Dinner Recipes

My brother-in-law Mark asked me why I couldn’t just dump everything in one pot and call it dinner. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I decided I was going to conquer weeknight dinners or burn out trying. I had this romantic vision of myself, … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had a rule about fruit in meat dishes. He swore it didn’t belong there. For years, he’d push aside any plate that … Read more

Introduction My neighbor, a retired chef named Sal, wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder and the … Read more

This was supposed to be a braised chicken dinner. I had the Dutch oven out, the stove prepped, and a very specific vision of a … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be there for dinner. I’d just stopped by my neighbor’s house on a rainy Tuesday afternoon to return a borrowed casserole … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cluttered office during tax season, watching him stir a bubbling … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pan-seared chicken dinner. I had the butter ready, the cast iron skillet heating up, and a plan that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and the craving for a steakhouse dinner hit me like a truck. I didn’t have a nice … Read more

Hand me that lemon, my neighbor said, reaching across my counter. I was mid-explanation about how I was going to make my standard baked chicken—the … Read more