Dinner Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had a craving that made absolutely no sense. I didn’t want the marshmallow-topped sweet potato … Read more

My dad swore he hated pot pie. For years. Decades, maybe. Every time someone mentioned that flaky crust and creamy filling, he’d make a face … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked why I couldn’t just use the bagged stuffing mix and add sausage to it. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me poking at a dry, sad-looking turkey breast at the farmers market last November. She didn’t say anything … Read more

I swore I hated ham. For years. The kind of ham that shows up at holiday buffets looking like a shiny, pink doorstop—dry on the … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle at Aldi last Tuesday, staring at a bag of green beans, when the smell hit me. It … Read more

There used to be a tiny pizzeria tucked between a laundromat and a dusty thrift store on the corner of Elm and 3rd that made … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a random Tuesday afternoon in November, and the smell … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from a plumber, but there I was, standing in the hardware aisle at the local home improvement store, listening to … Read more

My brother asked why I couldn’t just use regular butter and skip the whole browning step. I was in the middle of explaining how browning … Read more