Appetizer Recipes

Megan wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a Tuesday afternoon to pick up a book I’d lent her, and the … Read more

Three bags of baby carrots, a block of cream cheese I forgot to soften, and a spider-shaped cookie cutter I bought on a whim two … Read more

I made this dip for three Halloweens before I realized I was doing it all wrong. The first year, I used a store-bought bread bowl … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of soft, buttery breadsticks for dipping into soup. I had the dough rising on the counter, the timer … Read more

That first little peek through the oven door — the one where the crescent dough has puffed up just enough to show those little “wrapped” … Read more

I was standing in the party supply aisle last October, staring at a shelf of plastic skeletons, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t the … Read more

I was standing in line at the DMV, of all places, when the woman behind me started talking about jalapeno poppers. Not just any jalapeno … Read more

My kid’s Halloween party was in three hours, and I’d completely forgotten. Every other parent was bringing elaborate graveyard cakes, witch-hat cookies, and those creepy-crawly … Read more

There used to be a tiny, dimly lit café in the East Village called The Crow’s Nest that made the most incredible vegetable platter I … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, buying a new lightbulb for the hallway fixture that had been flickering for a week. The … Read more