Dinner Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Thursday, and I was hungry in that specific, slightly desperate way that only happens when you’ve spent the … Read more

The zucchini in my fridge had been staring at me for three days. You know that feeling when a vegetable starts to feel like a … Read more

I wasn’t trying to find a new side dish. Honestly, I’d stopped by my neighbor Rosa’s house to borrow a lug wrench—my car battery had … Read more

There used to be this tiny Vietnamese sandwich shop on the corner of 6th and Spring Street that made the most insane honey garlic chicken. … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple marinara. I had a bag of cherry tomatoes threatening to go soft, a block of burrata I’d impulse-bought … Read more

My friend Jen asked me why I couldn’t just throw everything on one pan and call it dinner. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at my local hardware store of all places, clutching a bag of lightbulbs and a new garden hose, … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last Tuesday when it hit me—the sharp, vinegary smell of pickling cucumbers drifting from the … Read more

Three winters ago, my best friend Jenna moved into an apartment with a kitchen the size of a closet. I’m talking one burner, a toaster … Read more

My neighbor, a retired mechanic named Frank, asked me last Tuesday why I couldn’t just smash a burger patty onto a tortilla instead of fussing … Read more