Slow Cooker

My sister asked why I couldn’t just throw a turkey breast in the crockpot with some butter and call it a day. I started to … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday when the cold air from the open freezer door hit … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a particularly bleak Tuesday in late October, and I had a craving for something that felt like a hug in … Read more

This was supposed to be a roasted garlic situation. I had this whole vision of potatoes caramelizing in a hot oven, getting all crispy and … Read more

The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I was standing in my kitchen at 3 PM on a Sunday, staring into … Read more

Maria from the apartment downstairs watched me staring at my slow cooker one Tuesday afternoon. I was trying to figure out if I had enough … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dish. I had this whole plan for a traditional stovetop chicken chili that simmered for hours, the … Read more

My neighbor Dave swore he hated vegetable soup. For years. The man would literally make a face if anyone mentioned it at our block parties, … Read more

I was at the hardware store last Tuesday—honestly, just trying to find the right size washer for a leaky faucet—when the woman behind me in … Read more

My neighbor, a retired schoolteacher named Margie, watched me scraping the last bit of soup from a sad little pot on my front porch one … Read more