Dinner Recipes

The woman at the corner farm stand watched me pick up a honeynut squash, put it back, then pick it up again. She didn’t say … Read more

My neighbor, a retired botanist named Clara, asked me last Tuesday why I couldn’t just roast the squash whole and scoop it out later. I … Read more

Carmen at the community garden watched me staring at a bin of delicata squash like I was solving a puzzle. She didn’t say anything at … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had that specific, bone-deep craving for something creamy, something savory, something that tasted like a … Read more

I had claimed to hate squash for a solid decade. Not just dislike—hate. The mushy texture, the overly sweet flavor, the way it always seemed … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table café tucked into an old converted garage on a side street in Hudson, New York, that made the … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Carol who gardens with the kind of obsessive precision I admire from a safe distance, had claimed for years that … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store parking lot last November when the smell hit me—someone nearby was carrying a tray of … Read more

Marta, who runs the corner bodega on my street, watched me staring at her display of butternut squash one chilly October morning. She didn’t say … Read more

The Friendsgiving potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes—the kind that require three days of … Read more