Crockpot Recipes

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the crockpot and let it do its thing. I started to explain why that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a dreary Tuesday in November, and I had a bone-deep craving for something warm and brothy that I couldn’t shake. … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday when the cold air from the open freezer door hit … Read more

I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday, looking for a bag of frozen peas, when my fingers brushed against something wrapped in butcher paper. … Read more

I swore I didn’t like cornbread dressing. For years. Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving, I’d watch my aunt pull her casserole from the oven—golden on top, a … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 101 in Petaluma that made the most incredible cranberry orange sauce. When they closed during the … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dinner. I had planned a roasted chicken with all the trimmings—the kind of Sunday meal that takes … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but this one? It’s different. It happened on a Tuesday, which is fitting because Tuesday dinners are … Read more

Let me tell you something funny. My husband had claimed for years that he hated meatloaf. “It’s dry,” he’d say. “It’s boring. It’s what you … Read more

My brother claimed he hated soup for twenty-seven years. Twenty-seven years of watching him push bowls aside at family dinners, of hearing him declare that … Read more