Tiny Food Party!: Bite-Size Recipes for Miniature Meals

I follow the author's blog and saw they had a miniature food book and I just had to get it. I love miniature things and this book has nothing but! All the recipes would make great party appetizers or as the authors suggest, an entire party devoted to miniature food. I have a mild obsession with both cooking and things in miniature and this is now one of my favorite cookbooks.The author is of Korean descent (I think) and so there are various Asian dishes as well as food from other countries. Overall very diverse, interesting, and fun!

I keep swearing I will NOT buy any more cook/recipe books - I hate clutter. I gave away most of my books and most of my recipe books because they are just all kind of the same. It seems most of the recipes I find and use lately are from online recipe websites. HOWEVER, I have broken my promise on a few books and this was one recent promise breakers and I'm SO GLAD I DID. I've made the candied bacon churros for a party and they were a RAVE - that is a recipe you are NOT going to find on an online recipe site (easily, anyway.). Almost every recipe has a fabulous drool worthy picture. They give great tips (an America style lager like PBR keeps onion ring batter light and mild in flavor)on most recipes. There are little party planner menu ideas to keep it simple - the only problem is I want to make EVERYTHING. From Chicken n waffles to comfort food like meatloaf and deep dish pizza to quirky food like sweet corn ice cream tacos. Oh, and there are even mini cocktail recipes in the back.This is a MUST have on the recipe book shelf because it's so different from everything I own (and even pared down, I own 3 shelve-fulls).Love it. LOVE IT!!!!

Some of the recipes are great and easy to make. A few require too much work at the last minute for them to be practical for a large group. Our favorite is the mini crab cakes - they are always a huge hit.

But, I just can't give it more stars only because so many of the recipes require quail eggs, and are a lot more work than I have time for. This would be really great for a young woman who enjoys entertaining but doesn't have to cook dinner every night. I just would read the recipes and think, why would I make mashed potatoes then put them into a piping bag and put them on a tiny dish of food that will be eaten in a heartbeat. I guess that is the whole point. Now i feel like a spoilsport. I love the concept of this book, but the execution just seemed too much.

My friend, Margaret Barnes (and mother of my Godchild) caters private parties in Vero Beach, FL. and she was thrilled with the cookbook as bite sized recipes are just perfect. I gave another copy to Betsy Prinz, one of my 5 member Birthday Bunch and she, too, was pleased with the cookbook. Thank-you! The book was featured in the Sunday Food section of our Milwaukee Journal Sentinal. Kelley McIntosh 6/10/2013

I love that this book has pictures, and it is divided into party themes. I borrowed this book from the library first to check it out and ended up purchasing it. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but I definitely will!

I can't wait to have a party and use some of these recipes. The recipes seem pretty easy and this book is beautifully photographed. I have always thought that snacks were too large for parties and prefer smaller bites. This is perfect.

I found this book kind of disappointing. There seemed to be a lot of filler pages with "party menus" which didn't seem super helpful. Like "Tiny Asian Food party menu" which just lists the 4 or 5 Asian recipes in the book. A more useful kind of menu would have been "make ahead" options.The book is split into 4 sections - snack, dinner, desert and cocktail. The difference between snack and dinner is hard to distinguish as all of the food is "bite size" so it's all kind of snacky. There are a few good recipes but a lot of stuff seemed over complicated or just kind of basic. Many of the recipes are deep fried or "serve immediately".If you can find a copy I'd recommend getting Martha Stewart's hors d'oeuvres handbook instead - the best "tiny food" book ever.

This was a gift for my sister in law who loves all things tiny...she absolutely loved it!

Has lots of good ideas for party food. Easy to amend to suit your palate, and lovely photos that leave you feeling inspired to do some cooking.

Not for me as I am not very good at filling my larder with ingredients I would only use once

I chose this book on the reviews but once I had a look through it, there weren't that many I fancied making. I ended up buying Victoria Blashford Shell & Eric Treuille's Canapes book. More modern with more impressive recipes.

All American recipes... Not really what I was looking for, not really canapés more proper food in small versions and quick fiddly recipes