Appetizer Recipes

The Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My neighbor Karen—you know the type, she embroiders her own aprons—had texted the … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself standing in a grocery store aisle at 9 PM on a Tuesday, staring at a package of … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was supposed to be meal-prepping for the week. Honestly, I had a block … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I was hit with the kind of craving that doesn’t make sense during daylight … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office last November, clutching a package of Christmas gifts I was embarrassingly early to send, when the … Read more

My neighbor Carla wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our fence had blown over in a storm—and the smell hit … Read more

The work potluck was in four hours and I had completely forgotten. I mean, the email had been sitting in my inbox for a week, … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday, and I had a bag of tortilla chips staring at me from the pantry. The craving hit … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to learn anything about cooking from the plumber, but there I was, wedged between the kitchen sink and a bucket of pipe … Read more

This was supposed to be a neat little appetizer for a backyard party. I had it all planned out—perfectly uniform meatballs, a glossy glaze, skewers … Read more