Appetizer Recipes

My husband took one bite of a fig with a smear of brie and just stopped talking mid-sentence. I watched him close his eyes for … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a pie plate—mine had mysteriously vanished after last year’s Friendsgiving—and the smell … Read more

I had declared my hatred for brie for the better part of a decade. That soft, bloomy rind? No thank you. The gooey, almost-runny interior … Read more

There used to be a tiny wine bar tucked behind a bookstore in Portland called The Gilded Grape that made a honey nut board that … Read more

I did not trust puff pastry in appetizers. The whole concept felt like a cheat—something you pull out of a freezer box and call it … Read more

This was supposed to be a proper dinner party. I had it all planned out—a spiced pumpkin soup, some fancy little tartlets, maybe even a … Read more

The guy who runs the corner market, Mr. Kowalski, watched me staring at his display of eggs for a good minute before he finally spoke. … Read more

The way the dark, sticky spider web stretches across that platter—thin strands of black sesame paste pulling apart into something that looks both delicate and … Read more

Third batch of mummy hot dogs in five days, and I finally figured out why the cheese kept sliding off the ghost faces. It was … Read more

The game was supposed to start in twenty minutes, and I was staring into a fridge that contained exactly three things: a block of cream … Read more