Dinner Recipes

This was supposed to be a simple butternut squash soup. I had the squash roasted, the stock simmering, and I was feeling pretty good about … Read more

It was 11:37 PM on a random Wednesday in late October, and I had a very specific craving for something that tasted like Thanksgiving but … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last October, staring at a box of frozen pigs in a blanket, when my neighbor found me. … Read more

I swore I hated breakfast casseroles. For years. The soggy bread, the weirdly dry eggs, the way everything just sat there on the plate like … Read more

Maggie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a book I’d borrowed three months earlier—the kind of errand you keep putting … Read more

The church potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My neighbor, Carol, had texted me about it the week before, but between work, … Read more

There used to be a tiny, dimly lit bar in Austin called The Iron Horse that made the best bowl of chili I have ever … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, asked me last Tuesday why I couldn’t just dump everything in one pot and call it a day. I was standing in … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a stubborn squash vine for a full minute before she said … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of broccoli florets like they held the secrets to the universe. … Read more