Dinner Recipes

I used to think chili without beans was just… wrong. Honestly, I was that person. For years, I’d side-eye anyone who suggested a bean-less chili, … Read more

This was supposed to be a butternut squash soup. I had the whole thing planned out—a classic, creamy, slightly sweet soup that I’d made a … Read more

My neighbor Kate wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our fence had blown down in a storm the night before—and … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. I was mid-lecture—okay, mid-explanation—about how real chicken noodle soup needed … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the quiet man who lived three doors down, but there I was, standing in my driveway holding a bag … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table place in Portland called The Wooden Spoon, tucked between a vintage bookshop and a bike repair shop, that … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday when a woman walked past me carrying a paper bag that … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had refused to eat chicken soup for fifteen years. Fifteen years. He claimed it was “depressing hospital food” and “what people eat … Read more

My daughter Lily, who was eight at the time, asked why I couldn’t just dump a can of beans and some leftover chicken into a … Read more

This was supposed to be lasagna. The real deal—the kind that takes an entire Sunday afternoon, a dirty kitchen, and a very specific mood. I … Read more