Different Types

of Appetizers
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A n h o r s d ' o e u v r e , a p p e ti z e r o r
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starter is a small dish served

before a meal in European
cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are
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served cold, others hot. Hors

d'oeuvres may be served at the
Chips used include potato dinner table as a part of the
c h i p s , t o r ti l l a c h i p s , c o r n meal, or they may be served
chips, bean chips, vegetable b e f o r e s e a ti n g , s u c h a s a t a
chips, pita chips, plantain r e c e p ti o n o r c o c k t a i l p a r t y .  
chips and others. Crackers
a r e a l s o s o m e ti m e s u s e d , a s
are crudités, which are whole
or sliced raw vegetables.
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C a v i a r i s a f o o d c o n s i s ti n g B r u s c h e tt a i s a n
of salt-cured roe of the a n ti p a s t o f r o m I t a l y
family Acipenseridae. Caviar c o n s i s ti n g o f g r i l l e d
is considered a delicacy and bread rubbed with garlic
is eaten as a garnish or a and topped with olive
s p r e a d . T r a d i ti o n a l l y , t h e o i l a n d s a l t . V a r i a ti o n s
term caviar refers only to may include toppings of
roe from wild sturgeon in tomato, vegetables,
the Caspian Sea and Black beans, cured meat, or
Sea. cheese
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A tapa is an appetizer or snack in

S p a n i s h c u i s i n e . Ta p a s m a y b e
cold or hot. In some bars and
Finger foods are small, individual restaurants in Spain and across
p o r ti o n s o f f o o d t h a t a r e e a t e n o u t the globe, tapas have evolved into
a more sophisticated cuisine.
o f h a n d . T h e y a r e o ft e n s e r v e d a t
Ta p a s c a n b e c o m b i n e d t o m a k e a
s o c i a l e v e n t s . T h e i d e a l fi n g e r f o o d full meal. In some Central
usually does not create any mess, American countries, such snacks
b u t t h i s c r i t e r i o n i s o ft e n are known as bocas. 
overlooked in order to include
foods like tacos. One origin for
fi n g e r f o o d s i s t h e F r e n c h c a n a p é .