Dinner Recipes

The power went out halfway through cooking dinner last Tuesday. Not a dramatic storm or anything — just a transformer giving up somewhere down the … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after a garage sale—and the smell hit … Read more

There used to be a tiny Italian deli on the corner of 7th and Maple in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible roasted … Read more

This was supposed to be a different dinner entirely. I had planned on making a traditional German potato soup that night, the kind my grandmother … Read more

I swore I was done with creamy chicken recipes. For a solid two years, I’d roll my eyes every time another “one-pan creamy something” popped … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on the corner of Elm and 4th that made the most incredible crusty bread. … Read more

The church potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten to cook—I’d forgotten the event entirely until my neighbor, Carol, knocked … Read more

My neighbor, a guy named Dave who once tried to grill a frozen pizza, asked why I couldn’t just cook the salmon and asparagus in … Read more

I was at my neighbor’s garage sale last spring, not looking for anything in particular, when his aunt—a tiny woman with flour-dusted jeans and the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in late October, and I had the weirdest craving for something that tasted like a sweater feels. … Read more