Dinner Recipes

I swore I hated butternut squash soup. For years. Every fall, when the weather turned crisp and everyone started posting photos of their steaming bowls … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple bratwurst and beer night. You know the kind—throw some sausages on the grill, crack open a cold one, … Read more

There used to be a tiny German place tucked behind a laundromat on the west side of town that made the most incredible Bavarian red … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen staring at a half-empty … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, holding a bag of mulch and trying to remember if I needed a new hose nozzle, … Read more

My husband asked why I couldn’t just throw the leftover ground beef and half an onion into the pot with the canned tomatoes. I started … Read more

My cousin Vivian wasn’t trying to change my life that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a car seat—ours had a mysterious sticky situation … Read more

It was 11:43 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I craved something that tasted like a hug from the inside out. The house was quiet, … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the guy repairing my washing machine, but there I was, standing in my own kitchen on a Tuesday afternoon, … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me struggling to peel a particularly stubborn sweet potato and didn’t say anything at first. Then she handed me a … Read more