Have any of you Dopers ever heard of "Let's Dish"?

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I can think of three other reasons it appeals to me:

It turns meal prep into a social thing. I’d rather pick and choose and prepare (whether or not I do my own chopping) meals while gabbing with a friend than all alone in my kitchen. YMMV.

Also, there’s less clean up. The thing I hate the most about cooking (and I love to cook) is the clean-up after. I’d love to make a meal, sit down and eat it and NOT have 20 minutes of washing up to do afterward. I try to clean stuff as I go along, but it would be even better to mess up someone else’s kitchen.

Finally, I wouldn’t buy too much stuff. That is, when green onions come in a bunch of eight, and I only need two, 7 times out of 10, the remainder goes bad before anyone remembers to eat it.

The expense is the only turn-off for me. I try not to spend that much on each meal. But right now I’m thinking of it more as OAMC lessons than a long-term solution. If I can gather several weeks’ worth of recipes, see how they break everything down and learn how to do it at home, then I can transition to doing it all on my own.

Whynot, I will look around for those OAMC cookbooks because eventually that’s how I’d like my cooking to be. Although I’m single and don’t have a family to cook for, that doesn’t mean I’m not challenged by mealtimes. Grocery shopping is geared for large groups of people in that many items are sold in units too larg for me, and I’d let stuff rot before I was able to use it up. Also, I tend to get into a rut when preparing meals so I’d like to prepare different types of foods. Winnie had a good point when she mentioned that she got to try new ingredients without making a costly investment in something she might not use again, such as saffron. I just ate some Mediterranean Shrimp w/ Pasta, and it had artichokes in it, which I’ve never had before. As far as the expense, if I can get a handle on buying only enough food to make the meals plus breakfast items, I’ll save money on not buying lunch out at work every day, plus having to throw away rotten food I didn’t get around to preparing. I love these new viewpoints.