Dinner Recipes

The neighborhood soup swap was in two days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s heirloom recipes—the kind that had been … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just skip the béchamel and use butternut squash puree instead. I was halfway through explaining that lasagna needs a … Read more

I was sitting in the waiting room of a car repair shop last spring, scrolling through my phone and trying to ignore the smell of … Read more

“Why can’t you just throw everything in one pot?” my brother asked, watching me brown ground beef in a Dutch oven while a separate pan … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a craving for lasagna that hit like a truck. The kind of craving that … Read more

My neighbor Rosa watched me shivering on my front porch, clutching a grocery bag full of canned tomatoes and ground beef. It was that kind … Read more

This was supposed to be a savory dish. I had this whole plan for a stuffed acorn squash with wild rice, mushrooms, and maybe some … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate white chili for about a decade. Ten years. He’d make this face—you know the one—every time I brought it … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last November, balancing a bag of sweet potatoes and my phone wedged between my ear and … Read more

I was at my accountant’s house. Not exactly where you expect to find life-changing cooking advice, right? There I was, waiting for him to find … Read more