Quotes from the Inside Cover:

"For guys like me, who can't cook a lick, this book is a godsend. If you're completely hapless (like me), you'll find this book the easiest (and best) guide to making a wonderful meal." -- Ben Affleck

"For ordinary guys looking for an alternative to the generic dinner date...a clever concept fully realized - and highly entertaining to boot." -- Matt Damon

"If you're looking to win a woman's heart, stomach and other goodies, this book is an absolute must." -- Kevin Smith, Director

"Laugh your way through this witty book. Then cook your way through the dinner date of your life. Fabulous food, and drinks, great music to listen to, even a few grace notes to spice up your dinner conversation – this gem's got it all. Well, everything but the girl." -- David Joachim, author of the New York Times bestseller A Man, A Can, A Grill.

USA Today:
"Talk about being upfront on the hardcover. 'This book's premise is based upon the simple truth that women like to see a guy put forth a little effort.' Hallelujah. And hello to the intriguing blurbs on the acknowledgements page by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Ladies, if all this doesn't get your attention, the back of the book will: 'Any schmo can take a woman to a swanky restaurant and slap down his credit card. Cooking for a woman, however, shows her you've put a dash of initiative, a smidgen of energy, and a pinch of thought into the date.'
Kitchen novices are walked through an entire meal and evening, including recommendations for wine and music, tips on etiquette and how to create a comfy setting."

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Washington Post:
"It's A Guy Thing" front page feature in Cooking Section, March 17, 2004. Click here to see the article.

TIME Magazine:
Recommended "Cool Gift" for Christmas 2004.

Every Day with Rachel Ray Magazine:
"Date Night" article featuring dating tips and menu recommendations from Win Her with Dinner, January/February 2006. Click here to see the article.

Publishers Weekly:
"This witty, accessible cookbook for men proposes painstaking instructions for 'seriously impressing' a lady by entertaining at home. Written by three regular guys who initially learned their way around a kitchen through caveman-like trial and error (including Hilebronner, now a private chef to the stars), the book leaves nothing to chance. 'Each recipe is a blueprint for a complete, self-contained, ready-to-share evening, start to finish,' and the authors also offer advice on choosing a menu and accompanying wine, getting the house ready for female company, preparing a great meal and deciding what music to play. While none of the information is dumbed down per se, the cookbook is geared toward those men who are wholly uninitiated in the kitchen and provides a very basic, straightforward culinary sagesse. Each of the 24 meals, with meat, chicken, seafood or vegetarian entrees, gives a simple description of what the menu really is, such as Pork, Cornmeal Mush, and Tomatoes, which a man should be sure to his date is Garlic-Rosemary Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Gorgonzola Polenta and Pesto-Baked Tomatoes. While some readers may find the book's basic assumption that 'most guys don't cook' impertinent, or its beer buddy humor sophomoric ('pick the breasts that look the perkiest' when choosing chicken at the store), many men (and women) will rejoice in the new world of possibilities for wining and dining a date at home."
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www.sweetspot.ca, February 15, 2006, "Better Luck Next Time"
"Did yesterday’s special celebration of hearts and flowers come and go, with your man leaving you feeling a bit let down? (Carnations are for funerals and grade eight proms – spread the word). Instead of pouting or suffering in silence, we suggest you take the high road, and drop him an atomic hint. Pick him up a copy of Win Her With Dinner: Food, Booze & Tunes for Cooking Up the Perfect Evening by Doug Veith, Tom Greenwood, and Alex Hilebronner. By next year, if he puts this boy-bible to use, you won’t even need that sappy drugstore card. Doug makes it clear 'this is not a book for guys on how to get laid. It’s a one-stop-shop on how to cook a great meal for two, and create a nice evening with good wine and good music.' The book contains listings of what every guy needs in the kitchen, in layman’s terms, from equipment to ingredients. Each recipe comes complete with a suggested wine pairing (so even your beer-swigging boyfriend can pull off some class), plus ideas for great dinner music for a wide range of tastes. It’s impressing the ladies, for dummies. Pick one up for your dummy today, and you’ll be enjoying some wining and dining in no time." Click here to see the article.

City Palate, May/June 2006 (Calgary, AB, Canada):
"There are books by the hundreds aimed precisely at the person who pretends that boiling pasta is a stretch. One of the less patronizing is a funny new hardcover called Win Her With Dinner, aimed at barely cooking men but equally relevant to their female counterparts."

Television & Radio Appearances:
Fox News - Fox TV News Network (National, US), June 2004.

Attack of the Show - G4 TV Network (National, US), February 2006. Click here to be redirected to a page where you can download the video podcast from 02/21/06.

City Cooks - City TV (National, Canada), February 2006.

Urban Rush - Shaw Cable TV Network (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) February 2006.

Good Food with Evan Kleinman - KCRW 88.9 FM Los Angeles (NPR Affiliate for Southern California), May 2005. Click here to be redirected to a page where you can hear the audio podcast (#82) from 05/28/05.

50+ other regional and national radio interviews in both the US and Canada.