Cozy Herb Butter Roasted Turkey with Citrus: The Best Holiday Recipe
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
Perfect Maple Bourbon Pecan Pie Bars Recipe
I was digging through a dusty box of old cookbooks at a flea market last fall—honestly, I was just killing time while my husband tried … Read more
Best Peppermint Bark Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
I was standing in the checkout line at Target last December, completely unprepared for what happened next. Somebody two carts ahead had a peppermint mocha, … Read more
Cozy Cranberry Brie Bites: Easy Holiday Appetizer
This was supposed to be a fancy baked brie en croute. I had the puff pastry thawing on the counter, the wheel of brie sitting … Read more
Easy Cozy Cranberry Orange Glazed Turkey Breast Recipe
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
Best Harvest Kale Salad with Roasted Squash & Pomegranate
Mrs. Chen from three doors down watched me wrestling with a massive bunch of kale at the community garden’s fall harvest share. She didn’t say … Read more
The Best Crowd-Pleasing Black Bean Pumpkin Chili Recipe
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
Best Easy Brown Butter Sage Stuffing Recipe
My friend Jen asked me why I couldn’t just skip the sausage in my usual stuffing recipe. I started to explain that stuffing needs that … Read more
Easy Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Bacon & Cheddar
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
Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash & Sage Soup Recipe
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