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Appetizers recipes

Small plates, dips and things to hand round with a drink. 597 recipes, in a suggested order.

Starters for a sit-down meal sit here too, alongside snacks for a party. Plenty of them can be made ahead, and the storage note on each recipe says how far. Anything fried is the exception: cook it just before people eat.

The 597 recipes come from 63 cuisines; the largest groups are American (160), Indian (49), British (42), Italian (38) and Chinese (34). Of these, 195 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Ants on a Log (5 min), Chicken Marinade (5 min) and Chicken Salt (5 min). For 234, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 409 easy, 164 medium and 24 hard.

As written, 305 are vegetarian, 147 vegan, 224 gluten-free and 284 dairy-free. Another 42 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.