Dinner Recipes

I was hunched over a display of vintage Pyrex at a dusty antique shop in rural Pennsylvania, trying to decide if I really needed another … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something that felt like a hug in … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, my neighbor across the hall, Fatima, watched me haul yet another sad bag of groceries into my apartment. I was … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just skip the yeast and use my sourdough starter for the holiday focaccia instead. I started to explain why … Read more

My brother had claimed to hate cranberry sauce for twelve years. Twelve. Every Thanksgiving, he’d push the bowl away with this theatrical grimace, muttering something … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a Home Depot parking lot last Tuesday when the smell hit me. Not asphalt and hot tires—but something … Read more

The office Friendsgiving potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s famous stuffing, or a brisket that … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked behind a dry cleaner on Belmont Avenue that made a stuffing that haunts me to this … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dish. I had this grand vision of a classic green bean casserole, the kind my mom used … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—waiting to return a paint sprayer that I absolutely did not know how to use, … Read more