Dinner Recipes

The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me pick up three bags of cranberries, put two back, then pick up the third one again. … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on a rainy Thursday in late September, and I had a sudden, almost desperate craving for something warm, salty, and cheesy. … Read more

There used to be a little French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland, called Le Coq d’Or, that made a roast turkey … Read more

Thanksgiving was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the stuffing. Not just any stuffing, mind you—the one my sister-in-law, … Read more

I was folding laundry last Tuesday—a gray, drizzly afternoon that felt more like November than early fall—when the smell hit me. It wasn’t coming from … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple roasted Brussels sprouts situation. A quick toss in olive oil, salt, pepper, into a hot oven, done. That … Read more

My neighbor, an older Italian woman named Rosa, watched me fumbling with a bag of lemons in my driveway one Tuesday afternoon. I was trying … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle of the grocery store last Tuesday when the smell hit me — that unmistakable mix of celery, carrots, … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of a grocery store last November when the smell of roasted turkey hit me — not from the … Read more

My dad claimed to hate pot pie for thirty-seven years. That’s not an exaggeration — I remember him pushing the filling around his plate at … Read more