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.

Ingredients

　　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)

　　Mix everything together in one big bowl. Mix it really well using your hands. Add as much ketchup as desired to this mixture. Form into a loaf or ring pan, or make a shape and bake it in a large pan. Top meat loaf with the red onions and bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees F. You can substitute bacon slices for the onion. All ingredients can vary.

　　Reprinted with permission from I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris, (C) © 2006, Warner Books.