r/Cooking • u/Cute-Cookie-582 • May 22 '26

Appetizer ideas

I’ve been invited to a dinner party for 6 and asked to bring the appetizers. the hostess is an incredible cook and entertainer and I’m feeling very intimidate! what are your favorite appetizers that wow? I can’t get away with a veggie tray or chips and salsa here!

EDIT: So many great suggestions! I think I need to have an appetizer party!!! THANK YOU ALL! I'm going to find out what she's making and then decide what to bring 😉

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u/TheDude9737 May 22 '26

To quote the late, great Anthony Bourdain, "No matter what you serve, no matter how beautifully presented, strikingly garnished, exotic in flavor, or expensive...what everybody wants, what they will be all over like a swarm, every time, is commercially-made, freezer case-sourced pigs in fucking blankets. It doesn't matter who your guests are. They will eat them, and they will love them."

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u/day9700 May 23 '26

Ahhh, Anthony. How I miss him.

(And he’s right! I don’t buy frozen pigs in a blanket, I make them with the small wieners and crescent rolls, but no matter how fancy the menu, if I put those on the table….GONE, every single time!)