Dinner Recipes

My nephew asked me why I couldn’t just stuff the squash and roast it all together instead of pre-cooking the halves. I started to explain … Read more

I was supposed to be making a pumpkin pie. It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, I had a toddler clinging to my leg, and I’d … Read more

I swore I wasn’t a sauerkraut person. For years. The smell alone at street fairs would make me wrinkle my nose, and I’d politely pass … Read more

The neighborhood “Soup & Swap” was in six hours and I had completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s slow-simmered minestrone or some … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, hunched over a stack of receipts during tax season, listening to Gary describe … Read more

This was supposed to be a proper stir fry, the kind you see on cooking shows where the chef flips a wok with one hand … Read more

There used to be this tiny French bistro tucked behind a laundromat on 14th Street that made a honey mustard chicken that I still dream … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark swore he hated shrimp. For years. Every family barbecue, he’d load his plate with burgers and chicken while the skewers sat untouched. … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place after a long Tuesday to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places. Not the farmer’s market, not a fancy kitchen supply shop—the hardware store on Route 9 where … Read more