Dinner Recipes

There used to be a little gastropub on the corner of Elm and 5th in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible roast turkey … Read more

A few summers ago, I was at the community garden plot I’d just taken over, pulling weeds that had gotten embarrassingly tall. An older woman … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle last Tuesday, honestly just trying to grab a bag of apples, when the light hit a bin of … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store last November, holding a bag of lightbulbs and trying to remember if I needed to pick … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a retired firefighter named Leo, watched me lugging yet another grocery bag full of canned beans and ground meat into … Read more

Maggie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a drizzly Thursday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the … Read more

My neighbor, a guy named Dave who I swear survives on frozen pizza and protein bars, asked me why I couldn’t just dump a can … Read more

There used to be this tiny Italian place tucked between a laundromat and a dry cleaner on the corner of 7th and Maple that made … Read more

My sister-in-law, Claire, swore she hated soup. For years. The woman would show up to every family gathering with a casserole dish, side-eyeing my stockpot … Read more

Late November, and the only thing I want is this bowl of creamy kabocha squash soup with coconut milk. The sky outside is that particular … Read more