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Erin Cunningham
Aug 25, 2026
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Hi everyone. First, ICYMI: We ran a special Saturday send ⬇️ inspired by this Eater piece on restaurants leaning into handmade details. As much as we love going out/the restaurant world, we’re also all about finding ways to make eating at home feel more special, too.

When Dinner Goes Analog

Erin Cunningham
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Aug 22
When Dinner Goes Analog

A few weeks ago, Eater published a piece on restaurants leaning into handmade details. Writer Bettina Makalintal touched on the way something as small as a handwritten menu or embroidered napkin can read like an act of rebellion in the age of AI — how, in the

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Second, for this dispatch, we’re hitting rewind to learn what happens BEFORE the table …

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