Crockpot Recipes

My neighbor Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to return her garden shears — the ones I’d borrowed three … Read more

This was supposed to be a stovetop mash situation. The kind my grandmother made, where you stand over a steaming pot, butter melting into a … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last November—looking for a specific type of lightbulb, honestly—when a woman walked past me carrying … Read more

I used to think white chicken chili was a compromise. You know, the dish you make when you want chili but don’t have the energy … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dinner. I had this whole plan for a slow-simmered, from-scratch taco soup—the kind where you toast dried … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, late on a Tuesday afternoon in February, sorting through a shoebox of receipts … Read more

The neighborhood soup swap was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s legendary chicken noodle, or some slow-simmered … Read more

There used to be this tiny café tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in Portland called The Gilded Gourd. They made a pumpkin … Read more

The rain was coming down sideways last Tuesday, the kind of afternoon where the kitchen light feels warmer than usual. I was staring into my … Read more

This was supposed to be a fancy stuffed meatloaf—you know, the kind with a spinach and ricotta center that looks like a pinwheel when you … Read more