Appetizer Recipes

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just toss the pork shoulder in the slow cooker with liquid smoke instead of firing up the smoker … Read more

The man at the community garden plot next to mine, an older gentleman named Leo with hands that looked like they’d been sculpted from the … Read more

There used to be a tiny diner called The Copper Griddle tucked away on a side street in the old part of town that made … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Clara who had raised four kids and somehow still had the energy to tend a garden that would make a … Read more

I want a fall appetizer that looks impressive but takes almost no real effort. That’s the whole thought. Not a party, not a holiday—just a … Read more

My nephew showed up at my door at 4:30 PM on Halloween dressed as a half-unrolled mummy—the gauze was already trailing behind him on the … Read more

I figured a Halloween charcuterie board was just a regular cheese board with candy corn thrown on it. It took about ten minutes of staring … Read more

My nephew Leo looked at the plate of hot dogs wrapped in what looked like white bandages and said, “Aunt K, those are not going … Read more

I watched a grown man in a hot dog costume nearly cry. Not from sadness—from pure, unfiltered joy at the sight of a platter of … Read more

I want soft, warm, salted pretzels and an ice-cold beer right now, and the only thing standing between me and that perfect Oktoberfest feeling is … Read more