Appetizer Recipes

My neighbor, a retired art teacher named Carol, watched me lugging a heavy grocery bag up the porch steps one October afternoon and didn’t say … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had sworn off deviled eggs for twenty-three years. Twenty-three years. He claimed it was the texture—”like eating a mayonnaise cloud,” he’d say … Read more

Folding open the last bag of tortilla chips with my teeth while balancing a cast iron skillet in one hand—that’s the moment I knew this … Read more

That first crunch of a pretzel stick snapped in half, the soft give of brie under your thumb, and the way the black grapes caught … Read more

I told my sister she was crazy. Three different cheeses, two kinds of meat, fresh fruit, nuts, crackers—all arranged in neat little rows that somehow … Read more

I was leaning against the kitchen counter, clutching a glass of sparkling water, when I noticed the platter was nearly empty. It was 11:47 PM … Read more

“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