Dinner Recipes

There used to be a little farm-to-table spot in Hudson, New York, called The Gilded Onion that made a butternut squash casserole that I still … Read more

My partner asked why I couldn’t just use frozen green beans instead of fresh ones for my casserole. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

There used to be a tiny meat-and-three joint on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama, called Miss Pearl’s Kitchen, that made a cornbread dressing so good … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of a grocery store last November when the smell of sage hit me. Someone was loading bags into … Read more

This was supposed to be a roasted chicken. I had the lemon, the garlic, the whole plan in my head. But I grabbed a turkey … Read more

My neighbor asked me last week why I couldn’t just use ground chicken in my regular meatloaf recipe. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle, staring at a bag of frozen potato soup mix, when my phone buzzed. It was my neighbor, … Read more

The school bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not a bake sale, actually—it was the “Healthy Parent Potluck” that the PTA … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, of all places, holding a new faucet washer and feeling sorry for myself. It had been … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-roasted chicken situation. I had the whole Sunday mapped out—low heat, a heavy pot, the kind of cooking that … Read more