Persimmon Goat Cheese Bites With Crispy Sage

This appetizer is one of my favorites because it’s undeniably sophisticated yet incredibly quick to make—which is what I told Refinery29 when they came asking for my favorite holiday appetizers. Creamy chèvre is ideally paired with the round sweetness of fuyu persimmons,…
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THYME ROASTED FIGS WITH BURRATA & PROSCIUTTO.

Roasting figs in my toaster oven is one of my favorite pastimes. So when Refinery29 came round to ask for my ideal roster of holiday appetizers, I immediately started fantasizing about these. The juicy orbs puff up and plump vibrantly, taking on astonishing…
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PEANUT BUTTER & STRAWBERRY JAM THUMBPRINT COOKIES.

There is so much to say about this down-home, comforting, mmm-inducing, sweet-savory melding gem of a cookie that I hardly know where to start. I’ll begin at the beginning: I discovered the peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookie one summer…
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Balsamic-Roasted Tomato, Basil, & Pine Nut Crostini.

These cozy toasts are succulent, juicy, savory, and light. I whipped ‘em up for Refinery29’s holiday appetizer feature last week, but they’re on heavy rotation throughout the year. Oven roasting the tomatoes at high heat with whispers of olive oil and…
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Baked Brie & Maple-Rosemary Pecan Apple Wedges.

When Refinery29 came round to ask for my favorite fast and fool-proof holiday appetizers, these babies were some of the first I concocted. As chic as baked brie sounds, and as sumptuous as maple rosemary pecans taste, the whole wondrous…
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MAPLE ROSEMARY PECANS.

I’m not going to give you an exact recipe, per se, for these nuts, because you don’t need one. What you do need is to really get into the infinite potentiality of deliciousness that exists in the combination of maple,…
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FENNEL SEEDED CHALLAH WITH SPICED APPLE BUTTER.

My friend Suzanne is basically Martha Stewart. She hosts gorgeous dinner parties in her lovely fig- and plumeria tree lined courtyard, evenings filled with the sweetness of climbing vines and the whisper of a small fountain. The woman owns both…
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MEXICAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIES WITH COINTREAU WHIPPED CREAM.

There’s something sacred about spice mixing, an alchemical process that allows flavors to become something other than themselves—and transform your experience of eating them at the same time. Here, cinnamon coaxes chocolate out of its shell, nutmeg elicits sweetness, and…
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