Martha Stewart's Appetizers Cookbook: 200+ Recipes for Delicious Dips, Spreads, Snacks, Small Plates, and More Hors d'Oeuvres

h2: The book was exactly as described.

United States on Oct 18, 2023

Amazon Customer: I am a home chef. I have to constantly throw ideas out for people, when it comes to appetizers I really struggle for inspiration when someone has dietary restrictions, preferences, ect. I love that this book is slightly dated, people love a well executed throwback. Guests respond very well to familiar yet dressed up and beautifully presented dishes. I bought this book because of the broiled Feta recipe. I also plan to make the Seasoned potato chips a lot, and the mini croque monsieur I already know will be a hit, the bbq brie with tomato jam will also be a go to. These are dishes people will love to serve and share with guests. I write menus, and entertain in peoples homes, this is exactly the fare that makes for casual classy entertaining. Martha knows what's up, this book has already inspired a million ideas beyond the recipes and photographs!

United States on Aug 20, 2021

Anto: Martha Stewart è una garanzia! Un libro molto utile.

Italy on Jun 06, 2020

Lola 5: ME ENCANTAN LOS LIBROS DE MARTHA STEWART

Mexico on Dec 06, 2018

Mary C.: If you need one reference book for appetizers, this is it. Almost every recipe you would ever need for a beautiful spread of hors d'oeuvres is in here. Moreover, as we would expect from Martha Stewart, the first chapters, which pack in lots of solid, useful party-planning and hosting tips. are invaluable for the novice host/hostess.

The Kindle formatting is unique for a cookbook, and I'm not a fan: I want to see the headnote and recipe on the same page(s). On the bright side, every recipe, and every variation, has a color photo.

There are 124 basic recipes, of which 30 (including variations) are cocktails. However, most of the basic recipes expand to several variations (for example, "Spiced Nuts" has 6), so there are a lot of recipes in this book. Excluding cocktails, I counted 165 variations on the basic recipes.

The ingredients are, for the most part, accessible, using many store-bought products: wonton wrappers, tortillas, Chex, frozen edamame, canned beans and artichoke hearts, store-bought puff pastry (all-butter, please), phyllo dough, rice-paper wrappers (for summer rolls), chicken stock, panko bread crumbs (if you choose not to make the authors'...

United States on Jun 26, 2018

Carol: good cookbook

Canada on Apr 17, 2018

Sandy: This book does not compare to her earlier huge volume on hors d'oeuvres. It is quick and to the point, if you just want to do something, but Martha usually gives us more quality than this.

United States on Mar 18, 2018

Eliane M.: Simple recipes that are beautifully presented combined with various practical tips such as how much to buy and prepare when entertaining larger groups.

France on Jan 27, 2018

Premern Gabriele: Ich habe sehr viele Kochbücher, kannte Martha Stewart aber bisher aber nur aus dem TV und gelegentlich von amerikanischen Zeitschriften. Dies war der erste Kauf eines ihrer Kochbücher. Absolut zu empfehlen, sehr gut und klar beschriebene Rezepte und eine Fülle von Ideen. Die Maßeinheiten sind Amerikanische Cups und oz. , aber dies bereitet eigentlich keine Probleme. Ich werde mir in Zukunft mehr von Marthas Stewarts Kochbüchern zulegen. Eine ganz klare Kaufempfehlung für jemanden der kleine Rezepte als
Vorspeise oder für Parties benötigt.

Germany on Aug 23, 2016

ROE: IT LIES FLAT when it's open. All cookbooks should do that, but most don't. Alleluia.

Very pretty pictures, clear instructions, nicely laid out. You don't have to flip pages back and forth while making things. Yay that. The pages are kind of smooth, but not slick and shiny; fairly smooth cover. If you dribble something on them and are quick about wiping them off, it should come off okay. Dark stuff might leave a stain on the pages. The book smells like new textbooks. :) It's 10.25" x 7.75", so not too big. So many cookbooks these days take up too much space in a normal-sized kitchen. Not this one. :)

Table of Contents lists the sections. Each section lists all the recipes it contains. It's well-indexed.

Chiorizo, Corn & Cheddar Quesadillas and Fresh Tomatillo Salsa are the only two things I've made so far, but they were both very good! You can never go wrong with tomatillos, though, lol. Almost all the stuff in her books is good (the Cookies book is probably THE best book on cookies) and I'm fairly confident that the rest of it will be good. But if it's not, I will update. Nobody - not even Martha - gets a pass if what they sell isn't worthy of having money...

United States on Sep 08, 2015