Appetizer Recipes

My neighbor, a retired caterer named Eleanor, caught me one October evening wrestling with a giant cheese wheel and a paring knife that had clearly … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Gloria who grows more squash than she knows what to do with, watched me one October afternoon as I … Read more

My niece looked up from the cookbook I’d handed her, one eyebrow raised in that way only a fourteen-year-old can manage. “Why can’t you just … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic, no-fuss deviled egg platter for my neighbor Margot’s annual Halloween block party. I had the eggs boiling, the … Read more

I was at the dentist’s office last October, waiting for a filling, flipping through a magazine that was three years old. My mouth was numb, … Read more

I was digging through the back of my pantry last October, looking for a can of pumpkin that I knew I had bought, when my … Read more

My friend Sarah asked why I couldn’t just dump all the Halloween candy onto one big board instead of arranging it in little bowls. I … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in mid-October, and I had a bag of jumbo eggs staring at me from the counter. I … Read more

This was supposed to be bagels. I had it all planned out—a lazy Sunday morning, a cup of coffee that went cold while I measured … Read more

My neighbor, a guy named Leo who I swear survives on gas station hot dogs, asked me why I couldn’t just toss all the taco … Read more