Dinner Recipes

Leslie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place to grab a book I’d lent her months ago, and the smell hit me … Read more

The lid was on too tight. That was the first thing I noticed—the pot was hissing like it had a personal grudge, and I was … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a serious craving for chili. Not just any chili—the kind that sticks to your … Read more

I was at the hardware store last November, of all places, picking up a new furnace filter and trying to figure out why my pilot … Read more

My dad had claimed for years that he hated chili. Not just disliked—hated. He’d wrinkle his nose at a simmering pot at any family gathering, … Read more

A friend of mine—let’s call her Sarah—asked me why I couldn’t just skip the roux and thicken the soup with blended potatoes instead. I started … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—waiting to return a paint sprayer that had frankly betrayed me, when the woman behind … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the grocery store aisle, staring at a can of white beans like it held all the answers to … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late September, and I was struck by a very specific, almost ridiculous craving for a meatball … Read more

The woman at the farmers market watched me circle her stall for the third time. I was trying to figure out how to cook a … Read more