Crockpot Recipes

This was supposed to be a completely different chili. I had my heart set on a deep, dark, red beef chili — the kind that … Read more

My neighbor Kate 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

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring into the fridge at a rotisserie chicken carcass and feeling that familiar Sunday-night dread. You know … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday when the wind kicked up and carried the smell of wet leaves and someone’s … Read more

The man at the next stall watched me poking at a bag of pearl barley like it might bite back, and he didn’t say anything … Read more

The power went out halfway through prepping dinner last Tuesday. Not a full outage, just the breaker for the stove. I stood there staring at … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a woman named Rosa who always smells like cumin and kindness, watched me struggle with a bag of dried beans … Read more

I was supposed to be making a completely different kind of chili that day. The kind my grandmother used to make, with secret spices she … Read more

There used to be a tiny Vietnamese sandwich shop tucked behind a dry cleaner on Grand Avenue that made this honey-glazed chicken that I still … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell hit me before I … Read more