Dinner Recipes

I was last fall, standing in the middle of a grocery store parking lot, when the smell of someone’s car air freshener—some weird apple-cinnamon thing—hit … Read more

I was trying to make a fish pie. That was the plan, anyway. I had the cod thawing on the counter, the potatoes ready to … Read more

Sunday afternoon, and the only thing I wanted was a bowl of something cold, tangy, and completely satisfying without turning on the oven. The kitchen … Read more

The pan came back to the kitchen with nothing but a spatula print in the corner. My sister-in-law, who never asks for seconds of anything, … Read more

“Wait, you can make salmon in the air fryer?” My brother-in-law was standing in my kitchen doorway, holding a bag of frozen broccoli and looking … Read more

Ground beef all over my hands, ketchup bottle upside down over a mixing bowl, and the timer beeping because the potatoes were done ten minutes … Read more

My friend Jenna texted me on a Tuesday afternoon, the kind of Tuesday that felt like it was already a week long. She wrote: “I … Read more

Third time in two weeks I made these crockpot honey garlic chicken thighs, and this time I finally let the sauce reduce on the stovetop … Read more

My brother-in-law showed up at the back door holding a bottle of wine and a bag of shredded parmesan, and I had exactly thirty minutes … Read more