Dinner Recipes

I figured a turkey breast would be dry and bland, just the obligatory white meat nobody really fights over. It took about twenty minutes of … Read more

The first Friendsgiving I ever hosted, I stood in my tiny kitchen at 7 p.m. on a Friday, staring at a fully cooked ham that … Read more

The farmer’s market that Saturday was a disaster. I’d showed up with big plans for a hearty autumn feast, only to find the last sad … Read more

My husband took a bite of this stuffed acorn squash, then another, and then he just sat there chewing slowly with this look on his … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that tomato soup from a can was going to be my only option on cold, rainy days. You know … Read more

I ruined Oktoberfest dinner three years in a row before I figured out what I was doing wrong. Not the bratwurst itself—that part I actually … Read more

The pumpkin puree was sitting in my fridge, leftover from a batch of creamy pumpkin chocolate chip cheesecake bars I’d made the weekend before. I … Read more

“What’s for dinner?” my husband asked, staring into the fridge like it might magically produce a meal. I sighed, pulled out a pound of ground … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen, staring at a bag of russet potatoes that had been sitting on the counter for a week. It was … Read more

The char marks are what I made these for — everything else is secondary. That deep, almost-black scoring across the surface of the chicken, the … Read more