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Yes, for several years now I have been fascinated by party-finger-small plate-street foods and have been collecting the various names under which such recipes are hidden. Can you add to my list? (updated)

• amuse-bouche


• anju (Korean)


• antipasto


• antojitos


• apertif


• appetizers


• bocaditos


• botanas (Mexico)


• bruschetta


• canape


• chaat


• charcuterie/cheese boards (grazing boards)


• cicchetti (Venice)


• cocktails


• crudités


• dim sum


• elevenses/second breakfast


• fair food


• fika


• finger food


• hors d'oevre


• izakaya (Japan)


• meze


• petiscos (Brazil)


• pica-pica (pulutan) (Phillippines)


• picada (Argentina/Uruguay)


• piccolini


• pinchos


• pintxos (Basque)


• pulutan


• pupu (Hawaii)


• rijsstafel (Dutch)


• scapas


• sliders


• smörgåsbord


• smørrebrød


• smushi


• stuzzichini


• sushi


• tapas


• tea


• tire-gostos (Brazil)


• vol-au-vent


• zakuski (Russian)

I'm sure I'm missing many because of the limited geography covered by my list. Please have some fun adding to the list ...

charcuterie, graze or grazing boards or platters - many cookbooks in these categories

cocktails or ‘Happy Hour’

English Tea Time / Afternoon Tea

Elevenses and Second Breakfast both have unique dishes in some countries

sliders (stretching the definition a bit, but certainly fits small plate)

Originally Posted by: Laura

Rijsttafel is a Dutch dish, not Danish.

Absolutely - somehow I thought Dutch and typed Danish.

Oh! And if you are looking for recipes as well as synonyms, a lot of the street food around the world qualify as "small plates", as does most county / country fair food. Lots of cookbooks with those cusines in them.

Fair food... Northern California Renaissance Fair lemon ice... 🤤

Izakaya - small plates meant for sharing with drinks but you can order non-alcoholic drinks too.  Can taste wide array of foods whether sitting at counters, standing, or sitting at tables.  My favorite style of eating in Japan.  

Fyretigger - I can't believe I'd never thought of fair food ... that should lead to some interesting options.

Rinshin - oops for not having izakaya on the list ... I had though of Irish pub grub but decided it was probably a bit heavy for the list although I've never actually eaten in an Irish pub to test it out. ...

Another big ones for for eating without utensils in Japan is yakitori and kushikatsu.  

As an old person living on my own I can strongly recommend Signe Johansen's  Solo - The Joy of Cooking for One (Bluebird  2018 IBSN: 978-1-5098-6059-3) as a source of delicious recipies that I have enjoyed. They are not all single portion; cook two freeze one etc. is certainly suggested where this makes more sensible use of the ingredients - but it has many good ideas.

Wanton38, I took the liberty of adding a link to the indexed book on EYB to your post.

Thanks Deborah. I might have done this if I knew how!

Wanton38 (and any other members who don't know how to insert links) - when in the text box for your post, highlight the text you want to contain the link (in this case the book title). Then in the toolbar at the top the link icon will appear - click that and copy and paste in the link. If the link is off the EYB site, change the Target field to "Open in new window".

Thanks Jane. I've put this information to use on the Scottish cookbooks thread.