Cheesy artichoke dip and Savory thumbprint cookies – the red is hot pepper jelly sitting in a Parmesan shortbread coated in finely chopped walnuts.

on Friday. Crab-stuffed snow peas and Ceasar salad dip with veggies and chips. And wine.

Tuesday was baking day: pretzels.

Wednesday: Thursday @ Merrilyn’s. Pretzels with beer cheese dipping sauce and grilled brats, artichoke dip with crackers .. and wine.

On Monday. Pinxtos (Basque for “small bites” and pronounced “pinchos”) and Clam dip. And wine, of course.

on Tuesday. We were on the same appetizer wavelength again – jumbo lump crab meat. Crabcakes with aioli and Coastal Carolina frittatas with aioli.

Usually we run out of things to share after a couple of hours. Today, it took three fun hours!

On Wednesday. We were on the same wavelength: two shrimp appetizers. Perfectly roasted shrimp with an enhanced cocktail sauce and shrimp/black bean/avocado salsa with Scoops.

Postscript: I had to go at the last minute to get a Serrano or jalapeño pepper from the grocery store. The selection was terrible. I got the last two tiny Serranos and went to the register .. without the 4-digit code you need to check out. I explained my problem and the clerk said, “Oh, you can have those.” Quite reasonable I would say:

Salmon taquitos with avocado cream and Mushroom and prosciutto crostini.

On Tuesday. We did something a bit different this month. I brought two savories – Sausage wonton stars and (super easy) bacon gouda cheese and crackers.

Merrilyn made lemon bars.

on Friday. Crab cakes with remoulade and Couscous chicken avocado salad with focaccia toasts.

On Friday. Our unplanned common ingredients this month were corn and bell peppers. Creamy polenta triangles and cilantro lime chicken to put in little tortilla cups. And Josh.