Appetizer Recipes

I was standing in the canned goods aisle at the grocery store last Tuesday when the smell of frozen puff pastry being thawed in the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a desperate need for something tangy, spicy, and creamy all at once. I didn’t … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday, and I was wide awake with a craving that felt almost aggressive. I wanted something hot, creamy, … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day projects—the kind with laminated dough … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a vintage shop in my old neighborhood, a place called The Lazy … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to pick up a book I’d lent her months ago, … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last December, staring at a box of puff pastry that had definitely seen better days, when the … Read more

I had claimed to hate deviled eggs for twenty-seven years. Twenty-seven years of wrinkling my nose at potluck platters, of politely declining at Easter brunches, … Read more

There used to be a tiny Southern diner off Highway 78 in Alabama called Pearl’s that made a black-eyed pea dip I still dream about. … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last Tuesday, staring at a carton of eggs like it held the secrets to the universe. A … Read more