Appetizers

The third quarter was winding down, and I was staring at a baking sheet piled high with tortilla chips, wondering if I had finally lost … Read more

I figured sliders were just smaller sandwiches—cute, sure, but nothing to write home about. It took about one bite of these smoky chipotle chicken sliders … Read more

Third batch of the week and I finally stopped timing myself. The first tray went in at exactly 375°F for twelve minutes—came out edible but … Read more

Three chicken breasts thawed on the counter, a block of cream cheese softening in the microwave, and the game starting in forty-five minutes when my … Read more

“Wait — you made the cheese in a crockpot?” My brother-in-law stood there, chip halfway to his mouth, looking at the slow cooker like I’d … Read more

My husband did not trust a baked pretzel. He said it loudly, too, the first time I mentioned making these Easy Baked Pretzel Bites with … Read more

Dumping a bag of candy corn onto a cutting board and calling it a day — that was my first thought. It was the night … Read more

My nephew Leo is obsessed with mummies. Not the scary kind—the funny ones from cartoons that trip over their own bandages. So when he asked … Read more

My husband is not a pretzel person. That’s the first thing you need to understand. We’d be at a football game or a beer garden, … Read more

The pretzel rods were the first thing to go. I’m not joking — I watched my cousin reach over three people to grab the last … Read more