Appetizer Recipes

My husband looked at the grocery bags and said, “You bought how many apples?” He wasn’t being mean—he just genuinely didn’t understand why I needed … Read more

I figured the key to a great game day spread was just piling everything onto one big platter and calling it a day. It took … Read more

Spinning the crockpot insert around in the sink, trying to get the last bits of chili off without actually scratching the stoneware, when my phone … Read more

I figured a charcuterie board for football Sunday would be this fancy, time-consuming project. It took about one quarter of a preseason game for that … Read more

My brother-in-law Dave called nachos “glorified dog food” for three straight years. Every game day, same joke. Same eye roll from my sister. Same smug … Read more

“You can’t just bring chips and dip to the Super Bowl party, Jen. You have to bring something that looks like a football.” My brother-in-law, … Read more

I burned the first batch of elote I ever tried to make for a tailgate. Not a little charred—I mean blackened husks, smoking grill, the … Read more

The first time I made this buffalo chicken tailgate dip, it was three hours before kickoff and I was still in my pajamas. I remember … Read more

The first time I made these, it was for a Super Bowl party I was actually nervous about hosting. I had this mental checklist of … Read more

I was at a Halloween block party three years ago, standing next to a table of store-bought cookies and sad veggie platters, when my neighbor’s … Read more