500 Appetizers: The Only Appetizer Compendium You'll Ever Need (500 Cooking (Sellers)) (500 Series Cookbooks) Hardcover – February 9, 2007

The 500 appetizers provides 125 recipes for a variety of appetizers, salads and tapas from everyday to exotic variations. Each of the 125 recipes has four minor variations that tweak the item into a different version by adding a new flavor profile. Like all of the books in the series this provides excellent recipes that are customizable so if you are familiar with flavors it Is easy to create your own variation. This book provides everything from quick bite appetizers to more substantial appetizers for tapas dinners. It has a wide variety including a big Asian section and covers some unique ideas. It also has a thorough dip section for those looking to explore that field. Overall a great job and for those who frequently host parties they will find this book very helpful.

In our family, we enjoy an annual extended family "appetizer" cook-off...a sort of (usually) friendly competition, with a declared winner. It includes people of all ages and taste preferences. This year, I will be the hands down winner. My only problem, can I find the discipline to narrow down to one or two of these fun, imaginative appetizers? Amazon reader reviews led me to this book, one of a series. I hope to collect them all.

This book had a lot of things I'd like to try, and will try. Not many off the wall recipes that only a chef would attempt. It was easy to see how I could alter some of the ingredients to fit my tastes and lifestyles--and the alternate recipes given were great as well. Very good appetizer cook book.

If I had paid full price for this, I would be very upset. This is not a book of 500 recipes, more like 100 with variations that any moron could figure out. The recipient aren't very original or creative. I would not reccomend this to anyone.

I was hired to make hors d'oeuvres for a Rotary group that meets every Monday night and I purchased 3 recipe books from Amazon for ideas. I've tried out several of the recipes from this book, so far, and I am really pleased with this book. The "Cannellini Bean and Pesto Dip" is outstanding.

I collect appetizer coookbooks because of all the small neighborhood parties I attend. What a disappointment this book turned out to be! It's very attractive, but don't judge this book by its cover. The recipes are fussy, with an obvious semi-formal British tone. The last recipe in every chapter is not illustrated. Variations for each recipe in the chapter are given at the end of that chapter, making it necessary to flip back-and-forth. Try something else & don't give this as a gift. I'm giving my copy to the public library.

I love these 500 *** cookbooks. Whatever the subject, I always find some fun and unusual things to try making. The appetizer book was no different. My husband and I used a number of the recipes when planning a wine and cheese party. They were a big hit!

I was disappointed in the content and as a result would not purchase any other of their books in the cooking series they put out.