Crockpot Recipes

Hand me that can of diced tomatoes, my neighbor called through my kitchen window. It was 2 PM on a rainy Saturday, and I was … Read more

My accountant, of all people, is the one who changed my soup game forever. I was stuck in his office during tax season, staring at … Read more

I was standing in the hardware aisle at the grocery store—the one nobody ever visits—when the plumber who was fixing our kitchen sink started talking … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d signed up for it three weeks ago, marked it on … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me wrestling with a stubborn butternut squash for a solid minute before she said … Read more

My brother claimed to hate pulled pork for seven years. Seven. He’d pick at barbecue joints, push the meat around his plate, and declare it … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, holding a bag of mulch I didn’t really need, when … Read more

I was at a car repair shop waiting on an oil change—a Tuesday, I think—when the mechanic, a guy named Sal with grease under his … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I made a promise to myself—no more stressful Christmas mornings. You know the ones I mean. The oven is already … Read more

My buddy Dave asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more