Appetizer Recipes

My nephew did not trust crescent dough in a savory recipe. He looked at me like I had lost my mind when I pulled out … Read more

Third time in as many weeks and I finally stopped stirring it into a beige blur. I was standing over the slow cooker, spatula in … Read more

I had exactly two hours before the neighbors arrived for our annual Halloween block party, and the cheese board I’d planned was already a disaster. … Read more

I figured these jalapeno poppers would be cute. It took about one batch for that to fall apart completely—they were gone. I’d planned to save … Read more

The first time I hosted a game day party, I spent half the game in the kitchen. I was running back and forth, refilling bowls, … Read more

“Wait—these are baked?” My brother-in-law had just taken his first bite of a wing, and he was looking at me like I’d pulled off some … Read more

The last pretzel bite disappeared before I even got a chance to dip it. My brother-in-law had his hand in the air, practically waving the … Read more

Grabbed the last bag of tortilla chips from the pantry and realized I had a block of cream cheese softening on the counter, a half-eaten … Read more

It wasn’t a fancy occasion. No anniversary, no promotion, no big “we need to talk.” It was just one of those evenings where the takeout … Read more

A light drizzle of cold honey, a sharp crack of a fig breaking open, and the whole kitchen smells like rosemary and roasted nuts. That … Read more