Appetizers

This crowd-pleasing spiced shrimp is served hot, hot, hot alongside a dip that’s sigh-inducingly coooooooooool.

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• 2

Easy and shatteringly crisp and light and perfect. That’s what folks are saying about this delicate beer-battered asparagus tempura.

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Hold the mouth-searing heat, but keep the flavor with these marinated chicken wings. Plum, hoisin, and soy sauce provide sweet and spicy Asian flavors.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 3 H
• 4

As stunning as it is simple, this hot little number isn’t exactly traditional Szechuan fare, though it may quickly become tradition.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 12

Octopus with paprika, aka pulpo a la Gallega, is pretty much ubiquitous at bars and restaurants in Spain. There’s a reason for that.

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• 15 M
• 45 M
• 4

Asparagus. Pizza crust. Brie. We ask you, what’s not to love about spring?!

• (1)
• 20 M
• 40 M
• 2

Not all pimento cheese recipes are created equal. This one, with a touch of barbecue, definitely has an unfair advantage.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 9

These unconventional quesadillas are gooey with tangy goat cheese, salty tapanade, and earthy grilled radicchio. Equally impressive as an appetizer or solo supper.

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• 40 M
• 40 M
• 0

Baked chicken wings? As in, chicken wings without the butter, deep-frying, or grease-splattered stovetop? Count us in.

• (3)
• 10 M
• 1 H
• 10

Irresistible. That’s what we think of this array of deviled eggs, which come in classic, smoked salmon, and lightly truffled. Better than mom’s.

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• 10 M
• 40 M
• 1