Appetizer Recipes

The bright, uniform orange of the candy corn is what I made this for — everything else is secondary. Honestly, let’s face it, we are … Read more

The doorbell rang at 6:15 PM, which is exactly when I realized I had no idea what I was doing. My boyfriend’s college roommate had … Read more

The fifth grader in the back row, the one who usually ignores anything that isn’t a candy bar, asked for a third egg. He didn’t … Read more

I figured a football charcuterie board would just be a fancy way of saying “pile of snacks.” It took about ten minutes for that assumption … Read more

It is 11:45 PM on a Tuesday, and the house is finally quiet. The dishwasher is humming its low, rhythmic song, and the only light … Read more

Third time this week, and the pastry still refused to stick to the sausage ends. I am not exaggerating when I say I have lost … Read more

“Is that meat or just a pile of red stuff?” My brother-in-law Dave pointed at the slow cooker with a plastic spoon hovering mid-air. It … Read more

I was standing in the kitchen, staring at that lonely bread loaf, when the realization hit. The usual buffalo chicken dip was going to be … Read more

It was a Sunday, the kind where the light slants through the blinds in dusty, golden beams. I had just thrown a handful of frozen … Read more

Honestly, I thought combining crispy wings with a creamy dip sounded like a mistake until I tasted the first scoop. I was a wing purist … Read more