Typically "cocktail" foods can be picked up and eaten with the hands (finger foods) and are served with drinks (cocktails) prior to a meal (appetizers) or instead of the meal (cocktail buffet party). This allows people to mingle and walk around with the drink in one hand while picking up bits of food to eat with the other hand.
NO, cocktail food is not generally served after diner but if you want to you can unique! And yes it is proper!
French Food at Home - 2006 Cocktail Dinner was released on: USA: 2 December 2009
Prawn Cocktail is eaten as a starter and is also popular as a starter before a Christmas dinner. One can find recipes for prawn cocktail on the British Food website as well as BBC Good Food.
You can find recipes for cocktail sauces from the following websites: Food Network, Food, All Recipes, American Food About, Frugal Living, Martha Stewart, Taste, Cooks.
Make around 10 dishes of real food not appetiezers
No. These foods are meant to be served before a meal.
No, finger foods are usually light appetizers or cocktail party food that can be eaten with the fingers without getting them greasy.
A great use of cocktail picks during a party is for the skewering of snacks. Place the picks near any food you serve, and you will use far less napkins and plates.
Ex.: a soup, a salad, a schnitzel, an omelette, a fruit cocktail etc.
aperitif (an alcoholic beverage drunk before a meal)
a cocktail that is small and cute
A cocktail dress is 'une robe de cocktail' in French.