Appetizer Recipes

The woman at the community garden stall watched me fumbling with a bag of cranberries, trying to balance it with a wedge of brie and … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of my local grocery store last December, half-listening to a Mariah Carey song playing overhead, when a … Read more

The Super Bowl party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, who does that? Everyone else would be bringing these elaborate spreads—homemade … Read more

Megan wasn’t trying to be impressive that afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a cake pan—mine had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s bake sale—and the … Read more

I was supposed to be making a simple buffalo chicken dip for a potluck. You know the kind—just throw everything in a slow cooker, stir, … Read more

My nephew Leo asked why I couldn’t just stick the rosemary sprigs straight into a wedge of brie and call it a day. I was … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in late October, and I was hit with the weirdest craving for deviled eggs. Not just any … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Clara who has lived three doors down for longer than I’ve been alive, watched me hauling grocery bags out of … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked away on a side street in Portland, the kind of place with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard … Read more

My nephew Leo asked why I couldn’t just use regular pretzel sticks instead of shaping dough into fingers. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more