Thank you to everyone who showed up on my newย Substack platform! It has been a very exciting month filled with book and podcast recs, quick vegetarian and flexitarian dinners, and the most perfect winter cocktail that you are looking at above. For those of you who are still wondering what the heck is happening, Iโve compiled a list of FAQs:
What exactly do you mean when you say youโre now on Substack?
Substack lets you access my recipes and posts just like you always have with this site, but it also automatically emails those posts to your inbox and allows forย different levels of membershipย so we can create a tighter community.
I get too many emails as it is. Do Iย haveย to sign up for the newsletter to access Dinner: A Love Story?
No. Youย willย have to provide your email toย join, but once you do, you can click on โMy Account,โ then under โEmail notifications,โ you will see an option to opt out of the newsletter posts.ย
Is it free?
Yes! Youโll get the same recipes and advice youโre used to getting here. But if you decide to become a paid subscriber, that means youโll get contentย on top of that: additional recipes and subscriber-only access to live chats with me and other writers, about menu ideas, community comment threads, podcasts, personalized, insider book previews, detailed daily vacation itineraries, and a lot more Iโm sure Iโll come up with as we go along.
How much does it cost to get all those things?
It costs $5 a month or $50 a year.
Iโm so confused! Will this site, where we are right now, still exist?
Yes, always! I transferred my archives over to Substack, too, but I canโt imagine ever shutting down this branch of Dinner: A Love Story. You will always be able to access recipes for myย pork raguย andย salmon saladย and the 1500 other posts Iโve written here over the years.ย HOWEVER: As of January 2021, almost all ofย newย content will live on myย Substack website. (There might be a few exceptions to this which I will update you on soon.)
What about comments? How does that work with Substack?
Same way it does here. Think ofย Dinner: A Love Storyย now as a newsletterย in addition toย being a website. Obviously you canโt publicly comment on the newsletter delivered directly to your inbox (though you can and should reply to me directly!), but you canย alwaysย comment on theย website. Even though my substack website looks different from this one, it still has all the same features youโre used to.
Iโm convinced! Where do I sign up???
Hooray! You can do thatย right hereย โ it takes 2.5 seconds.
I think Iโm already a subscriber to your newsletter? How do I find out?
If you canโt remember whether youโre a newsletter subscriber or not,ย this linkย will tell you.
Iโm already a DALS newsletter subscriber, but I want to try out the upgrades. Where do I do that?
Again: You can do thatย right hereย โ it takes 2.5 seconds.ย
Can you explain the difference between an annual membership and founding member?
As of right now, a founding member means everything listed above plus personal access, which will probably translate to video opportunities, free event invitations, and writing workshops. Iโm sure Iโll come up with more things as we go along.
Will your RSS feed stay as is?
To continue follow me via RSS feed, youโll need to add this URL to your RSS reader:ย https://dinneralovestory.substack.com/feed.
I subscribed, but your emails go to my โpromotionsโ tab in gmail. How do I fix this?
Mark those emails as โnot spam.โ Also helpful: Dragging my emails to the inbox, and replying directly to the newsletter (to me!), which helps gmail recognize me as important.
I want the recipe for that cocktail, where is it?
It went out in yesterdayโs newsletter, but if you subscribe, you can access it at myย Substack website where it will live forever. Oh my God it is so good!
This is amazing, how do I tell everybody about your newsletter!
Awww, thank you, pretend reader! There will be โShare Thisโ or โForward Thisโ buttons on every post, and that will help tremendously.
Anything else? Ask away! Or email me at Jenny AT dinneralovestory DOT com.
