Small Bites: Tapas, Sushi, Mezze, Antipasti, and Other Finger Foods

by Jennifer Joyce

This tasty cookbook is a celebration of small-bite delights. Learn to prepare the best tapas, sushi, mezze, dim sum, antipasti, and many other kinds of finger foods from around the world. This no-fuss guide is packed with ideas for small, healthy, and delectable dishes. Over 90 recipes are sure to spark your creativity with a blend of exotic and traditional finger food favorites ideal for parties, special events, and snacks. Small Bites' unique serving ideas and tips take the stress out of entertaining with shortcuts and hints on advance preparation, tips on presentation, and what to pair and drink with each and every dish.

Finger food for every mood and occasion, Small Bites is the perfect cooking companion for chefs and home cooks looking to add a new dimension to their menu. With step-by-step guidance and illustrations good enough to eat, this manual is certain to give you great results every time. Small Bites offers flexible fast tips for creating amazing food, so you will never fail to impress!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 6, 2005

About the author

Jennifer Joyce is a successful food writer, author and stylist based in London. She is American-born but has been resident in the UK for more than 24 years. Working for leading UK magazines and newspapers, such as BBC Good Food, Waitrose Kitchen and Jamie Magazine as well as The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, she draws on her unique dual talents of creating mouth-watering recipes and styling the dishes for photography. Leiths School of Food and Wine in London hosts Jennifer's popular cookery classes and she has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows in the UK and US, including the BBC's Today and Good Food Show Live. My Asian Kitchen is Jennifer's eleventh book. Her previous titles for Murdoch Books are My Street Food Kitchen, Meals in Heels and Skinny Meals in Heels.

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really good recipes.

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can now enjoy pub night at home with Small Bites. This great cookbook is full of great snacks, finger foods, and side dishes for formal entertaining or a casual nibble for two. The recipes range from simple one or two ingredient eats that can be made in minutes to more complex dishes that take a little more effort. Almost all of the recipes can be made in a half hour with very little marinating or preparation time. Since I tend to get in a mood to cook and grab a cookbook, I like that I don’t really have to organize myself ahead of time in order to make the majority of these dishes. I also know that these aspects will come in handy when unexpected guests show up at my door.

I used the recipes in Small Bites for a big get together. I cooked like a mad woman and had a very good spread to show for my efforts. Quite a few of the recipes said that they could be made ahead of time and reheated. I was a bit concerned, especially about the deep-fried onion rings, the corn fritters, and the zucchini cakes but they tasted just as crispy outside and wonderful inside as when I first made them.

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cookbook porn. The pictures of the foods in this book are just amazing. You want to lick them, touch them, gobble them up. The ingredients called for seem to include a lot of things I don't intend to buy---lemongrass, for example. Perhaps I will tart myself up one day and make a meal of small bites worthy of the concept. In the meantime, it sits innocently on my shelf, waiting to be perused again.

[Laurla2]

-a picture for every recipe!!! this is how cookbooks should be.

--recipes that interested me:
-bagna cauda dip
-roasted beet pesto with parmesan
-garbanzo and pomegranate dip
-white bean dip (with anchovy)
-farro salad with anchovy, mint, and pecorino
-halloumi and sourdough spiedini with lemon anchovy drizzle
-pork and shrimp dumplings
-bresaola and pear rolls with arugula and parmesan
-artichoke puff pastry bites with mascarpone and caramelized garlic

[Kathy Whipple · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my new favorite cookbook. I could live on appetizers but the best thing about this book is that most of these recipes can be used as more than first course. I've been making them a meal of their own. So far the favorite recipes are coconut shrimp served with sticky cucumber peanut sauce.

[Colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are looking for a great book for appetizers, tapas, or ideas for small portions this is your book. The book was colorful and easy to read. I also enjoyed that at the end of each chapter the author had simple suggestions that would take minutes to toss together. If you have a lot of time she also has fantasic pairings for a meal of appetizers. Cute book! Would highly recommend!

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find these recipes so intriguing!

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things I want to make right now: crab and gruyere nachos, chili gazpacho, Ithaca zucchini cakes and Thai corn fritters. Yum!