Dinner Recipes

There used to be a tiny Italian place tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood—called Rosalina’s. They made a butternut … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be at Mark’s house last Tuesday. I’d stopped by to grab a ladder I’d borrowed weeks ago, and honestly, I was … Read more

My daughter asked why I couldn’t just roast the squash whole and toss it in. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — something … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late October, and I had a fierce, inexplicable craving for mac and cheese. Not the boxed … Read more

The woman at the farmers market stand watched me pick up a honeynut squash, put it down, then pick it up again. I was squinting … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle last Tuesday—just trying to grab a bag of apples, nothing special—when I caught a whiff of something. It … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their award-winning, three-day simmered pots of meat and … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle last October, staring at a bin of bell peppers, when the smell hit me. Not the peppers themselves—it … Read more

I didn’t trust sun-dried tomatoes in a creamy pasta sauce. There, I said it. For years, I’d pick around them at restaurants, convinced they were … Read more

The sharp smell of sage and sizzling sausage—the kind that drifts down a hallway and pulls everyone out of bed before the alarm even goes … Read more