Dinner Recipes

The Friendsgiving potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes—my friend Sarah had been perfecting her … Read more

Let me tell you, this recipe was born from a weeknight where I had about fifteen minutes between getting home and needing to feed a … Read more

Last November, I was standing in the community garden plot I share with three other families, staring at a butternut squash that looked less like … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, standing in line at the post office last February, listening to Mr. Henderson … Read more

My neighbor, a guy named Leo who keeps to himself mostly, once told me that bread baking was a “pointless exercise in domestic theater.” He … Read more

A few autumns ago, I swore I didn’t like squash. Not the stringy, watery kind that shows up on sad buffet tables, and certainly not … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-simmered, all-day chili situation. I had the dried chiles soaking, the chuck roast cubed, and a whole Saturday afternoon … Read more

The school potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten—I’d signed up to bring the main dish for the third-grade teacher … Read more

This was supposed to be a from-scratch, everything-homemade green bean casserole for a Friendsgiving I was hosting. I had this whole vision—blanched fresh green beans, … Read more

There used to be a little Southern meat-and-three joint off Highway 78 called Miss Dottie’s Table that made a cornbread dressing so good it made … Read more