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Appetizers and dips

Aioli with steamed asparagus

Asparagus wonton wraps

Baked polenta with braised wild mushrooms

Bean dip

Black bean cakes with guacamole

Broccoli eggrolls

Bruschetta

Caesar dip

Caponata

Cheese phyllo triangles

Chicken fingers

Chicken satay

Costa Rican black bean dip

Curried chicken wontons

Curry dip

Deviled eggs

Empanaditas

Florida crab cakes

Fresh Vietnamese salad rolls

Goat cheese and basil bruschetta

Goat cheese and olive stuffed peppers

Goat cheese-olive empanadas

Herbed cheese spread

Horseradish dip

Lemon onion hummus

Marinated bocconcini

Mock guac

Muhammara

Muhammara (another version)

Mushroom pate

Mushrooms and peppers in puff pastry

No-cook summer antipasto

One-bite vegetable quiche

Onion bhaji

Peanut dip

Peanut dipping sauce

Pinto bean ravioli

Rice noodle salad with chicken

Salmon and Asian pesto potstickers

Salsa and shrimp stuffed avocado

Salt and pepper prawns

Scallion pancake pizza

Shrimp potstickers

Shrimp teriyaki

Shrimp with romesco sauce

Slow-roasted tomato bruschetta

Spicy chicken balls

Spicy peanut sauce

Spicy turkey rolls

Stuffed pepper tapas

Sushi rice

Tapenade

Traditional hummus

Tyropita (cheese-filled phyllo pastries)

Tzatziki

Vegetable dumplings

Vegetable medley with five-spice dip

Vegetable nori rolls

Vegetable samosas

Vegetarian Cuban canapes

Very traditional hummus

White bean garlic dip

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Recent Comments

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Recent Posts

  • Greek yogurt (Recipe: turkey, cranberry and basil meatballs)
  • Other People's Pantries #95
  • Cumin (Recipe: mushroom bhaji/mushrooms in tomato-onion sauce)
  • Tonka beans, a Pantry Special (Recipe: spice snap cookies)
  • How my father learned to cook (Recipe: traditional spaghetti gravy)
  • Other People's Pantries #94
  • Harissa (Recipe: Moroccan carrot salad)
  • Panko (Recipe: panko and mustard crusted fish)
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  • Other People's Pantries #93

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