Appetizer Recipes

My neighbor Jen asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in a slow cooker and walk away. I was mid-sentence explaining the importance of layering … Read more

I was halfway through a mountain of paperwork at my desk—tax season, don’t ask—when my accountant, Mr. Henderson, a man I’d only ever seen in … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had claimed to hate deviled eggs for as long as I’d known him. Fifteen years. At every family gathering, he’d pass the … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Rosa who grew up on a farm in upstate New York, watched me hauling grocery bags into my apartment one … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had sworn off charcuterie boards for years. Said they were “just fancy lunchables for people with too much time on their hands.” … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me try to wrestle a block of cream cheese out of its foil wrapper one afternoon. I was in a hurry, … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, fumbling for my keys, when a gust of wind carried the smell of cinnamon … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, wasn’t trying to impress anyone last Christmas Eve. I’d stopped by to drop off a tin of cookies, and the sight … Read more

There used to be a tiny dive bar in my neighborhood called The Rusty Nail that made the most incredible deviled eggs. They weren’t fancy, … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early December, and I had a very specific vision. I wanted a charcuterie board, but not … Read more