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
- Bowl Smoked Shrimp
- 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
