Our best Christmas starter recipes make elegant appetisers to add to your holiday menus that we guarantee will whet the appetites of your guests. We have everything from classic Christmas starters for my family, such as retro Russian devilled eggs and blini with smoked salmon, dill and sour cream to non-traditional Christmas appetisers that are … Read more
Our best New Years Eve recipes will make you everything from homemade dips, crisps and crackers to delicious finger food, elegant takes on old-fashioned hors d’oeuvres, tasty snacks, and more solid dishes to soak up the liquor. This compilation of New Years Eve party food ideas features some new recipes, along with some old favourites. … Read more
My blini with smoked salmon and caviar recipe makes a DIY blini spread for a weekend brunch or feast of zakuski or Russian starters. Use my buckwheat pancakes recipe to make your own blini or pancakes – or use store-bought pikelets or mini pancakes for spontaneous gatherings, as I have for this, and you’ll have … Read more
These mezze recipes make delicious Middle Eastern appetisers served as a spread of snacks, starters and salads before heartier mains, rice or grains, and vegetable sides. Traditionally plated as individual dishes for sharing-style sit-down meals around a table, these days mezze platters and mezze boards are popular for picnics, casual gatherings, barbecues, and parties. This … Read more
Our Basque pintxos recipes make Basque snacks called ‘pintxos’ in Basque or ‘pinchos’ in Spanish. Pronounced ‘peen-chos’ and offered in bars in Spain’s Basque Country, most famously in the city of San Sebastian, pintxos are often likened to Spanish tapas but are more like Italian crostini. Easy to make, these Basque snacks are perfect for … Read more