Appetizer Recipes

It is just past six on a Tuesday in November, and the only thing I want is a crispy caramel apple charcuterie board for fall. … Read more

The clock read 6:15 PM. The clock read 6:15 PM. My partner was due home from work in twenty minutes. The kids were already in … Read more

I spent three Halloweens making Frankenstein guacamole that looked like a sad, green science experiment gone wrong before I finally figured out the secret. The … Read more

My nephew, Leo, is a picky eater of the highest order. For years, I watched my sister struggle at every family gathering, trying to get … Read more

Three bags of candy corn dumped onto the kitchen counter and a plastic spider staring at me from the cutting board — that’s how this … Read more

“Wait—you can make a spider web out of sour cream?” My friend Jenna squinted at me over her guacamole-laden chip, genuinely skeptical. I’d just told … Read more

The way the crescent dough pulls apart in little flaky ribbons — that’s the whole point of these mummy hot dogs. I spent years trying … Read more

My husband, who rarely comments on anything I cook, looked up from his plate of these pretzel bites and said, “You can’t serve these to … Read more

I burned the cheese on my first attempt at chili cheese fries. Not just a little brown on the edges—I mean a blackened, smoking, fire-alarm-going-off … Read more

Flames licking the bottom of a rusty charcoal grill in a half-empty parking lot, the smell of lighter fluid mixing with someone else’s burnt burgers, … Read more