canapé
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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 Wilson, Mary A.
The cut to Graham Coxon munching a canape takes the gloss off somewhat, but no matter, here’s Gary Oldham to join the remembrance.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 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
Emmert asked, popping another canape into his mouth.
From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam
“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
That's not to say Mr Hunt won't be tempted to offer around a little platter of canapés, a taster of what could come in the spring.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
He grabbed a glass of wine and a few canapés.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
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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