Dinner Recipes

Last November, I was at my local farmers’ market, staring at a pile of gorgeous cranberries, completely unsure what to do with them beyond the … Read more

The school bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgot—the kind where you’re lying in bed on a … Read more

My eight-year-old, Lily, stood on a stool next to me, watching me stare into the open refrigerator. I was planning a grocery list for a … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I had a very specific, slightly ridiculous craving for something that looked like it … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a bone-deep craving for something rich, savory, and deeply comforting. I didn’t have the … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store—of all places—when the man behind me, holding a single rusty pipe wrench, started talking … Read more

I was elbow-deep in potting soil on a rainy Saturday afternoon, wrestling a stubborn fern into a slightly-too-small ceramic pot, when my mailman, Gary, started … Read more

This was supposed to be a roasted chicken. I know, right? Thanksgiving, the biggest food holiday of the year, and I had a chicken in … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-roasted pork shoulder for pulled pork sandwiches, the kind you babysit all day and serve with a side of … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me wrestling with a mountain of zucchini from my garden that Tuesday afternoon. I had six of them sitting on my … Read more