Crockpot Recipes

There used to be a tiny, red-painted diner off Highway 9 called Mabel’s that made honey garlic chicken thighs so tender they’d fall apart the … Read more

I had claimed to hate wassail for years. Honestly, I thought it was just overpriced apple juice with a cinnamon stick floating in it—something you’d … Read more

Last November, I was wrestling with a ten-pound bag of russets, a spluttering stovetop, and a turkey that seemed to be roasting in slow motion. … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their secret-ingredient, all-day-simmered, generational recipes passed down like … Read more

My neighbor, a man named Frank who keeps to himself mostly, had claimed to hate lasagna his whole life. “Too much fuss,” he’d mutter over … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, fumbling for my keys, when the cold air hit me with a smell I … Read more

There used to be a tiny, hole-in-the-wall café on the corner of Elm and 4th in my old neighborhood called “The Copper Ladle.” It was … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle of my local Kroger last Tuesday when the cold air hit me—and suddenly I was seven years … Read more

This was supposed to be a Thai red curry paste from scratch. I had the galangal, the lemongrass, the kaffir lime leaves—the whole nine yards. … Read more

I had claimed to hate beef stew for a solid fifteen years. Fifteen years of pushing bowls aside, of picking out the carrots, of insisting … Read more