Dinner Recipes

My husband swore he hated sweet potatoes. For years. The man would pick them out of a bowl of roasted vegetables like he was defusing … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a drill on a Tuesday evening, and the smell hit me before … Read more

My brother claimed to hate stuffing for twenty-seven years. Twenty-seven years of holiday dinners where he’d push the stuffing bowl aside like it offended him … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten—I’d blocked it out, apparently. Everyone else would be bringing their showstoppers: … Read more

My neighbor Gina watched me lugging grocery bags up the front steps one Tuesday evening, three bags in each hand, my keys somehow buried at … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished during a yard sale … Read more

I was trying to make a meatball sub. That was the plan, anyway. A big, messy, glorious meatball sub for a Tuesday night when I … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my taxi driver, but there I was, stuck in Friday evening traffic, listening to him describe exactly how to … Read more

Last Tuesday, I was standing in my kitchen staring at a bag of russet potatoes that had seen better days. My youngest had just informed … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked behind the old bookstore on Elm Street that made the most incredible butternut squash soup I’d ever … Read more