Crockpot Recipes

It was a Tuesday in late November, the kind of afternoon where the light turns gray by three o’clock and the wind feels like it … Read more

I was standing in the fluorescent-lit aisle of a grocery store last Tuesday when the sharp, tangy scent of roasted green chiles hit me. It … Read more

It was 11:43 PM on a rainy Thursday in November, and I had a very specific craving for something warm that wasn’t cereal. I didn’t … Read more

The office holiday party was in forty-five minutes and I had completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate charcuterie boards or expensive wine reductions. … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—how cliché, I know—and the smell hit me before I … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate bean soup for about a decade. Ten whole years. He’d make a face anytime I mentioned it, the kind … Read more

I had a long-standing, deeply held position about slow cooker soups. For years, I swore they were watery, bland, and a waste of perfectly good … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a guy named Leo who survives mostly on protein shakes and takeout, asked me why I couldn’t just dump everything … Read more

The first Tuesday after daylight saving time ended, I found myself standing in the hardware store parking lot, shivering in a jacket I hadn’t worn … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last October, staring at a can of pumpkin puree like it held the secrets to the universe. … Read more