What We Do

 

What's for Dinner?
If the answer to that question is too often "take-out" or "fast food", then Cuisine by Darlene is just the service you need. Today's busy lifestyles make it difficult to find the time to prepare healthy, well-balanced meals. With personal chef service from Cuisine by Darlene, you can enjoy exceptional dinners, tailored to meet your individual dietary needs, ready in minutes. You'll enjoy more free time, a clean kitchen, and fabulous food with virtually no clean up!
Only The Finest, Freshest Ingredients
Darlene guarantees the use of only the highest quality ingredients in preparing your meals. She purchases ingredients from grocery stores, fresh fish and meat markets, health food stores, specialty food shops, and local vegetable farms.
Restaurant Quality Meals From Scratch
In addition to using only the highest quality ingredients, Darlene prepares all meals from scratch, using very few prepared foods. Darlene is an avid restaurant enthusiast, and has taken many cooking classes with local restaurant owners and cookbook authors. Her impressive array of cookbooks from the finest New England restaurants provide a virtually unlimited source of ideas for your personal menu selections. Dining on a meal from Cuisine by Darlene is like dining in a gourmet restaurant, right in your own home.
About Our Service

Cuisine by Darlene prepares meals you love, so you can relax and enjoy fine cuisine in the comfort of your home with minimal effort. Following an initial consultation, Darlene creates a customized menu tailored to your food preferences, special dietary needs and nutritional goals. After menu approval, Cuisine by Darlene schedules a service date to cook in your home. Darlene provides everything required to prepare your meals, including groceries, herbs & spices, cookware, utensils, and storage containers, then cooks, packages, labels and stores the finished entrees in your refrigerator or freezer. Your kitchen is left spotless and fragrant.

Do you have a special diet? Working closely with a nutritionist, Darlene can accommodate many special dietary needs - call for more information.
An Affordable Luxury

The basic menu plan consists of 18 dinners (9 dinners for two people). You'll enjoy 5 different, delectable entrees, with complementing side dishes for some of the meals. When you are ready for dinner, follow the simple reheating instructions and within a few minutes, you're savoring every luscious, nutritious bite.

The cost for the basic menu plan is $440. This includes all ingredients, food preparation, and cleanup for 9 dinners for two. Additional family members can be added for a small incremental cost. All you have to do is follow the simple reheating instructions and dinner is served!