Name: Meat Loaf
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds of beef; 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese; 2 eggs; Parsley; Salt and pepper; Worcestershire sauce; 1 onion, chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; Mix about 2 cups of bread crumbs with 3/4 cups of milk; Ketchup; Slices of red onion (keep intact so they are large disks); Red wine, eyeball it, about 1/2 cup (optional)

Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are from Amy Sedaris's I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence. For Sedaris's tips on throwing a Halloween party, click here.

Meat loaf has a lot of variations so be creative and change it up.

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