Dinner Recipes

I was at the hardware store last December, of all places, picking up a new oven thermometer because mine had finally given up after years … Read more

I used to think turkey tetrazzini was a sad dish. Not sad in a tragic way, but sad in that way where you look at … Read more

There used to be a tiny sandwich shop called The Gilded Bird tucked between a dry cleaner and a bookstore in my old neighborhood. They … Read more

The power went out halfway through my plan to make a completely different dinner. I was standing there, holding a container of leftover turkey from … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple weeknight dinner. I had a batch of cornbread sitting on the counter that was two days old, a … Read more

Lisa wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s garage sale—and the smell of something … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me pick up three ears of corn, put them back, then pick them up again. She had this … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last November, the wind cutting through my jacket, when the smell hit me. Not from anywhere … Read more

My friend Rachel asked why I couldn’t just bake the stuffing in a muffin tin instead of wrestling with a giant casserole dish that never … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store last November, holding a bag of lightbulbs and a new kitchen thermometer, when the man behind … Read more