Dinner Recipes

Last October, I was at the farmers’ market, completely overwhelmed by a mountain of butternut squash. I stood there, staring, trying to remember which one … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in February, and I had a desperate craving for something warm, smoky, and deeply comforting. I didn’t … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my daughter’s third-grade teacher, but there I was, standing in the school parking lot during pickup, listening to Mrs. … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were overflowing from a particularly nasty October rain—and the … Read more

The potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My email inbox had a reminder from my neighbor, Jen, from two weeks ago—the annual … Read more

Lena wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell … Read more

I was digging through the back of my freezer last Tuesday, looking for a bag of frozen peas I knew I had stashed somewhere, when … Read more

My neighbor, a quiet woman named Clara who kept mostly to herself, watched me one rainy Tuesday afternoon struggling to haul a bag of groceries … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked into a brick storefront on the corner of Elm and 3rd Street called Le Petit Pot. … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-simmered Sunday thing. You know the kind—the one where the stew bubbles away on the stove for hours, filling … Read more