Dinner Recipes

The turkey came out of the oven and my brother-in-law, who has never complimented a single thing I’ve cooked in ten years, just stopped talking … Read more

My mother-in-law did not trust sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving dinners. For years, she’d side-eye the orange dish sitting next to the turkey, convinced it … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last Tuesday—a Tuesday, of all days—when the cold air from the open freezer door hit my face, … Read more

There used to be a tiny restaurant tucked into a converted gas station on Highway 9, about twenty minutes outside of town, that made pork … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be hungry. I’d stopped by my neighbor’s place to grab a tool I’d borrowed weeks ago—one of those awkward errands you … Read more

This was supposed to be a roasted root vegetable situation—the kind where you toss everything in oil, spread it on a sheet pan, and hope … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Thursday in early October, and I had a fierce craving for something warm and creamy. You know that … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in one pot and call it a day. I was in the middle of explaining my … Read more

I had a whole delicata squash sitting on my counter for over a week. Every time I walked past it, I felt a little guilty. … Read more

I had a long-standing position on beef stew. For years, I swore it was a weekend-only affair—a slow-simmering project that demanded a free afternoon and … Read more