Category : Main Course

Last fall I ran into Maria, the retired school cook, at the neighborhood farmers’ market. She was selecting crisp bell peppers and chatting about hearty...

At age sixty-two, I still recall that crisp evening when my friend Barbara and her husband invited my own partner and me to their porch...

When my neighbor Anita and her husband invited us over for a backyard barbecue one summer evening, I showed up with a small pot of...

I once brought this cheesy beef rigatoni bake to a potluck at my retired teachers’ club last autumn. Janet, who taught art alongside me for...

I once stitched together dinner while chatting with my former colleague Ms. Ramirez during a Saturday cleanup at the local community garden. We were hauling...

I stumbled upon this casserole one rainy Sunday afternoon when my neighbor’s grandkids were over playing Uno in my living room. My neighbor, an old...