This little ditty is simplicity itself. Drizzle fresh, creamy goat cheese with a little honey and behold the loveliness of sweet, sweet synergy.
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Sweet and Spicy Roasted Nuts
These sweet and spicy nuts are addictive, so serve with care. The sweet comes from sugar, the spicy is the result of red pepper flakes. Use any kind of nut.
Dark Chocolate Mousse with Candied Hazelnuts
Give this decadent dark chocolate mousse a try and see why our testers are calling it the best chocolate mousse they’ve ever tried.
Champagne Butter Clams with Sourdough Toast
Our testers are raving about these buttery clams that are gently simmered in sparkling wine and roasted garlic butter. We’re willing to bet you will be, too.
Caramel Apple Spritz
If autumn was a cocktail, this collision of caramel apple and prosecco spritz would be it.
Smoked Salmon Pizza with Red Onion
Wanna outclass every other appetizer you know how to make? Try this little number. Deceptively simple. Impressive and infallible.
Filet Mignon with Chanterelle Marsala Sauce
Who needs a fancy steakhouse when you can turn out a stunning pan-seared filet smothered in a creamy mushroom sauce in under 30 minutes?
Nutella Truffles
Orbs of Nutella, chocolate, and cream, all dusted in cocoa powder. Need we say more?
Chocolate-Covered Popcorn
This easy-to-make, more-ish snack just earned its rightful place on our Super Bowl menu.
Champagne Cocktail
The quintessential something to sip at an elegant soirée, a large party, or just because it’s a random Tuesday night.
Black-Eyed Peas with Spinach
After trying this Southern good-luck charm of black-eyed peas, we say forget the luck. Just pass more of these peas, please.
Oliebollen ~ Dutch Doughnuts
Nothing’s better than warm oliebollen, or Dutch doughnuts, thanks to their crisp nooks and crannies and their pillowy centers hidden beneath a dusting of confectioners’ sugar.
Truffled Mac and Cheese
Mac and cheese goes high falutin’ with a drizzle of chichi truffle oil and a few shavings of black truffle. Pricey, perhaps. But well worth it every once in a special while.
Classic Cheese and Charcuterie Board
Cheese and charcuterie boards take a little more work than just piling up the good stuff. Read on to learn how to make incredible appetizer perfection.
Cheese-Stuffed Dates with Prosciutto
Sweetly salty to taste, easy peasy to make, and lovey dove with white wine, these just may be the perfect before-dinner nibble.
Hazelnut Thyme Matchsticks
Hazelnut thyme matchsticks are thin, crisp crackers made with ground hazelnuts, cheese, and butter. The matchsticks are perfect with soup or as a snack.
Lobster Thermidor
For lobster thermidor, lobster is cooked and then coated in a rich thermidor sauce, seasoned with mustard and tarragon, and scooped back in the shell.
Tareko Aloo ~ Nepali-Style Fried Potatoes
A perfect little snack made from deep-fried potatoes with a lemony, spicy finish. Serve with drinks and other little plates for a superb cocktail hour.
Mussels Marinara ~ Cozze alla Marinara
Three ingredients. One pot. And less than 15 minutes from stovetop to table—barely enough time to uncork a bottle of wine or crack open a beer. Somehow, we think you’ll manage.
Toffee Tart with Pine Nuts and Rosemary
This tart’s an unusual but fantabulous confection. The meatiness of the nuts, the piney notes of rosemary, the citrusy orange, and sweetness of the toffee play oh-so-nicely together.