Appetizers

There used to be a sports bar called The End Zone on 4th Street that made football calzones. When they closed down last winter, I … Read more

Mark wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar and that rich, smoky aroma of chorizo hit me before … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the guy who fixes our internet, but there I was, standing in my kitchen at 11 PM on a … Read more

It was the Sunday before the big game, and I had exactly forty minutes to turn a block of cream cheese into something that looked … Read more

Why You’ll Love This Recipe Is This the Ultimate Oven-Baked Wing? Let’s be real for a second. We’ve all been there. You order takeout wings, … Read more

My brother-in-law asked why I couldn’t just slice the sausage into thin rounds and pile them on a platter. I started to explain why that … Read more

My husband Dave had claimed to hate appetizers for fifteen years. He’d stand at the edge of every party with a plate of actual food, … Read more

My neighbor, Elena, watched me struggling with a chaotic spread of chips and cheese that looked more like a disaster than dinner. She didn’t say … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a florist on a side street in Portland that made the most incredible sourdough focaccia. When … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, my air conditioner died during a heatwave. I’m talking about the kind of sticky, miserable heat that makes you question … Read more