Comfort Food Classics

Jen wasn’t trying to be clever. I’d stopped by her place on a drizzly Tuesday evening to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate squash for the better part of a decade. Hard no on butternut. Polite decline on acorn. He’d push it … Read more

My brother asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in one bowl and bake it. I was in the middle of explaining the proper layering … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table spot tucked behind a used bookstore in Portsmouth—The Gathered Table—that made a butternut squash mac and cheese that … Read more

My aunt wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish she’d lent me, and the smell hit me before … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro on the corner of Elm and 4th in my old neighborhood, a place called Le Petit Coin, … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple roasted squash situation. You know, the kind where you halve it, scoop out the seeds, and call it … Read more

Maria, the woman who runs the tiny herb stand at our local farmer’s market, watched me shivering over a basket of sad-looking winter tomatoes last … Read more

I used to think butternut squash had no business anywhere near mac and cheese. For years, actually. It felt like one of those healthy swaps … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of a grocery store last October when the smell of woodsmoke and roasting squash hit me — and … Read more