Easy Halloween Mummy Hand Pies: Best Spooky Snack
This was supposed to be a batch of my grandmother’s famous empanadas. I had the dough chilling, the filling simmering on the stove, and I … Read more
Cozy Warm Apple Cider Old Fashioned: Easy Fall Cocktail Recipe
It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Thursday in early November, and I was staring into the fridge like it held the answers to life’s … Read more
Soft-Baked Halloween Sugar Cookies: Easy Royal Icing Recipe
I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my plumber, but there I was, ankle-deep in a minor kitchen flood, listening to Marco describe exactly how to … Read more
Best Apple Cider Margaritas: Easy Fall Cocktail Recipe
My neighbor Margo watched me hauling a bushel of apples out of my car trunk last October and didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more
Cozy Beef and Barley Stew: Best Slow Cooker Dinner
The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their prize-winning, secret-ingredient, slow-simmered-all-weekend chili. I had a … Read more
Creamy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili – Easy & Delicious
I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of shredded chicken, when the cold air hit my face and … Read more
Best Easy Canned Spiced Pear Preserves Recipe
My aunt claimed she hated canned fruit. For years. Every holiday, every family gathering—she’d make a point of saying “I just don’t like things from … Read more
Best Easy Crispy Fall Harvest Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
This was supposed to be a warm roasted vegetable bowl. The kind where everything gets tossed in oil, spread on a sheet pan, and emerges … Read more
Quick Honey Garlic Chicken with Perfect Butternut Squash
There used to be a tiny, neon-lit place tucked behind a laundromat on the corner of 7th and Elm that made the most ridiculous honey … Read more
Easy Pumpkin Gnocchi with Brown Butter Sage (Best Homemade Recipe)
I was at the hardware store, of all places, picking up a new faucet for the guest bathroom. The guy behind the counter, an older … Read more