Comfort Food Classics

This was supposed to be a from-scratch corn pudding. I had the fresh corn, the heavy cream, the whole fancy situation planned out. But it … Read more

Martha from the community garden watched me fumbling with a bag of sweet potatoes last October, trying to balance it along with three grocery bags … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 61 called The Copper Kettle that made a green bean casserole so good it ruined me … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts in his cluttered office, listening to him … Read more

My daughter asked why I couldn’t just stuff the squash with the sausage and apples raw instead of cooking them first. I started to explain … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last October, staring at a bag of frozen meatballs, when the smell of smoked paprika hit me … Read more

Maggie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Route 9, the kind with sticky vinyl booths and a jukebox that only played songs from the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a quiet Tuesday in early December, and I had a very specific craving for something warm, custardy, and soaked in … Read more

I was sitting in the waiting room of my dentist’s office—honestly, already dreading the lecture I was about to get about flossing—when the receptionist, a … Read more