Appetizers

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—cliché, I know, but I was genuinely out—and the … Read more

I was running on three hours of sleep, the turkey wasn’t thawed, and my sister-in-law had just texted that she was bringing her new boyfriend … Read more

I was at the hardware store last Saturday morning, of all places, picking up a new drill bit I didn’t really need, when the guy … Read more

This was supposed to be a cheesy fondue situation. I had the fancy Swiss, the Gruyère, the little bit of kirsch I’d tracked down at … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be at my brother-in-law’s place that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed three months earlier, … Read more

My buddy Dave asked why I couldn’t just stuff the buffalo chicken dip straight into the slider buns and bake it all together. I started … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me wrestling with a bag of flour tortillas that kept sliding off the counter last spring. She didn’t say anything at … Read more

I was standing in the cheese aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a wedge of gorgonzola like it held the secrets … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in August, and I was obsessively scrolling through photos of Italian villas I’d never visited. The humidity … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple white queso. You know, the kind you throw together with some processed cheese and a can of green … Read more