Dinner Recipes

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just throw the pork shoulder in the slow cooker with a can of soda and call it a … Read more

I was waiting in line at the hardware store, trying to figure out which drill bit would fit my old fence post, when the guy … Read more

There used to be this tiny, unassuming cafe on a side street in Portland called The Larch that made a honey mustard salmon plate I … Read more

This was supposed to be the star of Thanksgiving—the big, golden, magazine-cover turkey. I had the roasting pan, the fancy twine, the whole nine yards. … Read more

I was wrestling a tangled extension cord in the back of my garage, trying to untangle Christmas lights in July (don’t ask), when my elderly … Read more

The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten to start cooking—forgotten I was even on the sign-up sheet. Everyone … Read more

I swore I would never make a glazed ham. For years, actually. The thought of wrestling with some enormous, bone-in beast of a thing, only … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last November, staring at a box of stuffing mix like it had personally offended me. The air … Read more

This was supposed to be eggplant parmesan. The kind my grandmother made, the one that takes all afternoon and leaves your kitchen looking like a … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate dishes—Maria had been marinating her carne asada … Read more