Appetizer Recipes

There used to be a tiny sports bar on the corner of 12th and Maple called The Rusty Anchor that made the most unforgettable buffalo … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a bag of sugar—classic, right?—and the smell hit me before I even … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October when a kid dressed as a tiny ghost waddled past me, and … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last December, staring at a box of puff pastry like it held the answers to life’s biggest … Read more

Laura wasn’t trying to be clever. I’d swung by her place on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon to return a casserole dish she’d loaned me weeks … Read more

This was supposed to be a proper, sit-down dinner. I had the menu planned for weeks—a roasted chicken with all the trimmings, a fancy side … Read more

There used to be a tiny, wood-paneled diner off Route 17 called “The Rusty Spoon” that made the most incredible deviled eggs. When they closed … Read more

The PTA potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My son reminded me at breakfast, his eyes wide with that specific panic only … Read more

My brother had claimed to hate Halloween for a solid decade. The costumes, the chaos, the candy corn that somehow ends up everywhere. Every October, … Read more

I was scraping the last bit of pumpkin guts into the compost bin last October—a Tuesday, I think, because the recycling truck had already rumbled … Read more