Appetizer Recipes

“You can’t just bring chips.” That’s what my friend Jen said to me last year, standing in my kitchen with a bag of tortilla chips … Read more

My friend showed up at my door holding a bottle of wine and a bag of fresh figs, and I had maybe three things in … Read more

Easy Spiderweb Taco Dip for Halloween I watched my friend Laura pull a casserole dish out of her oven, and I genuinely thought she had … Read more

The bowl was scraped clean before I even put the chips away. My friend texted me at midnight asking for the recipe — said her … Read more

“Mom, can we please make the hot dogs that look like little ghosts?” My six-year-old was practically bouncing off the kitchen counter, having just seen … Read more

Dough sticking to my fingers, flour dusted across the counter, and the timer ticking down on the beer cheese sauce—that’s where this recipe started. I … Read more

I need something that looks genuinely creepy but tastes like actual dinner. Not candy. Not a dessert pretending to be a body part. Bread. Specifically, … Read more

My starter, affectionately named Bertha, had been sitting in the back of the fridge for weeks. I was feeding her out of guilt, not love, … Read more

That first bite—the one where the crispy bacon gives way to a creamy, slightly spicy filling, and then you hit the bright, grassy punch of … Read more

My husband looked up from the coffee table last Saturday, holding the last pretzel bite in his fingers, and said, “You know, I think these … Read more