Dinner Recipes

I used to think breakfast casseroles were overrated. Honestly, for years I avoided them at potlucks and family brunches, always reaching for the fruit platter … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to be charmed by a meatloaf. Honestly, I was just dropping off a casserole dish I’d borrowed from my neighbor, Jen, on … Read more

The autumn harvest festival was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the soup course. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a year’s worth of receipts in his cluttered office, listening to … Read more

I wasn’t expecting salad advice from a guy selling vintage tools, but there I was, elbow-deep in a bin of rusty wrenches at a flea … Read more

My neighbor Marco asked me last week why I couldn’t just use canned fire-roasted tomatoes instead of going through the whole blanching-and-peeling routine with fresh … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late September, and I was staring at a cardboard box of what I’d call “aggressively ripe” … Read more

I was standing in my tiny apartment kitchen last Tuesday, staring at a pint of cherry tomatoes that were about two days past their prime. … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just blend a potato into the soup instead of making a roux. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had a very strict rule about lunch. For three years, he claimed to hate anything that wasn’t a sandwich. Peanut butter and … Read more