Appetizer Recipes

My friend Sarah texted at 6:45 PM on a Thursday saying her flight was delayed and she’d be here by 8:00. This was two hours … Read more

I figured a charcuterie board for two would be a sophisticated, effortless display of culinary art. It took about twenty minutes for that to fall … Read more

The platter was scraped clean before the appetizer course had even officially begun. That’s the kind of silence that’s hard to explain to guests who … Read more

That was me, standing in the kitchen in my pajama bottoms, holding a jar of fig jam that I definitely didn’t buy for this specific … Read more

The Unexpected Arrival My sister-in-law Karen texted me at 4:15 PM. She said, “We’re running a bit late, but we’ll be there by dinner time. … Read more

The bowl was empty. Not just a few crumbs left, but completely, terrifyingly bare. I turned around to grab a drink from the kitchen counter … Read more

The platter was wiped clean before the last trick-or-treater even tied their shoelaces. My five-year-old stood there, staring at the orange rind remnants like they … Read more

My nephew asked this while hovering over the kitchen counter, his eyes wide with a mix of horror and delight. It was October 31st, the … Read more

I was staring at the counter, wondering if I could salvage dinner from the ashes of a burnt casserole, when I remembered the Halloween party. … Read more

I burned the dough on my first attempt at making mummy hot dogs. It wasn’t a slow, tragic burn. It was a quick, smoky disaster … Read more