Gourmet Game Night: Bite-Sized, Mess-Free Eating for Board-Game Parties, Bridge Clubs, Poker Nights, Book Groups, and More by Cynthia Nims

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  • Caesar dip with big croutons and romaine

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; American
    • Ingredients: artisan bread; romaine lettuce; Parmesan cheese; mayonnaise; lemons; anchovies
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  • Edamame purée in cherry tomatoes

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: edamame beans; cilantro; sesame oil; soy sauce; cherry tomatoes; sesame seeds
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  • Crostini with wild mushroom tapenade

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: wild mushrooms; dried wild mushrooms; capers; parsley; baguette bread
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  • Oven-baked potato chips with onion dip

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: potatoes; thyme; beef broth; mayonnaise; sour cream; Tabasco sauce
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  • Radishes with a trio of dips

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: radishes; mayonnaise; anchovies; parsley; chives; tarragon vinegar; tarragon; blue cheese; sour cream; green onions; milk; red bell peppers; tomatoes; slivered almonds
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  • Homemade pretzel sticks with three mustards

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; active dry yeast; Dijon mustard; herbs of your choice; smoked paprika; ground cayenne pepper; roasted garlic
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  • Crostini with chicken liver mousse and kumquats

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: chicken livers; shallots; brandy; kumquats; baguette bread
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  • Green pea and mint spread with crispy pancetta

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: peas; mint; pancetta; pocketless pita bread
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  • Individual cheese fondues with apples and ham

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Appetizers / starters; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: dry white wine; Swiss cheese; Fontina cheese; Parmesan cheese; apples; Black Forest ham; baguette bread
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  • Brown butter pound cake with caramel dip

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Sauces for desserts; Dessert; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: butter; store-cupboard ingredients; whipping cream
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  • Personal chocolate-Port fondues

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    • Categories: Sauces for desserts; Dessert; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: whipping cream; tawny Port wine; strawberries; bananas; pineapple; pound cake; dark chocolate
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  • Pickled grape and blue cheese skewers

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: coriander seeds; mustard seeds; allspice berries; whole cloves; bay leaves; red grapes; blue cheese
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  • Grilled garlicky mushrooms

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Grills & BBQ; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Dairy-free; Egg-free
    • Ingredients: dry white wine; thyme; mushrooms; garlic
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  • Wasabi pea-crusted tuna

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Asian
    • Ingredients: albacore tuna; wasabi powder; sesame oil; wasabi peas
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  • Pork saltimbocca

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Italian
    • Ingredients: pork tenderloin; sage; Fontina cheese; prosciutto
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  • Herb-marinated shrimp

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: herbs of your choice; shrimp; pickled cocktail onions
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  • Swordfish and fennel skewers

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: fennel; fennel seeds; swordfish steaks
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  • Spicy meatballs with yogurt-cucumber dip

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: cucumbers; yogurt; ground beef; ground pork; Sriracha sauce; dried thyme
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  • Lamb and olive kebabs

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: lemons; green olives; ground cumin; ground coriander; ground ginger; turmeric; sweet Hungarian paprika; lamb sirloin
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  • Peppered steak with balsamic red onions

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: red onions; balsamic vinegar; beef sirloin steaks; sweet Hungarian paprika
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  • Beef yakitori

    Beef yakitori

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Japanese
    • Ingredients: mirin; low sodium soy sauce; fresh ginger; beef sirloin steaks; green onions; sesame seeds
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  • Mole flank steak with pickled peppers

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Mexican
    • Ingredients: natural unsweetened cocoa powder; ancho chile powder; sesame seeds; chipotle chile powder; beef flank steaks; pickled peppers
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  • Aged cheddar with dried cherry-almond chutney

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: dried sour cherries; honey; slivered almonds; baguette bread; aged cheddar cheese
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  • Artichoke stuffed mushrooms

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: button mushrooms; tomatoes; artichoke hearts in water; bread crumbs; Parmesan cheese; Fontina cheese
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  • Mini tostadas with cumin black beans

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Mexican; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: ground cumin; tomatoes; canned black beans; avocados; cilantro; limes; tortilla chips; sour cream; sharp cheddar cheese
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  • Aged cheddar with dried cherry-almond chutney

    • lhudson on September 24, 2015

      Really liked the chutney. I did toast the bread and warm up the cheese. Also, would go with less then more of the red onion.

  • Banana bread with hazelnut-cream cheese filling

    • lhudson on October 05, 2015

      The family really enjoyed this recipe, even the 2 year old grandson. I used finely chopped hazelnuts for both the batter and filling for a smoother texture in the bread.

  • Empanadas with chicken and walnut

    • mjes on September 26, 2021

      The chicken filling with its chopped vegetables, chicken breast, walnuts, and a healthy dose of paprika is an inspired filling. It is flavorful without using ingredients that many eaters avoid. Yes, there is the nut allergy consideration but that is easy to identify. These were the most popular item on the board.

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  • ISBN 10 1299163726
  • ISBN 13 9781299163720
  • Published May 18 2011
  • Format eBook
  • Page Count 160
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Ten Speed Press
  • Imprint Ten Speed Press

Publishers Text

Have you ever accompanied an evening of game-playing with a bowl of salty chips or slabs of pizza? If so, you know that greasy fingers can be a distraction, with players interrupting the game to grab napkins or even lick their fingers—immediately before grabbing the communal spinner. Gourmet Game Night has the solution: instead of relying on conventional convenience snacks and standbys, you’ve got imaginative, homemade options; instead of greasy hands and game pieces, you’ve got mess-free, bite-sized snacks.

Cookbook writer, magazine contributor, and culinary blogger Cynthia Nims offers inventive alternatives that make hands-clean dining easy, including:

  • Edible wrappers around savory centers (Shrimp Cakes in Shiso Leaves)
  • Bite-sized versions of unwieldy classics for easy grabbing between moves (Caesar Dip with Big Croutons and Romaine)
  • Edible bases to support tender ingredients (Tuna Tartare on Daikon Slices)
  • Innovative mini containers such as shot glasses for liquid fare (Chilled Avocado Soup with Roasted Poblano Cream)
  • Neat sweet treats paired with gooey dippers (Brown Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Dip)
  • And of course, party-friendly drinks poured by the pitcherful (Pomegranate-Mint Fizz)

Cynthia Nims’s creative and contemporary recipes will liven up any event where free hands are of the essence, whether you’re gathering friends for a poker night, rolling those dice for a board-game party, spicing up your bridge club, planning a family Scrabble tournament, or impressing your book club or knitting group! Indeed, Gourmet Game Night proves that you don’t need a fancy night on the town to have fun; instead, gather your friends for satisfying small bites—and hopefully a winning streak—at home.

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