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Sweet Spiced Pecans

The spicing level is fairly forgiving on these pecans, which make a wonderful gift for the holidays or party snack. You can add more cayenne for heat or...

Author: Kim Severson

Yakitori (Grilled Chicken Skewers)

Yakitori is Japanese skewered and grilled chicken that can use approximately 30 different chicken parts, from momo, or chicken thigh, to nankotsu, or chicken...

Author: Melissa Clark

Spanish Pork Skewers

For casual entertaining, the tapas experience translates well to the small home kitchen. One delicious hot tapas classic easily made at home is called...

Author: David Tanis

Baked Figs and Goat Cheese

Author: David Tanis

Avocado and Crabmeat Canapes

Author: Florence Fabricant

Shrimp Crostini

Author: Florence Fabricant

Pan Fried Baby Artichokes With Gremolata

Here is an appetizer course to beat the band. Baby artichokes dipped in seasoned flour, fried and served with a gremolata of parsley, garlic, lemon zest,...

Author: David Tanis

Pea Dip With Parmesan

With dips there is always something new, because if you substitute "thick purée" for "dip," the options are limitless.

Author: Mark Bittman

Salt Crusted Fingerling Potatoes

This is a delicious appetizer that can be cooked in a few minutes, adapted from a dish served by José Andrés at The Bazaar, his restaurant in Los Angeles....

Author: David Latt

Raw Artichoke Salad

In Italy, a favorite way to serve fresh small artichokes is raw, dressed with oil and lemon. It couldn't be a simpler presentation, and it's sensational....

Author: David Tanis

Roman Style Fried Baby Artichokes

Author: Molly O'Neill

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail With Aioli

Many renditions of shrimp cocktail are dull and bland, with over-boiled shrimp and cloying cocktail sauce. Not this one. The shrimp are roasted, which...

Author: Melissa Clark

Shrimp and Cilantro Shu Mai

Author: Mark Bittman

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes With Goat Cheese Fondue

Hollowed out and stuffed with a runny mix of goat cheese and mascarpone, firm but ripe tomatoes make excellent vessels for a melting fondue.

Author: Melissa Clark

Cheese Straws

Author: Moira Hodgson

Prosciutto, Fig and Parmesan Rolls

This quick and easy appetizer is also incredibly elegant. Just wrap a ribbon of prosciutto around a wafer of Parmesan cheese nestled against a sliver of...

Author: Mark Bittman

Fried Pickled Herring

Author: Joan Nathan

Caviar Potato Chips and Lemon Cream

There couldn't be anything simpler about this festive cocktail snack, in which potato chips are topped with lemon zest-infused crème fraîche and salmon...

Author: Melissa Clark

Whelks with Parsley and Garlic Butter

Whelks are a type of sea snail, or gastropod, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean and some of its bays and sounds in North America and Europe. In Europe, especially...

Author: Florence Fabricant

Green Ceviche With Cucumber

This is a dish good enough to feed presidents, and that's what it did when the chef Rick Bayless served it at a state dinner at the White House in 2010...

Author: The New York Times

Toasted Mushroom Rolls

These can be prepared ahead and frozen for two weeks or refrigerated for two days.

Author: Marian Burros

Shrimp and Crab Campechana

Author: Pete Wells

Chicken Liver Crostini

Author: Barbara Kafka

Mussels With Mexican Vinaigrette

Author: Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey

Deep Fried Whiting

Author: Craig Claiborne

Queso Fundido With Chorizo, Jalapeño and Cilantro

Here is a magical recipe that works as well for a family dinner as for a football-watching spread: a pound of Monterey Jack melted over chorizo, jalapeño...

Author: Melissa Clark

Carrot Potato Pancakes

Author: Marian Burros

Fried Squid

While cooking squid I tried innumerable coatings. I have two conclusions to report: If you like cakey batter, make what amounts to a thick pancake batter....

Author: Mark Bittman

Red Flannel Potato Latkes

Author: Joan Nathan

Toasts With Egg and Bacon

Author: Julia Moskin

Cyril Renaud's Citrus Gravlax

Author: Mark Bittman

Mushrooms in Lettuce Wraps

Author: Elaine Louie

Spicy Latin Chicken Wings

Author: John Willoughby And Chris Schlesinger

Mini Corn Dogs

In the spirit of summer fairs all over the country, I made a lightly sweetened cornmeal batter, then dunked hot dog chunks into it and deep-fried them...

Author: Melissa Clark

Souffléed Horseradish Oysters

Author: Florence Fabricant

Fluke Crudo

Author: Joan Nathan

Zucchini Frico

It may be daunting to imagine, but this dish is really quite simple. All you do is take some good hard cheese, grate it, spread it in a nonstick pan and...

Author: Melissa Clark

Baked Kataifi Wrapped Goat Cheese

This recipe came to The Times in 2010 when the Well blog published a number of recipes from "The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook"....

Author: Gordon Maybury

Tom Valenti's Low Salt Gravlax

Author: Mark Bittman

Lot 2's Pecorino Fried Bread With Broccoli

Katherine Youngblood, the chef de cuisine at Lot 2 in Brooklyn, sautées heirloom broccoli with garlic, chile flakes, anchovy and plenty of lemon, and...

Author: Melissa Clark

Zucchini Blossoms With Burrata and Tapenade

Soft goat cheese, ricotta and buffalo mozzarella would have all worked (and can be substituted), but I went for the richest thing I could get: burrata,...

Author: Melissa Clark

Spring Roll, Master Recipe

Spring rolls go far beyond those deep-fried versions served as an appetizer at nearly every Thai restaurant in this country. They're found all across Asia,...

Author: Mark Bittman

Souffled Smoked Salmon Canapes

Author: Florence Fabricant

Crêpes Parmentier

Author: Pete Wells

Corn Cakes With Smoked Corn

Author: Moira Hodgson