{"id":26,"date":"2026-10-18T23:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/m2-dario\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T03:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:44:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/m2-dario\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dario Fennimore, home cook and dad. Demo portrait.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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About Dario<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Three kids, one job, and zero patience for fifteen-ingredient recipes.<\/em><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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I was tired of cookbooks that assumed I had all night. Dinner needs to happen at 6pm, and three small, opinionated people have to eat it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Taste panel<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three picky kids<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Published when<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It survives dinner<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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New recipes<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every Thursday<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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01<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How it started<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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I bought every trendy cookbook and cooked from none of them.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Too many ingredients, too many steps, and dinner still needed to happen at 6pm regardless.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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So I started building my own recipe box: thirty minutes or less, one pan when I can manage it, and nothing my kids won’t eat. A few notes on the fridge became a folder, and the folder became this site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Today the box holds more than five hundred tested recipes. I did not set out to write that many.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I just kept cooking dinner, and kept writing down what worked.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Prep sessions on a Sunday<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Sauce that gets the house smelling right<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Leftovers, given a second job<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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If it survives dinner at my table, it goes up.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Start with a real night<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The idea comes from an actual weeknight, not a trend.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Cook it for my crew<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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My own picky three get it first, with no warning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Trim what it does not need<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fewer steps, fewer ingredients, less washing up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Publish if it survives<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If dinner goes well, it goes up. If not, back to step one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The test<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Every recipe gets tested on my own picky crew first.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Nothing here is published because it photographs well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What you will, and will not, find here<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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  • Dinners in thirty minutes or less<\/li>
  • One pan or one pot, wherever possible<\/li>
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    • Fifteen-ingredient recipes<\/li>
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      Join the table<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Need a dinner plan?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      I put together a free 5-night dinner plan for busy families. New recipes land in your inbox every Thursday after that.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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