before a dinner, usually as a small appetizer
A tidbit tray is for finger food: canapes, crudite, cold spiced shrimp or pigs in a blanket!
Canapes are usually served whilst you wait for he main menu to be served, but on a more casual note we call them nibbles Elle
canapes and hor's d hoerves A very casual reference would be finger food.
"Canapes" is pronounced as "can-uh-pays" with the emphasis on the second syllable.
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Food canapes are small hors o'deurvres that are offered as a snack. They are small bites that are typically offered during tea time.
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Barefoot Contessa - 2002 Canapes and Canvases 4-5 was released on: USA: 29 January 2005
Could feasibly be either, but would very probably be cold.
If it is a stand-up function, hot canapes, cold canapes... You know - bite sized things If it is a sit-down function: * formal - probably a two to three coarse menu * informal - maybe a roast dinner, or a BBQ or something
Came across a ebook called cold canapes by Andrea Chapman, I really enjoyed the book and all recipes are cold. Highly recommend it and it only costs 99 cents, I bought it off amazon but if you google the title and author, there is other places you can buy it.