Dinner Recipes

My college roommate asked why I couldn’t just throw the salmon in the oven with some butter and garlic and call it done. I started … Read more

My neighbor Leo swore he hated meatloaf. For fifteen years. The man would visibly wince at potlucks, sliding past the sliced loaf on the platter … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a retired schoolteacher named Mrs. Kowalski, watched me wrestling a wobbly grocery bag up the stairs one Saturday morning. She … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, holding a new faucet cartridge and feeling sorry for myself. The … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked why I couldn’t just skip the overnight brining and pour apple cider right over the turkey before roasting. I started to … Read more

This was supposed to be a honey-glazed salmon night. I had the filets thawing on the counter, a brand-new bottle of fancy honey I’d picked … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked behind a used bookstore in Portland called The Gilded Carrot that made a turkey pot pie that … Read more

Thanksgiving dinner was in five hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the green bean casserole. Not just any green bean casserole, … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I was standing in my kitchen staring at a bag of potatoes like they held the … Read more

I was standing in the canned soup aisle at Kroger last November, staring at a can of cream of mushroom that I absolutely did not … Read more