Appetizer Recipes

My nephew asked why I couldn’t just use black olives instead of getting fancy with food coloring. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in early October, and I was supposed to be planning a Halloween party menu. Instead, I found … Read more

There used to be a tiny wine bar tucked behind a vintage bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that made the most perfect charcuterie board I’ve ever … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to get cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, hunched over a stack of receipts in his cluttered office, listening … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in early November, and I was supposed to be finalizing my Thanksgiving menu. Instead, I was staring … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to drop off her mail—she was on a work trip and I’d … Read more

There used to be a little bakery-café in downtown Portland called The Witch’s Pantry that made the most incredible savory pastries. When they closed their … Read more

There used to be this little smokehouse off Highway 101, just south of Santa Rosa, that made the most incredible bacon-wrapped anything. I’m talking about … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple grazing platter for the football game. I had everything laid out—cheeses, crackers, some sad little grapes—and then my … Read more

I was at my kid’s school fall festival, balancing a paper plate of snacks and trying to wrangle a toddler who had just discovered the … Read more