Dinner Recipes

Hand me that bowl. That’s what my neighbor, an older woman named Clara from three doors down, said the first autumn I moved into my … Read more

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just leave the skin on the squash. I was mid-explanation about texture and prep—the whole spiel I’d given … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was standing in front of my open fridge, exhausted but wired. The craving … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 2 PM on … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, juggling my keys and a bag of sad-looking avocados, when the smell hit me. … Read more

“Why can’t you just shred the chicken and mix it right into the sweet potato?” my friend Marco asked, peering over my shoulder as I … Read more

The Christmas morning brunch was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the main dish. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Thursday in early October, and I was wide awake with a very specific, slightly ridiculous craving. I wanted … Read more

There used to be a tiny, family-run pizzeria on the corner of Maple and 3rd Street called Luigi’s Lantern. Every October, they’d do a special … Read more

It was 9:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and a very specific craving hit. Not for anything fancy—no, that would require energy I didn’t have. … Read more