Dinner Recipes

I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday, looking for a bag of frozen peas, when my hand brushed against something wrapped in foil. The … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had an aggressive craving for something savory-sweet and deeply autumnal that I couldn’t … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but this one has a permanent spot on my weekly rotation. It started as a joke—my neighbor … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked why I couldn’t just dump everything into one pan and call it dinner. I was mid-lecture about layering flavors and the … Read more

Someone asked me last week why I always seem to have a pot of something simmering on the stove. I didn’t have a good answer … Read more

My teenager asked why I couldn’t just dump the cheeseburger fixings straight into the potato soup pot. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

Three winters ago, I was stuck in a cooking rut so deep I was seriously considering takeout for the fourth night in a row. The … Read more

You know that feeling when you volunteer for something and immediately regret it? That was me last September when my friend Maria texted the neighborhood … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a Home Depot parking lot last September when the smell hit me—that smoky, slightly sweet, unmistakable aroma of … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, digging through my receipts at his office while he described exactly how to … Read more