The main dish never steals the show at a Halloween party. The side dishes do. Two Halloweens ago, I spent a whole afternoon on a fancy pot of chili. Nobody said one word about it. They were too busy fighting over deviled eggs with olive spiders crawling across the top. Silas ate four of those … Read more
Spooky Halloween Boards: Silas came downstairs last October holding a bag of plastic spiders like it was a peace treaty. “For the cheese board,” he said. I didn’t even ask questions. I just handed him the ranch. That’s the thing about Halloween food boards. They don’t need to be perfect. They need to be fun, … Read more
Halloween Skewers Ideas: Silas walked into the kitchen last week, saw my counter covered in grapes, cheese cubes, and little plastic sword picks, and asked if I was building a tiny spooky army. Honestly? Kind of. I’d been testing Halloween skewer ideas for an entire afternoon, and by the end of it, I had a … Read more
Cheesy Eyeballs: Silas walked into the kitchen last October, saw a tray of these little cheese balls staring back at him, and actually jumped. That’s when I knew this recipe was a keeper. Pão de queijo is already one of my favorite things to make on a lazy afternoon. It’s Brazilian cheese bread, chewy on … Read more