Appetizer Recipes

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just skip the fancy board and hand everyone a cone of meat and cheese. I started to explain … Read more

This was supposed to be a roasted turkey breast with all the traditional sides. I had the bird brining, the potatoes peeled, and even a … Read more

There used to be a little corner deli on Main Street in my hometown, a place called The Rusty Spoon, that made the most incredible … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but here we are. Let me tell you about the afternoon I walked into my neighbor Clara’s … Read more

I was standing in the freezer aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday, staring blankly at a bag of frozen hash browns, when the … Read more

I used to think Halloween food was a gimmick. You know the type—food coloring slapped on everything, creepy names for things that taste exactly like … Read more

I’m not supposed to admit this, but I was hiding from my own front door. It was late October, the sky was that weird bruised … Read more

My brother claimed to hate Halloween for twenty years. The candy, he said, was mediocre. The costumes were uncomfortable. The whole thing felt like an … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I couldn’t sleep. Not because of the caffeine I’d had at 8 PM—that was … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, three-day projects—you know, the kind with … Read more