Appetizer Recipes

My neighbor, a guy named Leo who runs the corner hardware store, watched me lugging grocery bags up my front steps one Saturday afternoon. He … Read more

There used to be this tiny French-inspired café in the East Village called Petite Noisette that made the most incredible mini pumpkin pies I’ve ever … Read more

My sister-in-law wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed, and this smell—buttery, a little smoky, unmistakably … Read more

My husband, a man who once declared squash “the beige vegetable of despair,” had a rule about soup. It was not a meal. It was … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in mid-October, and I was supposed to be meal-prepping for the week. Instead, I found myself staring … Read more

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