Apps.

Dips, small plates, and party starters. What you serve while the oven preheats.

• Garlic Cheese Bread - Par-baked dough in cast iron, garlic-parsley butter to the edges, and four cheeses zoned like you mean it.
• Pepperoni Pizza Sliders - Hawaiian rolls layered like a pizza, garlic-butter tops, baked dark and pulled apart. Twelve sliders, zero survivors.
• Homemade Bagel Bites - Real boiled-and-baked mini bagels, halved and topped like pizzas. The freezer-aisle classic, from scratch.
• Homemade Stracciatella (Burrata Hearts) - Fresh mozzarella shredded into heavy cream. Two hours in the fridge and you have the inside of a burrata, on demand.
• Skillet Pizza Dip - Cream cheese, two shredded cheeses, crushed tomatoes, and a hot cast iron. Pizza you can scoop.