Dinner Recipes

Tuesday afternoon, and I had exactly forty-five minutes before my book club—which, let me be honest, is really just an excuse for all of us … Read more

I was elbow-deep in soil, wrestling with a particularly stubborn tomato cage, when my accountant—a quiet man named Harold who never said much beyond quarterly … Read more

Lori wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to pick up a book I’d lent her months ago, … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 3 PM, staring … Read more

There used to be a tiny, wood-paneled soup shop tucked between a laundromat and a dusty bookstore in my old neighborhood. They made a loaded … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I was staring into my fridge with the kind of desperation that only a cold, empty … Read more

Let’s be honest—weeknight dinners can feel like a battle. You’re tired, the fridge looks sad, and ordering takeout starts to sound pretty good. That’s where … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me trying to wrangle a bag of arugula that kept slipping out of my … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Route 9 called The Rusty Skillet that made a breakfast casserole I still dream about. When they … Read more

This was supposed to be a meatball recipe. A big batch of them, actually, for a party I was hosting for my book club. I … Read more