Step-by-Step Filo tartlets (I always thought it was Phyllo?) pgs. 166-167. Photo credit: Kathryn Walsh
This book is not kidding when it comes to their step-by-step claims. Lots of pictures showing how to put pretty little hors d’oeuvres together and how to build the bases for them, as with the phyllo cups pictured.
The authors seem very realistic about what’s practical and actually doable for normal non-chef humans. They offer lots of tips for party planning and scheduling, and have convenient little notes for the quickest and easiest recipes, but they’ve also got a number of big fancy recipes for when you want to impress someone (or just show off your skills).
This is exactly the kind of nibbly food I could imagine serving when I’m grown-up enough and rich enough to have cocktail parties.
Still kind of on-topic: my mama refers to hors d’oeuvres as “whore’s drawers”, which always makes me giggle.
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