Dinner Recipes

My Aunt Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to pick up a book she’d borrowed, and the smell hit me before I … Read more

I was digging through my pantry last October, looking for something—anything—that could pass for a quick dinner before the neighborhood kids started their trick-or-treating rounds. … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early October, and I had a very specific, very weird craving. I wanted buffalo chicken dip—that … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had refused to eat anything described as “creamy” for roughly seven years. Seven years. The man would side-eye a bowl of clam … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic French gratin. I had the Gruyère, the heavy cream, the precise mandoline slicing—the whole nine yards. But I … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day preparations — the kind of … Read more

My sister-in-law, Claire, had claimed to hate bread for about a decade. “It’s just a vehicle for butter,” she’d sniff at every family dinner, pushing … Read more

My husband swore he didn’t like tacos. For years. The man would eat a taco salad without complaint, pick the filling out of a hard … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me staring at her collard greens for a good minute before she finally spoke. … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday when the smell hit me. It wasn’t a real smell, … Read more