Dinner Recipes

This was supposed to be a whole roasted chicken. I had the whole thing planned out—a Sunday afternoon project, the kind where you truss and … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine, Rosa, watched me struggle with a stubborn bell pepper plant for a good five minutes … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, fumbling for my car keys, when the smell hit me. Someone nearby had just … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-roasted, all-afternoon, deeply caramelized squash situation. I had visions of a soup so complex it would taste like it … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly drizzly Tuesday in October, and I had a craving for something deeply, soul-warmingly orange. I didn’t have the … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a stack of vinyl records at a flea market outside Portland when the guy running the booth—who introduced himself as Dave, … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, picking up a new showerhead on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon. The guy at the register, who … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate squash for as long as I’d known him. Fifteen years. Then the Tuesday after Thanksgiving last year, I made … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple frittata. I had a dozen eggs, some leftover sausage from Tuesday’s dinner, and a block of cheddar that … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a pile of vintage vinyl records at a dusty flea market outside of town when the man behind the booth—a retired … Read more