Appetizer Recipes

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—holding a new showerhead and feeling sorry for myself about the holiday party I had … Read more

Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place to grab a cookbook she’d promised to lend me, and the smell hit me … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked why I couldn’t just use frozen puff pastry instead of making dough from scratch for holiday appetizers. I started to explain … Read more

This was supposed to be a creamy, decadent, totally-unapologetic buffalo chicken dip for a game day party. I had the block of cream cheese softening … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just throw everything on one big board instead of fussing with separate platters for our Friendsgiving. I started to … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, of all places, holding a new showerhead and trying to remember if I needed plumber’s tape, … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle at the grocery store last November, just staring at a bag of cranberries like it held the … Read more

My sister swore she hated blue cheese for twenty-seven years. Twenty-seven years of wrinkling her nose at salad dressings, crumbling it off pizzas, pushing it … Read more

My neighbor Frank asked why I couldn’t just throw everything in the food processor instead of spending twenty minutes chopping dried cranberries and pecans by … Read more

This was supposed to be a garland of dried orange slices. I had the twine ready, the oven preheating, and a whole plan mapped out … Read more