The Best of 2025
OR...The Second Annual LOVEY Awards!
Seasons greetings, eaters and readers! Welcome to the Second Annual Dinner: A Love Story Awards, aka the LOVEYS, aka a round-up of my favorite food moments of the year — New York moments, under-the-radar moments, dinner moments, cookie moments, reader comment moments, all the moments!
But before we get to the winners, I wanted to let you know about my Big Holiday Sale — from now until December 31, I’m offering 15% off all subscriptions to this newsletter. I have some very fun things planned for 2025, including another dinner challenge for all the Weekday Vegetarians (existing or aspiring) out there, so just click here if you don’t want to miss out on the fun. Being a subscriber will instantly unlock both my Cookbook Gift Guide and Food Lover’s Gift Guide (maybe they will spark a last-minute idea?) as well as my entire recipe archive, which means that any link you click in any newsletter will always lead to an actual recipe or post, and not a paywall that will have you shaking your fis…