Dinner Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Thursday, and I had a sudden, almost aggressive craving for stuffing. Not the kind that comes from a … Read more

My brother-in-law asked me last Thanksgiving why I couldn’t just use the boxed stuffing mix and call it a day. I started to explain why … Read more

I’d insisted for years that turkey was a one-day-a-year bird. November only. Anything else felt wrong, like wearing sandals in a snowstorm. My family had … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a pile of vintage vinyl records at a dusty flea market in upstate New York when the woman running the booth—a … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last Tuesday when the smell hit me—that unmistakable aroma of celery and onion sweating in butter, drifting … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My husband reminded me over breakfast, and I nearly choked on my coffee. … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something I couldn’t quite name. Not candy, … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland called Le Petit Coin that made the most incredible … Read more

Maggie wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed, and the smell hit me before … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple roasted sweet potato side dish. I had the whole menu planned out for a Friendsgiving dinner I was … Read more