Dinner Recipes

My neighbor across the hall asked why I couldn’t just throw a whole squash in the oven and blend it up. I started to explain … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 2 PM, staring into … Read more

There used to be a tiny, wood-paneled café in my neighborhood called The Bramble that made a turkey meatloaf so tender and savory it ruined … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring at the fridge after a day that felt about three hours too long. The usual suspects … Read more

This was supposed to be a fancy whole roasted fish situation. I had this vision, you know—a beautiful branzino, stuffed with lemon slices and herbs, … Read more

I was halfway through bagging a customer’s order of organic spelt flour at the farmers’ market when the plumber who fixes the ancient pipes in … Read more

Hand me that bag of chicken thighs, my neighbor said. I was standing in my driveway, groceries balanced on one hip, trying not to drop … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me struggle with a too-small roasting pan one Thanksgiving morning and didn’t say anything at first. Then she just went … Read more

My neighbor Carol wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by on a chilly Tuesday afternoon in November to return her slow cooker—the one she’d … Read more

There used to be a little farm-to-table place called The Gilded Onion tucked away in a strip mall off Route 9 that made the most … Read more