Holiday Appetizer Recipes
Seasonal party starters to whet your guests' appetites

With the amazing smells wafting from your kitchen, your guests are bound to get hungry. Soothe their savage appetites with some of these delicious appetizers. Or, if you're a guest, offer to bring some — your host is not likely to turn you down.

Vegetables, Nuts and Olives: Spiced Nuts Olive and Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade with Endive Leaves Spanish Nibbles: Hot Olives with Citrus and Spice, Marcona Almonds, Paprika Toasted Chick Peas Lemon-Garlic Chick Pea Dip with Veggies and Chips Artichoke and Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms Really Onion Dip Sweet Sesame Five-Spice Popcorn Butternut Squash, Apple and Onion Galette with Stilton Citrus Marinated Olives That Ol' Cap Magic Spanakopita Marinated Mushrooms Roasted Peppers in Olive Oil Wild Mushroom Tartlets Radicchio Lettuce Cups with Caponata Fennel Spice Chips Calabrian Cracked Olives Harvest Foccacia Hot Spinach-Artichoke Dip

Cheese: Blue Cheese Gougeres Blue Cheese and Brie Quesadillas with a Pear and Brown Sugar Compote Brie en Croute with Caramel and Walnuts Gouda Fondue Manchego Quince Skewers Parmesan Puff Pastry All-Purpose Cheese Spread

Seafood: New Orleans BBQ Shrimp Oyster Rockefeller Fondue Crabmeat and Brie Fondue Stone Crab with Mustard Sauce Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Pizza Bites Prosciutto-wrapped Scallops Clams Casino Jumbo Shrimp Wrapped with Arugula and Prosciutto Olive-Parsley Pesto Spread with Shrimp and Celery Bloody Mary Shrimp Cocktail Lemongrass-Cured Salmon Canapes Baked Oysters Brownefeller Crab-Stuffed Mushrooms Crab Mousse Bacon Wrapped Shrimp Raw Oysters on the Half Shell Steamed Clams with Chorizo Bacon Wrapped Scallops with Spicy Mayo

Meat and Poultry: Pigs in a Blanket with Emeril's Chicken and Apple Sausage Fried Lollipop Drummettes with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce Prosciutto Pinwheels Prosciutto-Wrapped Crudite Prosciutto Purses Shrimp and Pork Balls with Spicy Lime Dipping Sauce Sage Sausage Bites with Balsamic Apricot Dip Italian Cocktail Meatballs with Herbs and Ricotta Grown Up Ham and Cheese Finger Sandwiches Swedish Meatballs Perfect Potstickers Spicy Sausage in Carrozza Crispy Olives Stuffed with Sausage Pigs in Blankets Hogs in a Sleeping Bag