Squash + Chickpeas + Sheet Pan

1. Roasted Honey Nut Squash and Chickpeas With Hot Honey Melissa Clark’s new squash recipe is the sheet-pan dinner of my winter dreams. It’s vegetarian, but no one is stopping you from sliding a pan full of chicken thighs into the oven at the same time if that’s your preference. 2. Chicken Stroganoff This Brazilian-style…

Love Letter: Three Dealbreakers

After Sherilyn Siy’s third quasi date with a man named Charles, she wrote him an email. In it, she outlined three reasons her parents would never approve of him: “You are not Chinese. You are 16 years older than me. You have a daughter out of wedlock.” Despite these three apparent dealbreakers, Ms. Siy found…

2022’s Top Restaurant Dishes

As you watch the plate being cleared, you think: That was so good. What made that so good? Why isn’t there just a little more? Months later, your mind still glances back. I need to get back there. In 2022, these were some of the dishes that did that for us. In reporting our annual…

A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?

During Covid surges, Dr. Katie Camarata, the physician who cared for Ms. Wenrich, stayed up overnight with critically ill patients, calling hospital systems in surrounding states. All seven refused the transfers. Eventually, the Cascade staff created their own negative-pressure rooms so it could keep highly infectious patients in-house without infecting others. Providing inpatient care “comes…