Dinner Recipes

“Why can’t you just put the puff pastry on top of the stew and bake it?” My eight-year-old niece, Lily, asked me this while I … Read more

The first time I made homemade chicken and dumplings, I was standing in my tiny apartment kitchen with flour dusted across my nose and a … Read more

This was supposed to be bolognese. I had the ground beef defrosting on the counter, the carrots and celery chopped, and a bottle of red … Read more

There used to be a little cafe on the corner of Elm and 4th in my old neighborhood that made a potato soup that was … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, hunched over a stack of receipts in late November, listening to him describe … Read more

I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house to pick up a package that got delivered to her by mistake, and the smell hit me before I … Read more

My dad claimed he hated mashed potatoes for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years of holiday dinners pushing green beans around his plate while everyone else dove … Read more

My roommate Jenna asked why I couldn’t just throw everything in one pan and call it a day. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me wrestling with a bag of green beans, trying to snap them all to … Read more

I was digging through the back of my pantry last Tuesday, looking for a can of black beans I swore I had, when my hand … Read more