Small Bites

I think my favorite food group is finger food. Okay, it's not a food group per se, but find me at any formal food event - from family weddings to worthy cause fundraising dinners, I'm the one hogging all the appetizers. In fact, I'd prefer to never actually eat a main course if I could munch all night on those tasty, bite sized treats. Truth-be-told, our wedding reception "meal" was nothing but savory finger foods, followed by sweet finger foods for "dessert" and it was great.

That said, how could I pass up a book like Small Bites, which had me right from the cover? The photos will have you drooling and the dishes from tiny bowls of soup to mini peach and raspberry crisps and every finger-licking thing in between....well here's where I started....

Stuffed Sicilian Artichoke Bottoms

Chickpea & Pomegranate Dip

My biggest quandry is what to do next...I think I need to make a party, just to try out some of the ones I have bookmarked... saffron coconut soup with shrimp dumplings, sticky chicken wings or five spice hoisin ribs (I'm a sucker for both and these look delish!), crab & Gruyere nachos, crispy chorizo quesadillas....you get the idea.

Another plus....the dishes are all really easy to prepare and for someone like me who loves to eat "small bites", but usually hates to spend all the time it takes to make them - that is trully a plus!

So what's your favorite finger food?