Appetizers

I burned pumpkin seeds more times than I care to admit before I finally got this recipe right. It wasn’t a dramatic kitchen fire, just … Read more

Flour dusted across the counter and three little ghosts in Halloween costumes were staring at me with wide, expectant eyes. It was 4:30 PM on … Read more

The bowl was scraped clean with a tortilla chip before I could even grab one for myself. My husband didn’t even say anything; he just … Read more

It is late October, and the only thing I want is a Best Fall Harvest Charcuterie Board with Honeycomb. The house is quiet, save for … Read more

My phone buzzed at 4:15 PM. It was my sister-in-law, Karen, texting that her car had broken down two towns over and she was heading … Read more

The clock on the microwave blinked 4:55 PM. My husband was supposed to be home from work at 5:00. The in-laws were arriving at 6:00. … Read more

It was Tuesday evening, and I had just scraped the last bits of roasted goodness from the baking sheet. He didn’t even look up from … Read more

The babysitter canceled twenty minutes before the party started, and I was staring at a pantry that looked like a desert. There were no pumpkins, … Read more

I figured wrapping bell peppers in dough would be a disaster. It took about twenty minutes for that to fall apart completely in my head. … Read more

Fourth time in a month and my fingers still smell like hard-boiled eggs, honestly. It’s not even a pleasant smell, let’s be real. It’s that … Read more