Appetizer Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and the craving hit me like a ton of bricks. Not for chocolate, not for … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office last November, clutching a box of holiday cards and trying not to drop my keys, when … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October when a bag of candy corn caught the fluorescent light just right … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of monster-mouth apples. You know, the kind where you cut a wedge, slather on peanut butter, and line … Read more

My youngest had claimed to hate hard-boiled eggs for as long as I could remember. Years. Then last October, I found him standing on a … Read more

My neighbor, a guy named Leo who runs a food truck on weekends, watched me struggling to open a stubborn jar of pickled jalapeños at … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in about four hours and I’d completely forgotten I’d signed up to bring an appetizer. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

This was supposed to be a regular Tuesday night dinner. I had grabbed a bag of frozen meatballs, some dinner rolls, and a jar of … Read more

My neighbor, Sarah, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder and the sight of these things sitting on her kitchen … Read more

My friend Jenna watched me stare at the grocery store display of hot dogs for a solid five minutes last October. I was hosting my … Read more