Appetizer Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for deviled eggs. Not just any deviled eggs—I … Read more

My neighbor Gladys watched me fumbling with a tube of crescent roll dough last Halloween, trying to wrap it around little sausages for my son’s … Read more

I was standing in the cheese aisle last Thursday, staring at a wheel of brie like it held the answers to the universe. The fluorescent … Read more

I was at my local farmers’ market last November, wrestling with a stubborn butternut squash that refused to fit in my reusable bag, when the … Read more

Pulling the brie out of the oven, I realized I had forgotten to buy crackers. The cheese was already spilling over the edges of the … Read more

There used to be a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint on the corner of Elm and 4th called Rosa’s that made the most incredible taco dip. … Read more

My sister-in-law took one bite, stopped mid-conversation, and just stared at the plate for a second. That’s how I knew these flaky cranberry brie bites … Read more

Let me tell you about the first time I made these pretzel bites. It was a cold, rainy Tuesday in October, and I had a … Read more

My neighbor’s ten-year-old daughter asked why I couldn’t just use clementines for the spiders. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. Honestly, I … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to throw a party. I’d stopped by to return her slow cooker—the one she’d loaned me three weeks earlier—and the … Read more