, I’ve been engrossed in the media coverage following Hurricane Sandy. My heart has sunk more each day, as each new piece of news brings a fuller picture of the damage and...
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Truth and Gratitude
Three years ago, we almost lost our apartment. We were buried under medical and veterinary bills, we found ourselves owing a fortune in back taxes due to an accounting error – we were in the red in...
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merry and bright
Mike posted the following on Facebook the other day: “2012: two surgeries for baby and a huge move for all of us. Plus first words, first steps, first foods. I mean, really, what a year.” And that...
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Now We Are Six
Last Night’s Dinner turned six years old yesterday. I had entertained the idea of writing a special, celebratory post – six years does feel like something to celebrate, after all – but to be honest, I...
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appetite
So somehow in the middle of my recent spate of 50-hour work weeks, I managed to get pregnant again. No burying the lede this time, I’m just putting it right out here, and letting you all know that...
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I’m an Olive Adventurer!
I don’t usually post about brand partnerships here, but I have a longstanding love for olives, and when I was asked earlier this year by the folks at Lindsay Olives to contribute a couple of my...
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a little big news
If you were around last Friday, you may have heard my husband‘s big announcement; and if you haven’t, well, I feel it is my duty to share some wonderful news with you. While I’ve been spending the...
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party of four
This was the first time all four of us sat at the table and ate the same meal together as a family. (Spaghetti with meat sauce, if you’re wondering. The kids each had two helpings. I might have cried...
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one small thing
I’ve been feeling a range of big emotions for the last week – anger, sadness, fear, disgust, despair, and a sense of utter powerlessness. What is going on in Ferguson, MO is ugly and horrific, and the...
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back to my roots
Long before LND was a blog, it was a photo chronology of what Mike and I were cooking and eating in the earliest days of our relationship. My photography skills were even worse than they are now, but...
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Dinner: November 3, 2014
There were two fat roast chickens, roasted rainbow carrots, and buttery brussels sprouts. There was a big bowl of fluffy mashed potatoes, a lemony pan sauce, and plenty of chilled rose’, to toast to...
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when October disappeared in a flash
Just in case the four of you who still check in here from time to time are wondering, we’re doing fine, slowly settling in and adjusting to our new home in NoVa. This has not been the smoothest of...
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