Dinner Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a quiet Wednesday in late October, and a very specific craving hit. I didn’t want just any soup. I wanted … Read more

The woman at the community garden stand watched me eyeing her basket of apples for a good five minutes before she said anything. I was … Read more

My sister claimed she hated salad for fifteen years. Fifteen years! She’d push lettuce around her plate like a kid avoiding broccoli, declaring it “bunny … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple, creamy chicken noodle soup. I had the whole thing planned out in my head—a classic, comforting bowl that … Read more

This was supposed to be roasted honeynut squash halves, stuffed with quinoa and goat cheese. I had the whole thing planned out in my head—a … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just skip the peeling step. I stared at her like she’d suggested we roast the squash in the … Read more

My neighbor Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her hedge clippers (the ones I’d borrowed three weeks prior and kept … Read more

Last Tuesday, I was at the community garden sorting through the last of the fall harvest with Maria, who has been tending the plot next … Read more

My neighbor Mark asked me, halfway through a Tuesday evening text conversation about what to make for dinner, “Why can’t you just stuff the squash … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from a retired librarian named Marjorie, but there I was, elbow-deep in a pile of vintage Pyrex at a church … Read more