Dinner Recipes

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me fumbling with a bag of ground beef at the community garden harvest party last fall. She didn’t say anything … Read more

My neighbor Dave, a guy who once told me his ideal dinner was “cold cereal and a beer,” asked why I couldn’t just cook the … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked why I couldn’t just boil the potatoes whole and mash them with the skins on. I started to explain why that … Read more

There used to be this tiny Italian place tucked behind a dry cleaner on 8th Street that made the most incredible butternut squash lasagna. When … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, swore he hated chicken thighs. For years. “Too fatty,” he’d say, pushing them around his plate at family dinners. “Dark meat’s just … Read more

The PTA potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My son’s school had sent three reminder emails, and I’d skimmed every single one … Read more

There used to be a tiny Southern-style diner tucked inside an old gas station on Highway 17, about twenty minutes outside of Charleston, that made … Read more

Introduction There used to be a tiny diner off Route 9, the kind with cracked vinyl booths and a jukebox that only played songs from … Read more

I was digging through a dusty cardboard box at a church rummage sale last October, looking for nothing in particular, when a faded index card … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a car seat—mine had mysteriously vanished into my brother-in-law’s trunk—and this smell hit me … Read more