appetizers
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Your Meat Spreads Need a Tangy Jam
Spreadable meat is kind of a weird concept, but it’s a weirdness that’s worth making peace with. Once you’ve done that, and have begun to enjoy the luxurious life of pâté and liver mousse, you can get real weird and introduce tangy, fruity jam into the situation.
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Eat a Bit of Your Party Spread Before Your Guests Arrive
As a host, nothing gives me more pleasure than preparing a beautiful and inviting spread of snacks and treats for my guests — but making things too pretty can actually discourage people from eating the food. “I don’t want to mess it up!” they say, hovering around the hummus. “It looks too pretty!”
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A ‘Dips & Drinks’ Theme Will Give Your Super Bowl Party a Competitive Edge
My most successful adult birthday party was my most recent one. For my 35th year, I had friends and family gather in my newly-acquired backyard for eating, drinking, and general merriment. It was a potluck with a very simple theme: Dips & Drinks.
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Bacon Crackers Are a Two-Ingredient Masterpiece
I have not hosted, entertained, or partied for about six months, and I would be lying if I said it wasn’t wearing on my little extroverted heart. But the lack of other people doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy party foods — after all, I deserve to be entertained, even if I’m not doing any entertaining.…