With an eye for style and appreciation for seasonal ingredients, the proprietors of Chowgirls Killer Catering, one of the Midwest's leading catering companies, share their inspired ideas for delicious appetizers, small plates, and cocktails that are perfect for home entertaining. Amy Lynn Brown and Heidi Andermack were early adopters of the local, organic, sustainable, and seasonal approach to cooking; their ethos is clearly reflected in this cookbook, which offers fun, elegant, and yet easy-to-prepare recipes arranged by season that will be the hit of your next social gathering.For your party...
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Everyone loves chips, from potato to plantain to kale. Now, with these delectable recipes, you can take control of both the ingredients and the cooking method. Choose from savory or sweet varieties, including vegetables (potatoes of all kinds, beets, squash), fruit (apples, bananas, pears), and other fun options (pitas, tortillas, wonton wrappers). Get a primer on potatoes, find out about tasty toppers and delectable drizzles, and try out some perfectly matched dips. Several top food bloggers are contributing their favorites, and the yummy photographs look good enough to eat.
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Everyone loves chips, from potato to plantain to kale. Now, with these delectable recipes, you can take control of both the ingredients and the cooking method. Choose from savory or sweet varieties, including vegetables (potatoes of all kinds, beets, squash), fruit (apples, bananas, pears), and other fun options (pitas, tortillas, wonton wrappers). Get a primer on potatoes, find out about tasty toppers and delectable drizzles, and try out some perfectly matched dips. Several top food bloggers are contributing their favorites, and the yummy photographs look good enough to eat.
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Everyone loves chips, from potato to plantain to kale. Now, with these delectable recipes, you can take control of both the ingredients and the cooking method. Choose from savory or sweet varieties, including vegetables (potatoes of all kinds, beets, squash), fruit (apples, bananas, pears), and other fun options (pitas, tortillas, wonton wrappers). Get a primer on potatoes, find out about tasty toppers and delectable drizzles, and try out some perfectly matched dips. Several top food bloggers are contributing their favorites, and the yummy photographs look good enough to eat.
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Americans are embracing the small plate craze. They are serving bite-size mini meals--tapas, bar snacks, antipasti, skewered vegetables--whenever they entertain. Simple Italian Snacks shows how to plan a menu for any gathering in the informal yet chic way that Italians have mastered. Here are recipes appropriate for an afternoon by the pool, a fireside get-together with friends, an intimate dinner for two, or a party for a crowd. The dishes, which can be served as hors d'oeuvres or presented as a meal, are easy to prepare, and many can be made ahead of time.The authors of the wildly successful...
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Hors d'oeuvres have a reputation for requiring frou-frou ingredients that are difficult to identify--let alone locate in a grocery store. (When's the last time you ate an amuse-bouche at home?) It's about time for an appetizer cookbook that has fun with the concept of tasting an entire meal in one bite With Tiny Food Party , Teri Lyn Fisher and Jenny Park share super quick and easy recipes for little bite-size munchies--delightfully miniature versions of all your favorite foods Thinly slice shallots, batter and fry 'em, add with a creamy buttermilk ranch sauce, and you've got dainty Bite-Siz...
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With growing numbers of restaurants specializing in "small plates," the antipasto is back in style. These little dishes of savory appetizers or small first courses (perfect cocktail food) whet the appetite, enticing the palate for the meal to comeand can even become the meal itself. In "Antipasti," Joyce Goldstein reveals the history of antipasti and a host of very delicious recipes. What could be better suited to a La Dolce Vitainspired event replete with sparkling Bellinis than sun-dried tomatotopped crostini, little panzerotti (pastries stuffed with Gruyre and ham), or prosciutto-wrapped sh...
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Professional chef Hallie Harron offers up 50 new mouth-watering reasons to kick off parties and special occasions with one of the world's most celebrated foods: cheese Cheese Hors d'Oeuvres presents a savory medley of hot and cold cocktail snacks, finger foods, appetizers, and other irresistible cheese bites, perfect for entertaining friends and fellow cheese lovers. Featuring cheeses with a range of textures and flavors, the recipes in Cheese Hors d'Oeuvres can be prepared on the stovetop, in the oven, or even on the grill. Selections include Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini; Roquefort Pear Tart...
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For totally tempting pre-dinner snacks and cocktail party treats, check out these 50 recipes from the folks at Stonewall Kitchen. Small bites like Asian-Spiced Nuts whet the appetite before dinner, while a variety of more substantial small platessuch as Lamb Chop Lollipops with Spice Rubare filling enough to serve as an actual meal. In addition to these mouthwatering dishes, the authors provide some of their favorite cocktail recipes, ideas for appetizer party menus, tips for how much to serve, and innovative presentation ideas for family dinners and special gatherings.
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This guide to cooking from the popular VICE channel MUNCHIES teaches you both survival and show-off skills via more than 80 recipes. Over the years, MUNCHIES has worked with all kinds of chefs, making food that ranges from lowbrow to highbrow and everywhere in between. Now they are here to help you cook dinner on busy weeknights and host friends with an impressive spread on the weekends. Tips and tricks include how to set up and shop for a pantry (with recipes for how to make your own mayo and quick pickle some jalape os); how to take back your weeknights with easy, fast-to-table meals (like S...
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This collection of 75 recipes for savory puffs, chips, crackers, breads, nuts, veggies and meats puts a fresh, crunchy spin on homemade snacks. Are you ready to take your love of salty snacks to the next level? This collection of seventy-five recipes for veggie chips, cheese straws, toasted nuts, pita chips, herb crackers, savory cookies, and snack mixes puts a fresh, crunchy spin on homemade nibbles. So broaden your horizons beyond microwave popcorn and bagged chips to include inventive snacks like Roasted Chickpeas with Sumac, Coconut Crisps with Basil and Chiles, Salami Chips with Grainy...
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Appetizers are everyone's favorite part of dinner. People who really love a restaurant's appetizers often order two of them instead of one appetizer and one entree. For anyone who has ever wished their appetizer was a main course comes Appetizers by Shane Osborn. "" Appetizers presents a provocative idea: main meals can and should taste as exciting and flavorful as appetizers. "At the start of the meal, appetites are at their keenest and most receptive to new taste experiences," Michelin 2-star chef Shane Osborn explains. Here he presents over 50 flexible recipes that succeed as appetizers, en...
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If you've ever been to a restaurant with friends and ordered a few appetizers or a large platter to share, you'll know how sociable and appealing it is to be able to try several dishes at once. This a popular way of eating in many parts of the world--the Spanish have tapas, the Chinese have dim sum, and many regions of the Mediterranean and Middle East enjoy meze. Grazing plates and small bowls of shareable food make entertaining fuss-free and fun, and encourage guests to get stuck in. In Small Plates, Anne Rigg serves up an irresistible selection of plates to share from all around the world. ...
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From heavy holiday party traffic to spring bridal showers or summer cocktails, this beautiful combination of never-before-published drink and party-food recipes from the creators of Joy of Cooking is just the ticket for any type of entertaining 150 full-color photos.
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Party Food is the newest addition to the Artisanal Kitchen series, adapted from What's a Hostess to Do? (Artisan, 2013) by the ultimate hostess, Susan Spungen. Here is a collection of recipes that makes entertaining easy for any occasion--whether it's a cocktail hour, a brunch, a dinner party, or an elaborate holiday feast. Recipes for Lobster Salad, Tarragon Roasted Chicken, Potato Gratin, and Chocolate Souffl make for an easy-to-make foolproof dinner menu that even complete novices can master; cheat sheets like Ten Quick Hors d'Oeuvres and Five Entr e Salads make entertaining a crowd cheape...
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With more than 200 recipes, successfully cook snacks, starters, small plates, stylish bites, and sips for any occasion.

Hors d'oeuvres made modern: Today's style of entertaining calls for fuss-free party foods that are easy to make and just as delicious as ever. With more than 200 recipes for tasty pre-dinner bites, substantial small plates, special-occasion finger foods, and quick snacks to enjoy with drinks, Martha Stewart's Appetizers is the new go-to guide for any type of get-together.
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