Appetizer Recipes

The jagged edge of a graham cracker, dusted with powdered sugar, is what I made this board for — everything else is secondary. You know … Read more

It was the early nineties, and the air was thick with the smell of roasting turkey and pine needles. I was just a kid, hovering … Read more

My seven-year-old son grabbed my wrist and squeezed it tight, his eyes wide with a mix of terror and delight, pointing at the baking sheet. … Read more

The plate was scraped clean by the time I even managed to sit down. My nephew didn’t just eat it; he devoured it, staring at … Read more

I did not trust cheese to look like dirt. Honestly, I thought crushing crackers into a mound of sharp cheddar sounded like a culinary mistake … Read more

I am staring at the bag of candy corn on the counter and feeling a strange sense of guilt. It is October. The air is … Read more

I figured a spider web made of ranch dressing would just look like a messy, white blob on a plate. It took about five minutes … Read more

I was ten years old, wearing a sheet with eye holes cut out with safety scissors that were slightly too dull. The air was thick … Read more

I burned the cheese on this dip four times before I stopped being impatient. You know how it goes. You want that spooky Halloween vibe, … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that Halloween appetizers weren’t going to taste like actual food. They were supposed to be gimmicks, right? Little plastic … Read more