Quick Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with Thick Egg Noodles
I had claimed to hate chicken noodle soup for about fifteen years. Fifteen years of turning up my nose at it in delis, pushing it … Read more
Best Easy Copycat Christmas Tree Cake Dip Recipe
My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone when I stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed three weeks prior. Honestly, she … Read more
Cozy Red Wine Beef Stew with Root Vegetables
The farmer at the Saturday market watched me circle his stall three times before he finally spoke. “You keep coming back to those carrots,” he … Read more
Crowd-Pleasing Copycat Starbucks Peppermint Mocha: Best Easy Recipe
The neighborhood holiday cookie exchange was in thirty-six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day projects—you know the ones. … Read more
Best Easy Persimmon Bread with Walnuts and Zest
Introduction This was supposed to be a batch of persimmon cookies. I had the recipe bookmarked, the butter softening on the counter, and the kids … Read more
Best Easy Mini Pumpkin Pie Bites Made in a Muffin Tin
I was folding laundry last Tuesday—a truly mindless activity—when the smell hit me. It wasn’t coming from my kitchen. It was coming from somewhere outside, … Read more
Cozy Holiday Hot Buttered Rum for a Crowd
I wasn’t expecting cocktail advice from the town’s most reclusive plumber, but there I was, knee-deep in a kitchen renovation disaster, listening to Old Gus … Read more
Easy Skillet Chicken Pot Pie with Flaky Puff Pastry
There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland called Le Panier that made a chicken pot pie … Read more
Cozy Chicken and Dumplings with Fluffy Buttermilk Dumplings
Maggie 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
Easy Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board: A Showstopper
It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early December, and I had a very specific craving. Not for food, exactly, but for that … Read more