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    Appetizer/Starter Recipes

    Appetizers, starters, hor d'oeuvres, small plates...so many names, styles and flavors! You'll find lots of ideas, including these to get you started:

    Soups are perfect for cold days, soups make a fantastic start to a meal (as well as light lunch). Our favorites include avgolemono soup (a Greek lemon chicken and rice or orzo soup) and German pancake soup (because pancakes in soup!).

    Salads, meanwhile, are mostly perfect for warm weather. Try favorites as diverse as prosciutto salad with peach and mozzarella, asparagus salad with pancetta and pea shoots, and my winter take on fattoush salad.

    Finger food is perfect for entertaining. Try easy bites like chorizo cheese twists, and cultural classics like blistered Padron peppers and cauliflower pakora. Why not try some shrimp shumai dumplings, sausage rolls, or prosciutto wrapped dates at your next party?

    Try many more ideas below.

    plate of Greek zucchini fritters with some sauce to side of plate

    Greek zucchini fritters (kolokithokeftedes)

    bowl of Lao green papaya salad

    Lao green papaya salad

    bowl of vegetable dumplings (jiaozi) topped with chili oil

    Vegetable dumplings (jiaozi)

    plate of spinach fatayer with one bitten into on top

    Spinach fatayer

    plate of asparagus salad with lemon vinaigrette from overhead

    Asparagus salad with lemon vinaigrette

    bowl of Mexican lime soup with spoon to side of bowl and slices of lime and tortilla strips on other

    Sopa de lima (Mexican lime soup)

    plate of dolmeh barge mo Persian stuffed grape leaves

    Dolmeh barge mo - Persian stuffed grape leaves

    bowl of Harira Moroccan lentil and chickpea soup

    Harira (Moroccan lentil and chickpea soup)

    plate of Chinese scallion pancakes with dipping sauce

    Chinese scallion pancakes (cong you bing)

    plate of Sicilian fennel orange salad

    Sicilian fennel orange salad

    plate of beet cured salmon gravlax from overhead

    Beet cured salmon

    bowl of spinach pomegranate salad with some pomegranate to side and behind

    Spinach pomegranate salad

    bowl of wild mushroom soup with another bowl and mushrooms part in view behind

    Wild mushroom soup

    plate of paneer tikka with cilantro mint chutney in side

    Paneer tikka

    plate of Vietnamese fried spring rolls with lime and lettuce leaves behind

    Vietnamese fried spring rolls (chả giò)

    plate of prosciutto wrapped figs on arugula

    Prosciutto wrapped figs

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