Snack Chat: Impress Less
On showing up with the thing you want to eat
The worst party snacks try first to impress us. Impressing first is what gives us single spoonfuls of pureed soup and soggy bruschetta that will still somehow scrape the mouth, when we’d be very happy with seltzer and Lays Classic potato chips or bags of Trader Joe’s movie popcorn.
The best party snacks may take work (and buying chips is work). They can woo. They might even impress us. But I am convinced they first answer the question, What do I want?
Best is subjective, of course. And there is every reason to be accessible and take people’s medical requirements into account. I’m talking about appetites here. No party snack will please everyone. And I think no snack will please anyone as much as it could if it doesn’t first please you.