Dinner Recipes

There used to be a tiny, no-name Peruvian chicken joint tucked into a strip mall off Highway 99 that made the most incredible crispy chicken … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-simmered Sunday thing. The kind where you brown the meat, deglaze the pan with wine, and let it bubble … Read more

My neighbor Mark asked why I couldn’t just cook the chicken and the vegetables in the same pan. I was making my usual complicated weeknight … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten — I’d blocked it out, apparently. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had claimed to hate squash for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years. He’d make this face—you know the one, like he’d just bitten into … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table restaurant tucked away on a side street in Portland that made a Thanksgiving stuffing I still dream about. … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be there that Tuesday. My neighbor, a quiet woman named Carol who I’d only ever exchanged waves with over the fence, … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland called Le Petit Cloche that made a cranberry orange … Read more

Hand me that box of Jiffy mix, would you? I grabbed it without thinking, my mind already two steps ahead of where my hands actually … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for Thanksgiving dressing. Not the fancy, stuffed-in-the-bird kind, … Read more