Appetizer Recipes

My neighbor Jen asked why I couldn’t just arrange everything on one board instead of fussing with separate plates for our weekly wine night. I … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last December, staring at a box of crackers that cost more than my entire week’s coffee budget, … Read more

My neighbor Marta watched me fumbling with a bag of pretzels and a block of cheese one October afternoon, trying to figure out what to … Read more

A few Octobers ago, my nephew asked why I couldn’t just use olives for the spider bodies instead of fussing with some fancy piped filling. … Read more

My neighbor, Carol, watched me wrestling with a batch of puff pastry that was stubbornly refusing to cooperate. It was a hot September afternoon, and … Read more

There used to be a tiny, dimly lit wine bar tucked behind a vintage bookstore in my old neighborhood called “The Cellar Door” that made … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle of my local grocery store last Sunday, staring at a block of cream cheese like it held the … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the grocery store aisle last October, completely frozen. My son was four that year, and his preschool had … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, fumbling for my keys, when I caught a whiff of someone’s pumpkin spice latte … Read more

There used to be this little Italian restaurant on the corner of 7th and Main in my old neighborhood called Lucia’s Table. They made a … Read more