canape
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No one likes the guy who has rattled through his achievements by the first canape, but, equally, no one remembers the person offering nothing.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2016
English celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was pushing a pea-guac-topped canape nearly 10 years ago.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2015
Thirty minutes before the first canape is delivered, though, she asks for no company in the kitchen: “I’m in concentrated mode,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2015
After the air display, around 650 people will attend a lunchtime canape reception at the palace.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 28, 2011
She and Peter were in the pantry, deep in the manufacture of a certain sort of canape.
From Sisters by Kathleen Thompson Norris
On a recent evening, customers trickled into the dining room, where they were offered a canapé — a small, savory pastry — baked with aged parmesan to whet their appetites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
This canapé base is a collard blini, layered with a light and airy chevre black-eyed pea mousse and topped with a brunoise of roasted beet, lemon zest and green apple Pop Rocks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2020
You are what you eat,” she said, after nibbling on a caviar canapé.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
So an “efficient, affordable and zero-waste” canapé was made from cucumber, tomato, mould microprotein, dried anchovy and indian salad hydroponically grown in Clapham.
From The Guardian ● May 15, 2019
Then she left us again, and Alathea sat stiffly down upon an uncompromising little Louis XV canapé out of my reach.
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
“Well, once I saw her, I knew we weren’t here just to eat canapés and see Corvettes. We had to help her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Guests snacked on canapés and hors d’oeuvres before proceeding upstairs for the main course.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
He grabbed a glass of wine and a few canapés.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Vogler suggests that the pandemic might see an increase in finger food: canapés, cheese straws, stuffed potatoes, things that can be enjoyed without sharing crockery.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2022
Lyra moved among them offering canapés or smiling sweetly and making pretty answers when they spoke to her.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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