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
It consists of oysters, a canape, a fruit cocktail, grapefruit or something else of the same kind.
From Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 by Lillian Eichler Watson
Scott: I had to prove I could hand someone a canapé.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Coronation music, including Hubert Parry's anthem I Was Glad will be followed by a champagne and canapé reception in the town's Priory Centre.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
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
The canapé, though it bears a foreign name, is not necessarily an expensive addition to the menu for the family, nor is it elaborate.
From Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions by Mary A. Wilson
“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
But if she’s having friends over for cocktails and canapés, she wants something else.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
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
Later that afternoon, Barack and I floated around at the palace reception, eating canapés with the other G20 leaders and their spouses.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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