This Week's Food

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

A serious leek under the sink!

If you had ever needed it in writing, please consider this your formal invitation to send us, your goofy Family Dinner Fam, your favorite dad joke - or three. We shall cherish them all, and we always love hearing from you - in matters great or small.

There are leeks in the shares this week, hopefully less serious and foreboding as the ones above. These lanky loves hail from Red Fire Farm and are part of the Allium family. Allium being Latin for garlic contains all the delightfully stinky members of that family; onions, garlic, chives and leeks.

Posted on December 05, 2025

Joe Grotto

Three Things

Tim and I adopted two kids this summer. Ages 12 and 9. They are whirling dervishes of energy, Legos and crumbs and a general stickiness. We are trying to provide soft landing through the ennui of routine; spelling homework at night, chores, soccer practice, pancakes on Saturdays.

Posted on November 21, 2025

Joe Grotto

Behind the curtain...

We asked Brian who is a Fam Din OG, avid hiker, piano tuner and customer service guru, to pen this week's newsletter. He's also a Red Sox fanatic and a man of many plaids. He is part of the gloriously weird and wonderful fabric that is this team of people. People we love with our whole hearts and we want to share them and their views of the Fam Din community with you.

Posted on November 14, 2025

Joe Grotto

Don't be a turkey!

Good morning friends,

Just a couple quick things on this chilly Friday morning (it's the atmosphere that's icy, not your cold dead hearts).

Thanksgiving! The deadline to order your birds is Sunday night! You can find them and all the other goodies here in the Thanksgiving store. Don't forget to double up on stuffing from Forge Baking Co.

Posted on November 07, 2025

Joe Grotto

Halloween is here!

Good morning friends,

Halloween is here which means that this newsletter should be full of pumpkin puns and the salutation should have been something like "hey gals and ghouls"... but I just can't bring myself to do it.

I'll admit there is tremendous joy in watching the kids go positively apeshit while eating Cheerios in their Spiderman and Pikachu costumes. And I know that tonight millions of American kids will come wander the streets aimlessly, hopped up on corn syrup and howling "SIXSEVEN" at the moon like rabid wolves. That too brings a joy that should be felt and held.

Posted on October 31, 2025

Joe Grotto

Get Ready for Turkey!

Did you hear about the spontaneous turkey?

It decided to wing it.

I'll apologize in advance for this week's newsletter. I think that being a new mom to a 12 and 9 year old has turned the frontal and parietal lobes in my brain into a primordial soup where only dad jokes, obscure musical references and thoughts of melted cheese remain.

Posted on October 24, 2025

Joe Grotto

Pass the Bowl

Hey friends,

Quick note before we dive headlong into the dumpster fire that will be this email.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Joe and I have been hard at work crafting this year's offerings for you. There will be turkeys, gravy, stuffing, pies, pie crust, rolls and all the veggies by that pound that you need to meticulously peel and sautée in an unreasonable amount of butter (which we will also have, along with local heavy cream and half and half if you're still dying for more fat/flavor)

Posted on October 17, 2025

Joe Grotto

Holy Shishito!

(Do I repeat that email title roughly every year at this time? I sure do.

Have I gotten any positive feedback from our customers that they like that joke and would love to see more of it? I have not.)

This week we have beautiful shishito peppers from Clark Farm. These guys are a mostly sweet Japanese variety of pepper. The sweet facade holds an exciting secret, however. About one in every 10 -20 of these wrinkly little wonders is sneaky hot. So spin the wheel and let us know what you get!

Posted on October 10, 2025

Joe Grotto

Two quick asks!

We are taking a brief pause from our regularly scheduled completely unhinged content (sorry about last weeks email - that was nuts!) to come to you with two quick requests:

1- Please, pretty please return your bags and ice packs. We clean and sanitize them every week to try to be a low waste company. Key to that effort is getting those suckers back!

Posted on October 03, 2025

Joe Grotto

Aw, nuts!

This week's Treat of the Week is one of my all time favourites. (Yes, I am feeling British, thank you for asking. It's all the Great British Baking Show I have been mainlining.)

Q's Nuts in Somerville has cooked up some of their Autumn Roast Pecans to show up in your shares this week and we can't wait. This roast combines autumnal spices (and no. I did not, and I repeat DID NOT, say "pumpkin spice". Get on out of here with that) with orange peel and brandy. YUM.

Posted on September 26, 2025

Joe Grotto

HULK SMASH

Ladies and Gentlefolk,

Summer is winding down but that doesn't mean that that grill of yours doesn't still need some love and affection.

This week Joe has curated the perfect smash burger collection for you. Beef from Cold Spring Ranch, Hamburger buns in bread of the week, Cheddar Cheese from Pineland at cheese of the week - you see this dream being written out in real time.

Posted on September 20, 2025

Joe Grotto

Lets go, Pesto!!!

This week the MVP is basil pesto from Deano's Pasta. Dean and Hala Matarazzo, the husband and wife team behind Deano's are 4th generation pasta makers, their families have been cranking out incredible pasta, sauces and ravioli since 1947. Their products are great and they happen to be wonderful people to work with.

Posted on September 12, 2025

Joe Grotto

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