Customer Rating: 
Summary: Excellent
Comment: These early books and magazines are the best! Have used lots of these hors d' oeuvres. Presentation
fabulous too. A favorite of mine.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: I did my best but the guests hated the Hors D'Oeuvres
Comment: The guests hated the finger food and I would think there are better books on the subject. I am terrified to visit the golf & tennis club after the dinner debacle. Maybe Martha's finger food was well received in Nutley, NJ but in Short Hills it was another story.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wellll--
Comment: This is great if you have all the time and money to spend on Hors D'Oeuvres--I would not buy it again, but it was fun to look at.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Solid First Course Helper of a Cookbook
Comment: I've enjoyed this one so much {'ve moved on to her new Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook. However, this one has much in it, so to get this one as well and use it.Some of my all=time favorites are here: Apples with chicken liver pate, Orange muffins with Smoked Turkey, and Roquefort Grapes.
I find this a useful book in its structure by function: Tea Party, Christmas Cocktails, Outdoor Barbe, etc. Bonus as in all her cookbooks, fantastic clear photos and marvelous creative ways to serve an eye=catching, tastebud wowing first course!
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Summary: Tastes as good as it reads!
Comment: This is a fabulous book. I received it as a Christmas gift when it was first published. I read and re-read the recipes, and was frankly overwhelmed. Not by the recipes, but the pictures. So, I fantasized about making the foods. I didn't venture to attempt the recipes for several months. I attended a reception at the Schomburg Center in NYC, and as I ate the great foods, I had a sense of dejavu. I thought, "Oh my goodness, these are the Martha recipes." I quickly asked a member of the wait staff for more info on the horsdouvres, and sure enough, they came from this book. After that, I went to the kitchen, and began cooking.
These are some of the most reliable recipes you will ever have. The instructions are perfect, and you too can create these marvelous dishes. To quote you know who, "It's a good thing."
P.S. I loaned my book out, and never got it back. I am ordering a new one from Amazon.com.
