Dinner Recipes

I was at the community garden last spring, trying to wrangle a rogue zucchini vine that had decided to take over the tomato patch. An … Read more

“Why can’t you just put brown sugar on top of the meatloaf instead of mixing it in?” my friend Jen asked me last fall, peering … Read more

There used to be a tiny Japanese café tucked away on a side street in Portland, Oregon, that made the most incredible kabocha squash soup. … Read more

My sister’s birthday dinner was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten I was in charge of the main course. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon to pick up a book I’d lent her months … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple, straight-up, classic mac and cheese. The kind I’d made a hundred times before, the kind my kids would … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle of a grocery store last November when the smell of fried onions hit me — and suddenly … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had the strangest craving for a dinner roll. Not just any dinner roll—I wanted one … Read more

The crackling of that brown sugar crust as you slice through it — that’s the moment I make this recipe for. Not the smell, not … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me staring at her squash display for what felt like forever. I was trying to decide between … Read more