Appetizer Recipes

The first time I made this dip, I was standing in my kitchen at 10 p.m. on a Tuesday, staring at a block of cream … Read more

I had a basket of green tomatoes sitting on my counter, and honestly, I was annoyed with myself. I bought them thinking they’d ripen up, … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October when a bag of jumbo black olives caught the fluorescent light just … Read more

My sister-in-law, Karen, does not trust a charcuterie board. She calls them “adult Lunchables for people who want to Instagram their grocery bill.” And honestly? … Read more

I was elbow-deep in potting soil, trying to convince a bag of topsoil to cooperate with my vision for the front porch, when my neighbor, … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just arrange all the veggies on a platter in a spider web pattern instead of serving them in … Read more

“Mom, can we make the hot dogs that look like dead guys again?” — that’s what my eight-year-old said last October, and honestly, I haven’t … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me struggle with a lopsided pumpkin pie at our building’s Halloween potluck sign-up sheet. She didn’t say anything at first. … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a party supply aisle last October, staring at a wall of plastic skeletons and fake cobwebs, when a … Read more

My neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate themed treats—you know the ones, … Read more