Dinner Recipes

Hand me that colander, my roommate said on a Tuesday night in late February. I was elbow-deep in a pot of boiling water, trying to … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—cliché, I know—and this smell hit me before I … Read more

There used to be this tiny, unassuming Japanese place tucked behind a dry cleaner on Hawthorne that made a salmon bowl that I still dream … Read more

The neighborhood welcome party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes—the famous baked ziti from the … Read more

I was standing in my tiny kitchen last Tuesday, staring at a pack of chicken thighs I’d grabbed on sale, when the smell of roasting … Read more

I wasn’t expecting canning advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts in his cramped office, listening to him … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but let’s be honest—we all have that one dish we’d pick over anything else on the menu. … Read more

Last August, a woman named Rosa at the farmers’ market watched me sniffing a basket of heirloom tomatoes with way too much intensity. She didn’t … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store on a Saturday morning, holding a bag of mulch and trying to remember if I needed … Read more

My brother had sworn off tomato soup for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Ever since that day in the school cafeteria when a lukewarm, watery version … Read more