Appetizer Recipes

The Super Bowl party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring appetizers. Everyone else would be showing up with … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—cliché, I know, but I was mid-batch of something that … Read more

There used to be this little corner pub in my old neighborhood called The Rusty Tap that made the most unbelievable garlic chicken wings. When … Read more

I was standing in the cheese aisle last Thursday, staring at a wheel of brie like it held the secrets to the universe, when a … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but let’s be honest—some just hit different. This one started as a last-minute panic on a Tuesday … Read more

My nephew asked me last week why I couldn’t just use refrigerated crescent roll dough for Halloween mummy hot dogs instead of making my own … Read more

It was 7:42 PM on a random Thursday in October, and my team was down by two touchdowns. I was pacing my living room, half-watching … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark swore he hated blue cheese. For years. The man would pick visible crumbles out of a salad with the precision of a … Read more

My buddy Leo watched me eyeing the deep fryer at his Super Bowl party last year, and he didn’t say anything at first. Then he … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be at Dave’s house that Sunday. I’d stopped by to grab a cooler I’d lent him months ago, and the smell … Read more