Dinner Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a particularly dreary Tuesday, and a very specific, almost aggressive craving for chili hit me. You know that feeling? The … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her measuring cups—the ones I’d borrowed three weeks prior and kept meaning to … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to grab a book she’d promised me, and the smell hit me before I even got … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Carol who gardens in rubber boots and refuses to own a microwave, had sworn off sweet potato casserole for fifteen … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle last November when it hit me. Not a cart, not a person—the smell. Someone … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I was hit with a fierce craving for something roasted—the kind that fills your kitchen with … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market last October, completely overwhelmed by the squash situation. Like, there were so many varieties I didn’t even know existed—blue … Read more

My sister claimed she hated squash for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years of pushing butternut around her plate, of politely declining pumpkin soup at Thanksgiving, of … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Route 9 called The Rusty Spoon that made the most incredible breakfast casserole I have ever tasted. … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of brown sugar—ironic, right?—and this smell hit me before I … Read more