Appetizer Recipes

Third time in eight days I made these peppers, and this time I finally remembered to buy the celery. The first batch was a Tuesday-night … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on a random Wednesday in late October, and I had this overwhelming urge to arrange things on a board. Not just … Read more

I figured a Halloween charcuterie board would be mostly about arranging store-bought snacks in a cute way. It took about ten minutes of staring at … Read more

The bag of pumpkin seeds had been sitting on my counter for three days. I kept looking at them, those slippery little orange-white clusters I’d … Read more

The way the honey catches the light on a slice of fig—that’s the moment I knew this board was something special. It wasn’t planned, not … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just pile everything on one big board instead of fussing with separate platters for our Christmas Eve gathering. I … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic layered taco dip. I had it all planned out—the refried beans, the seasoned sour cream, the mountain of … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something tart, something bright, something that would … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Mrs. Gable, watched me fumbling with a batch of pizza dough one afternoon last October. I was trying to … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office—trying to mail a package that was definitely taped together too many times—when the woman ahead of … Read more