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Posts tagged “Hors d'oeuvres”

Bacon Pops! Goat Cheese Pops with Herbs, Pecans, & Bacon

Oh yes. All the cuteness of a cake pop, all the fun of an easy appetizer, and it's all wrapped up in bacon....

Appetizer Recipe: Flatbreads with Goat Cheese, Caramelized Onions, and Basil

This is another installment from the wedding shower/cocktail party we threw last week (where we also served those tomato skewers). We've already made these little pizzas again, they're so easy and goo...

Appetizer: Tomato and Mozzarella Skewers with Basil Oil

Earlier today we told you about our cocktail party strategy of sticking to two or three dishes (rather than eight or nine) that look bountiful and feed a crowd. This is one we just served: tomato skew...

Weekend Project: Introduction to Pâte à Choux

Do you like éclairs? What about profiteroles, cream puffs, and cheesy gougères? Aside from making us drool just thinking about them, the one thing all these pastries have in common is th...

Appetizer Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Potato Bites with Spicy Sour Cream Dipping Sauce

Okay, we're not going to win any awards for thinking up this combination. But hey, these potato bites are easy, delicious, and perfect for a Final Four-loving crowd, should you find yourself surrounde...

Afternoon Snack: Stuffed Sweet Piquante Peppers

When we posted a snack of Yogurt Swirled with Peanut Butter, Honey, and Graham Crackers last week, a few people commented that they'd love a regular "afternoon snack" feature. We thought that sounded ...

Kale Chips: How To Eat a Bunch of Kale in One Sitting
From ChowMama

Maxwell was lucky to be part of a kale chip making project a few nights ago — very un-meat, eh? — when he was visiting an apartment being photographed for his upcoming book. He came home...

Recipe: Ortine's Mediterranean Platter

We are really excited about this recipe from Sarah Peck, the head chef at charming Brooklyn eatery Ortine. We just did a kitchen tour of Ortine, and Sarah gave us this recipe to share with you. The th...

Fondue: Tricks of the Trade
The Cheesemonger

My last indulgence of fondue, at a New York restaurant that will remain nameless, proved unremarkable. The flavors were flat, and if there was any cheese-related epiphany to be had, my taste buds were...

Recipe: No-Knead Fennel & Anchovy Pizza

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers yesterday, January 29. To receive Sara Kate's weekly email, sign up in the column to the left or click here. Something tasty will ar...

Recipe: No-Guilt Bean Dip

A happy accident with a pot of very overcooked beans a few years back resulted in this bean dip. It's now become one of our favorite healthy snacks and we always keep a few containers in our freezer f...

Eating Light: Homemade Popcorn with Olive Oil

We grew up in a popcorn-eating family. Every movie night, every game day, and every holiday evening, there was popcorn on the coffee table. We rarely ate microwave popcorn, so the smell of hot canola ...

Recipe: Kenny Lao's Rickshaw Dumplings

It's the year of the ox and we're celebrating with some Chinese New Year coverage. We just ran a tour of Kenny Lao's kitchen in the East Village. Kenny, who owns Rickshaw Dumpling Bar in New York, coo...

How To Make Blood Orange Jelly Smiles

It's almost Chinese New Year! The Lunar New Year falls on Monday, January 26, this year, and we're eager to talk about the food. Chinese New Year may be one of the most food-centric holidays in the wo...

Recipe: Fava Bean Dip with Roasted Garlic and Yogurt

Sometimes eating light in January is just too darn hard. There's not a lot of green, not a lot of crunchy vegetables. So we broke down and bought a mess of expensive hot-house vegetables the other day...

Recipe: Oven-Roasted Tomato Jam

Sometimes a recipe arises from a confluence of ideas and inspiration -- a convergence of influence, flavor, and downright craving. This recipe is one of those. It was inspired by Laurie Colwin's raptu...

Gift Recipe: Chez Panisse Herbed Almonds

My husband and I had the pleasure of visiting Chez Panisse this week -- a first for both of us. I had eaten upstairs in the café, but never downstairs in the evening dining room. It was a lovel...

Recipe: Butternut Squash "Winter" Rolls with Spicy Cranberry Sauce

Last week, we mentioned spring rolls as a possible holiday appetizer that can please a wide variety of eaters. But since spring is several cold and snowy months away (at least here in the Midwest), we...

Easy Appetizer Recipe: Beets on Crostini with Goat Cheese

It's a beet day! And with good reason: beets are in season and marvelously festive with all their scarlet coloring. Earlier today Sara Kate gave you a recipe for a wonderful salad with beets and frizz...

Recipe for Entertaining: Pistachio and Chive Goat Cheese on Puff Pastry Wafers

Yesterday we showed you Diane Morgan's newest book, The Christmas Table, as well as an idea for easy holiday table decorations. Today we are giving you a beautiful and easy appetizer from the book. ...

Recipe: Sweet Butternut Squash and Coconut Jam

Remember the doce de abóbora - sweet pumpkin compote - that we showed you earlier this week? Well, we were so inspired by that and the butternut squash version from Patricia that we had to try it our...

Appetizer Recipe: Crab Apples Poached in Sweet Wine

We're talking about local apples this week, and we couldn't let the week pass without a mention of crab apples. Crab apples are the wild, cherry-sized fruit clustered on trees all over our neighborhoo...

Recipe: Butternut Squash and Parmesan Dip

Really, this could easily be a side dish as well as a dip. It's a simple preparation of twice-baked butternut squash: roasted to get it soft and scoopable, then blended with milk and parmesan and bake...

Recipe Redux: Roasted Tomatoes with Shrimp and Feta

Did you know that we have over 500 original recipes in our archive? There are some gems way back there that we really need to revisit. Here's one that I had never tried, personally, until last night -...

Easy Appetizer Template: Jam + Pork + Cheese

A good appetizer can be hard to find. We get tired of dips. And creating tiny, individual, stuffed somethings is time-consuming. We're always looking for a dish that's easy and crowd-pleasing, and we ...