Appetizer Recipes

Third time this week I’ve pulled out the big wooden board, and honestly, I’m not sorry about it. By the third assembly, I’d stopped overthinking … Read more

That burnt-sugar and yeast aroma — the kind that hits you before you even step onto the porch — still takes me straight to a … Read more

The first time I made these Easy Baked Cranberry Brie Bites in Puff Pastry, it was the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The house was finally quiet, … Read more

Third time in as many days and I still couldn’t stop staring at them on the plate before serving. The little olive slice eyes staring … Read more

The clock was ticking toward the third quarter, and I was staring at a block of cream cheese like it held the answers to the … Read more

Sunday afternoon, the kind where the light slants low through the kitchen window and nobody’s in a hurry. I had a wedge of Manchego, a … Read more

I need a Halloween appetizer that doesn’t taste like a compromise. Something fun enough for the kids to actually grab, but good enough that I … Read more

The first time I made these, it was 10 PM on a Tuesday in late October, and I was supposed to be finishing a work … Read more

I figured these witch finger breadsticks would be a cute, mildly creepy novelty. You know, the kind of thing you make for a Halloween party … Read more

“Wait—you can make a charcuterie board out of pumpkin spice?” My sister-in-law asked this last October, peering over my shoulder as I arranged wedges of … Read more