Dinner Recipes

This was supposed to be a classic meatloaf, the kind my mom used to make with ketchup spread across the top. I was already running … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late November, and I was staring into the fridge at a mountain of Thanksgiving leftovers that … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last October—not exactly where you’d expect a food memory to ambush you—when the smell hit … Read more

This was supposed to be a roast chicken. A simple, predictable, mid-week roast chicken that I could throw together while answering emails and pretending to … Read more

Introduction My brother had claimed to hate squash for as long as I can remember. Twenty-something years, at least. He’d make this face—you know the … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Rosa who grows more vegetables in her tiny backyard than seems humanly possible, watched me one afternoon as I wrestled … Read more

Last November, my partner claimed they hated turkey. Full stop. “Dry, bland, and way too much food for two people,” they’d say every time I … Read more

Maya wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a Tuesday night to grab a book I’d lent her months ago, and … Read more

Prep time: 5 minutes | Cook time: 10 minutes | Total time: 15 minutes | Servings: Makes about 4 cups Introduction I was at the … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark looked up from the cutting board and asked why I couldn’t just roast the squash with the skin on. I started to … Read more