Appetizer Recipes

I figured this dip would be cute—football-shaped, themed, the kind of thing people snap a picture of before they dig in. It took about one … Read more

Third time in three weeks, and I finally stopped trying to make it pretty. The first batch, I carefully arranged each slider in neat little … Read more

“You can’t just put figs on a board and call it dinner.” That’s what my sister said when I told her I was making a … Read more

My niece walked into the kitchen while I was pulling pretzel rods out of the oven, and she froze mid-step. Her eyes went wide, and … Read more

Let’s be honest, Halloween appetizers can be a real pain. You want something festive that looks like you tried, but you’re also juggling costumes, candy … Read more

My six-year-old stared at the Halloween charcuterie board I’d thrown together for her classroom party and said, “Mom, this is the best thing you’ve ever … Read more

Sticky dough on my fingers, flour dusted across the counter, and the timer beeping from across the kitchen when I realized I’d forgotten to set … Read more

Third time this week I’ve assembled this board, and the only thing that changed was which team lost their cool in the fourth quarter. The … Read more

The empty bowl sat in the middle of the coffee table, a few smears of blackened cheese clinging to the sides. My brother-in-law was scraping … Read more

The third quarter of a tied playoff game, and I was standing in my sister-in-law’s kitchen, elbow-deep in a bag of shredded chicken, trying to … Read more