Dinner Recipes

My neighbor wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously disappeared after a garage sale—and the smell … Read more

There used to be a tiny, wood-paneled diner called The Rusty Spoon just off Highway 9 that made a meatloaf that defied logic. I mean, … Read more

There used to be a tiny seafood shack on the pier in a little beach town we’d drive to every summer, and they made a … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of our local grocery store last Tuesday when the smell of someone grilling hit me from three aisles … Read more

My neighbor Jenna wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday night. I’d stopped by to borrow a lug wrench—don’t ask—and the smell hit me before … Read more

I’d been telling anyone who would listen that cranberry sauce was a waste of a perfectly good side dish slot for about, oh, fifteen years. … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the hardware aisle at our local feed store—honestly, I’d gone in for a new garden hose nozzle—when the … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last November, staring at a box of pre-made sweet potato casserole like it was a stranger who … Read more

There used to be this tiny Italian place tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore on the north side of town—Luigi’s Little Kitchen, they … Read more

There used to be this little Southern café on a side street in Durham called The Front Porch that made the most incredible green bean … Read more