Appetizers

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last October, staring at a bag of pretzel sticks, when the smell of smoked paprika from the … Read more

This was supposed to be a different kind of Halloween snack entirely. I had grand plans for those little puff pastry pizzas shaped like bats … Read more

My neighbor Marco asked why I couldn’t just use black beans instead of refried beans for nachos. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a ridiculous, very specific craving for candy corn. Not just any candy … Read more

My neighbor Phil is a retired accountant. I mean, the guy wears sandals with socks and organizes his spice rack alphabetically. So when he knocked … Read more

Introduction It was 10:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I had a very specific vision of a football field made entirely of … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle last Tuesday, completely frozen, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t the bakery section … Read more

She wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed—you know the kind, the one you … Read more

My neighbor Carla watched me wrestling with a bag of candy corn last October. I was trying to arrange them in neat little rows on … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different snack. I had a whole plan for buffalo chicken dip—the kind with cream cheese and shredded chicken … Read more