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This thing I am showing you today, is an atmospheric snack.

We all know that combining garlic and oil and heat can make a house instantly smell delicious. It makes mouths water and stomachs rumble. Well, as it turns out, if you do the same thing with garlic and lemon and thyme and smoked paprika, the effect is multiplied several times over. I don’t think my house has ever smelled so enticingly like a spice bazaar.

I used to fry these in oil, as the original recipe dictates, but I generally prefer to oven-fry as it creates less of a mess and less of a danger of scalding myself with hot oil. (I’m kind of a klutz.) Oven-baking also results in chickpeas that are crispy all the way to the cores, instead of just a crispy shell hiding a mealy interior.

Warning: these have that Cheetos problem where your fingers will be dusted in orange powder after you’ve eaten them. They’re also just as addictive as Cheetos.

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Another foray into the world of savory shortbread and yet another chapter in the leftover cheese chronicles, these crumbly little numbers sprang from a party for which, as is my wont, I bought way more cheese than was strictly necessary.

Cheese, especially good cheese, is expensive. If you want dairy made from happy grass-eating cows and sheep and goats, you’re going to need to spend a little more than you would on dairy from animals fed on industrial corn. But I swear you can taste the sunshine and green fields and happiness in that cheese, and to me, that’s worth it.

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Posted in: appetizers, cooking, snacks | Tags: cheese, cheese cracker, cheez-its, cookies, cracker, party snacks, savory cookies, shortbread, snacks | 1 COMMENT

Hey, remember how I wanted to throw a dinner party this summer? It totally happened!

Our dear expat friends Jules and Alex are leaving Paris for San Francisco, so Tim and I threw a little farewell gathering for them. It was fantastic seeing everyone and sending the couple off with one last hurrah.

Lovely Alex is gluten- and dairy-intolerant, so I wanted to make sure to have lots of snacks that she could enjoy. And you know, wrap anything in bacon and it’s going to be heavenly, right? These were quite popular — lots of eyes rolling back in heads and quiet moments alone in corners, just tasting and chewing.

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