Dinner Recipes

There used to be a little diner off Highway 17 in South Carolina called Miss Pearl’s that made cornbread dressing so good it made you … Read more

My neighbor, an older Italian woman named Rosa, watched me fumbling with a heavy cream carton one Tuesday evening. I was trying to make a … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a bag of flour—typical last-minute Thanksgiving panic, you know—and the smell hit … Read more

My husband had refused to eat chicken pot pie for fifteen years. Fifteen years. He claimed it was “soggy,” “bland,” and “a waste of good … Read more

I had refused to eat cooked squash for the better part of a decade. My mother still brings it up at Thanksgiving, the way I’d … Read more

There used to be a tiny Greek place on the corner of 7th and Walnut, run by a woman named Eleni, that made these garlic … Read more

My neighbor, Rosa, watched me wrestling with a pomegranate on my front porch last November. I was covered in tiny red juice spots, muttering under … Read more

This was supposed to be a fancy pan-seared salmon with a complex beurre blanc sauce. I had the shallots minced, the white wine chilling in … Read more

There used to be a little pub on the corner of Elm and 3rd called The Rusty Tap that made the most incredible pork chops … Read more

Maggie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell … Read more