Appetizer Recipes

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

I had sworn off themed party food for years. Honestly, I thought it was all a little… much. The neon-colored dips, the creepy-crawly cookies that … Read more

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just dump all the candy in a big bowl and call it a night. I started to explain … Read more

I did not trust a charcuterie board to carry a season. To me, they were grazing platters—pretty, sure, but more about aesthetics than actual eating. … Read more

Last Tuesday, I was standing in the frozen food aisle of our local grocery store, trying to remember if we needed more peas, when a … Read more

The rain was coming down sideways that Tuesday, the kind of weather that makes you want to cancel everything and just stay put. I was … Read more