Dinner Recipes

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts in his cluttered office, listening to him … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, buying a new showerhead. Not exactly where you expect to find culinary inspiration, right? While I … Read more

My friend Leo had refused to eat shrimp for eighteen years. Eighteen years. He claimed it was a texture thing—too rubbery, too weird, too much … Read more

Linda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her house to pick up a casserole dish I’d lent her months ago, and the smell … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a bag of store-bought dumpling mix for a good ten minutes … Read more

I’d claimed for years that I didn’t like white chicken chili. Honestly, I said it with conviction. Every time someone brought a pot to a … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a blustery Thursday in late October, and I was absolutely, unreasonably craving a baked potato. Not just any baked potato—the … Read more

Maggie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a drizzly October afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the … Read more

This was supposed to be a creamy chicken and rice casserole. I had it all planned out—the rice measured, the cream of mushroom soup waiting … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a pretty unremarkable Tuesday, and I had that specific, almost-aggressive craving for something warm and spicy. You know the one … Read more