This Week's Food

What's in a Name?

We have a guest writer for this week’s newsletter. This one is from Em, Family Dinner OG driver, packer, customer service guru and all around food nerd. Over to you, Em!

Bavarian Pretzels, Blueberry Muffins, and Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies… oh my!!!! This week’s share is full of so many goodies to get you through the last of the snow on the ground and over to daylight savings. I personally cannot wait to turn the clocks forward and start experiencing sunsets past 5:30 because I. have. had. it. With that being said it is still pretty chilly out — you know the old saying about our good buddy March, in like a lion and out like a lamb — so we wanted to get you settled with the essentials to make some hearty dishes.

Posted on March 06, 2026

Joe Grotto

Say Cheese!

We have ricotta from the Mozzarella House in all shares this week and we could't be happier. And we're going to have a chat about the meaning of the ricotta and its history. Wowee! Our favorite cheese and an opportunity to gab etymology? Thrilling! We're like Kash Patel glomming onto the US Men's hockey team in a pathetic locker room display paid for by tax payers level of excited. (Sit down Kash. None of those boys have any idea who you are.)

Posted on February 27, 2026

Joe Grotto

Dinner is Ready

Anyone else feeling a little crispy around the edges? A little (extremely) overwhelmed?

While we can't do your laundry, pick your kids up from the 3,275th activity of the week or tell your boss to stop breathing down your neck for just one damn second, we can take care of dinner.

Posted on February 20, 2026

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Coupla new items

Joe has a couple new products he's excited to share with you this week. He won't stop jumping around and clapping with glee, it's rather annoying. [LIES - JG]

Says Joe:

Sourdough ancient grains bread! Sliced bread! Cheese! More options for 'rogi and dumplings! Beans! Dried AND canned. (We don't mess around.) And more. Plus? We'll be adding more goodies in the coming weeks so keep an eye out.

Posted on February 13, 2026

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Peeling the Garlic

Because I have copious time on my hands, and zero critical stressors that are eating at my brain like some parasitic monster, I have taken to reading a lot of poetry recently.

There is the obvious beauty of "Time is a Mother" by Ocean Vuong, the old reliability of Neruda's odes to simple things. They are tiny moments of escape, inviting wonder, demanding pause.

Posted on February 06, 2026

Joe Grotto

Let's take a dip!

There are few things I day dream of more than a perfect buffalo chicken dip. Buff dip, puppies and toppling the New World Order. That's about 98% of it.

That said, our Super Bowl Snacks site is LIVE! We have the dip, chili, Mei Mei cheeseburger dumplings, smoked meats from the Rusty Can `and more. We don't sell the sweatpants or the group of 6 folks to come over and eat it all but I wish we did.

Posted on January 30, 2026

Joe Grotto

Where Have You Bean All My Life?

Hey just a quick note!

We are hard at work getting your Super Bowl and Valentine's Day pop ups going.

For game day you can expect pulled pork and brisket from the Rusty Can, Buffalo Chicken Dip and Chili from Dear Annie, wings, tortilla chips and more. Drake Maye and his beautiful baby face approve. We'll be sending out some more details early next week.

Posted on January 23, 2026

Joe Grotto

The Spice of Life

Hello Friends,

Just a quick shout out to last week's shares. We sent you dried smoked paprika from Kitchen Garden Farm. We got a couple emails of "what the heck do I do with these gems?" We heard the what the heck, and we are heeding it from two voices:

Posted on January 16, 2026

Joe Grotto

T.Hanks!

First of all a HUGE thank you to all of your who filled out the Family Dinner survey - it was incredibly helpful and heart warming to hear from all of you. While we love the love you shared the most important thing for us to hear was around your frustrations - we are getting to work on those right away (website improvement, more staple items, better OnFleet communication!)

There were a few points of friction that came up a lot that, lucky for us, are already solved. Here's a quick recap:

Posted on January 09, 2026

Joe Grotto

Going a little easy.

Happy New Year friends. It's 2026 and day 4,112 of school vacation. We are all doing the best we can and I will try my darndest to keep this newsletter on the rails.

I don't know about you but I'm not prone to making resolutions. I find the albatross of those annual expectations and potential failures too heavy to bear. (Eat more quinoa! Churn your own butter! Finally learn aramaic you lazy cow! No thanks.) However this year I'm giving into the trend and carving out a resolution to just be a little easier, a little lighter, maybe a bit slower.

Posted on January 02, 2026

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Night, Night.

Happy Day After the Day.

We all made it. Channukah and Christmas are blissfully behind us. Hopefully it was full of some good food, a drink or three and some giggles here and there.

We're going to keep this one short and say thank you. Thank you for all of your support, your kind words and your part in this community. We are so grateful for all of you. We hope you get some rest and a moment to fill the tank back up after a whirlwind of a month.

Posted on December 26, 2025

Joe Grotto

Lotsa Latkes

Happy Hanukkah friends!

For this festival of lights, Joe and I owe you an apology!

In our Sunday email we highlighted the Matzoh ball soup from Mamaleh's for the holiday. One of our customers graciously informed us that that deliciousness is more of a Passover delight than a Hanukkah meal and that latkes are the preferred snack this season. Mea culpa! We feel like uninformed dweebs!

Posted on December 19, 2025

Joe Grotto

Best gift ever!

I am not going to sit here an pretend that we can offer you the actual best gift ever. Family Dinner doesn't sell coffee in bed, a day with no meetings and a new administration rooted in justice, democracy and equity. Sadly.

What we CAN offer is a few ways to give Family Dinner to those you love and want to fill up with good foods.

Posted on December 12, 2025

Joe Grotto