Comfort Food Classics

The afternoon light was fading fast and I had three acorn squash sitting on my counter that I’d bought on a whim at the farmer’s … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Clara whose garden always seemed to have something blooming no matter the season, watched me fumbling with a bag … Read more

There used to be a diner off Highway 61, just south of where I grew up, that made a meatloaf that practically had its own … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on the south side of town called “The Bread Box.” They made these buttermilk … Read more

Last October, I watched my neighbor, a quiet man named Roy who kept to himself mostly, hauling a massive cast iron pot across his driveway. … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a sink full of brussels sprouts, scrubbing away the last of the dirt from a farmers’ market haul, when the plumber … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple, classic sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving. You know, the one with the marshmallows on top that everyone fights … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dinner. I had this grand plan for a fancy skillet chicken thing with a wine reduction—you know, … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in late August, and I was standing in my kitchen staring at a bag of roasted Hatch … Read more

Introduction “I wasn’t expecting much when I popped in just to grab a book I’d left behind,” my neighbor Ellie told me later, “but the … Read more