Dinner Recipes

I was three counties deep into a used bookstore road trip—the kind where you judge a town by the quality of its musty paperbacks—when the … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, holding a bag of drywall screws and a new putty knife, when the guy behind the … Read more

I had claimed to hate chicken noodle soup for about fifteen years. Fifteen years of politely pushing bowls away at family dinners, of claiming I … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our fence had finally given up after that last storm—and the smell … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me hauling groceries up three flights of stairs last winter and didn’t say anything at first. Then she just nodded toward … Read more

This was supposed to be butternut squash soup. I had the whole thing planned out in my head—a creamy, velvety soup that would make me … Read more

This was supposed to be a roasted butternut squash soup. I had the squash cubed, the onions diced, the stock measured out. Then my three-year-old … Read more

My friend Sarah asked why I couldn’t just use frozen hash browns instead of chopping potatoes. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—something about … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday, and I had the weirdest craving for mac and cheese—but not just any mac and cheese. I … Read more

I was folding laundry last October—a truly mindless Tuesday—when the smell of a neighbor’s woodsmoke drifted through my cracked window. It hit me with a … Read more