Although small, finger foods make a great impression at parties where you want to showcase wine or cocktails. The convenience of the recipes below is that they can all be made ahead, modified to suit your taste (or the contents of your refrigerator), and the recipes can be doubled without hurting the prep time too much. Personally, I like appetizers because of their informal nature and easy clean up too.

Manchurian Chicken

With over 1 billion people in India, it’s not surprising how abundant and varying Indian cuisine is. After my visit there this summer it’s apparent that every district of India has invented their own type of samosa, their own chicken tikka masala, all with varying degrees of spice.

Manchurian Chicken
By Sayani Das Chaudhuri
I am a carbohydrivore. I will never give up my carbohydrates, whether it’s in the form of rice, noodles, and of course, breads of ANY kind. Baking is a wonderful respite from teary eyes from chopping too many onions, and cutting your fingers while chopping said onions. I’m very new to baking, about a month or two in, but I’ve compiled a list of favorite recipes that are perfect to bring to a potluck dinner, or even to munch on late at night. Late night snacking …