Dinner Recipes

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just use the same bread I always did. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. She had … Read more

I was at the community garden last fall, up to my elbows in squash vines, when Mrs. Gable finally spoke. She’d been watching me struggle … Read more

My husband had sworn off turkey for almost a decade. Ten years. He claimed it was dry, bland, and reminded him of every sad Thanksgiving … Read more

There used to be a tiny Southern diner off Highway 17 in South Carolina called Miss Bea’s Table that made the most ridiculous sweet potato … Read more

My neighbor, a retired mechanic named Frank, asked why I couldn’t just use frozen green beans for my holiday casserole. I started to explain why … Read more

My neighbor Marcus had claimed for years that he didn’t like cornbread dressing. “Too dry,” he’d say, shaking his head at Thanksgiving buffets. “Not worth … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in February, and I had an overwhelming, almost primal craving for a proper roast dinner. The kind … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes—the kind that take two days to … Read more

“Why can’t you just cut the face right into the pepper before you stuff it?” my seven-year-old neighbor, Leo, asked me last October while I … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday, and I had a serious hankering for chili. Not the kind of chili you make on a … Read more