Dinner Recipes

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store parking lot last Tuesday when the smell hit me — a sharp, earthy mix of … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s secret recipe, slow-simmered for two days … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in late October, and I was hit with a craving so specific that it felt almost ridiculous. … Read more

My sister asked me why I couldn’t just use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store instead of cooking the chicken myself for soup. I … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just leave the skin on. I was mid-lecture—the kind I’d given a hundred times—about how squash needs to be … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table spot tucked behind a bike shop in Hudson, New York that made a honeynut squash soup so good … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just use chicken thighs instead of breasts. I was in the middle of explaining—very patiently, I thought—that the whole … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—holding a bag of sand and a new paintbrush, when the woman behind me started … Read more

The woman at the end of the counter had flour on her elbow and didn’t seem to notice. I was at the farmers’ market, staring … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple weeknight side dish. I had two beautiful acorn squash sitting on my counter, a half-empty box of wild … Read more