Dinner Recipes

My neighbor Sarah asked why I couldn’t just skip the flour dredge and use straight Parmesan as the crust. I started to explain why that … Read more

There used to be a tiny Mexican joint called El Patio tucked behind a gas station on the edge of town that made the most … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but this one-pan garlic butter chicken and rice has me completely hooked. Last Tuesday, I stopped by … Read more

It wasn’t a holiday. It wasn’t even a special occasion. My neighbor, Carol, wasn’t trying to impress anyone when she pulled that turkey out of … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a particularly gloomy Tuesday in November, and I was hit with a craving so specific it almost hurt. I wanted … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their secret-recipe, all-day-simmered, award-winning masterpieces. My neighbor Mark … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark swore he hated potato soup. For fifteen years. Every time someone mentioned it at a family dinner, he’d make this face — … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland called Le Petit Potiron that made a butternut squash … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Patty who gardens in old sneakers and never seems to rush, wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday. I’d stopped … Read more

My neighbor Carol swore she hated squash. For fifteen years. “It’s that stringy, watery stuff people pretend to like in autumn,” she’d say every time … Read more