Appetizer Recipes

The plate was empty before the credits even rolled on the movie. I stood in the kitchen, wiping flour off my apron, and realized I’d … Read more

My husband stared at the slow cooker, spoon in hand, and asked if we could have that buffalo chicken dip for dinner again. Just like … Read more

The oven timer screamed at me just as the main doorbell rang. I had exactly twelve minutes to stop a kitchen disaster before my in-laws … Read more

It is 6:15 AM on a Tuesday in late November, and the only thing I want is a bowl of zesty cranberry orange relish with … Read more

Five minutes before the dinner reservation, I realized I had bought the wrong cheese. It was the kind of panic that makes your chest tighten, … Read more

I did not trust hot sauce in a slow cooker. Honestly, I thought blending Frank’s RedHot with cream cheese sounded like a mistake until I … Read more

I burned my eyebrows off trying to make a Halloween fruit tray that didn’t look like a toddler’s art project gone wrong. Let’s face it, … Read more

I had been looking for a Halloween appetizer that actually looked like it belonged in a haunted house but tasted like something you’d want to … Read more

The knobby, tapered shape of the pretzel rod is what matters most — the way the dough is pinched at one end to form that … Read more

Third-time-in-a-Halloween-weekend and the puff pastry strips are still unraveling like nervous spaghetti. I’m standing in my kitchen at 11 PM, flour dusting my eyebrows, staring … Read more