I swore I hated cheeseburger soup. For years. The thought of ground beef floating in a creamy, cheesy broth just seemed wrong to me—like someone … Read more

The office chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 7 AM staring … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, juggling my keys and a bag of sad-looking produce, when the cold air hit … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me squeeze three different squash varieties, looking for all the world like I was trying to pick … Read more

This was supposed to be a traditional green chile chicken stew—the kind my neighbor Rosa makes that fills her whole apartment with this deep, earthy … Read more

I was at the dentist’s office last spring, waiting for what felt like an eternity with a wad of gauze in my mouth, when the … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table place tucked behind a bike shop in Hudson, New York called The Little Apple that made a stuffed … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in late October, and I was staring into the fridge with the kind of tired desperation that … Read more