I'm going to a housewarming party, and it's a new friend. I want to bring an amazing dish. Any suggestions?

Smores,finger foods,cupcakes,pasta,salmon,Congratulati... on that first house! Since guests will be walking about and inspecting your home during your housewarming party, this is an ideal situation for casual, finger foods. Serve different choices in each room.

Then, as they discover your rooms, there will be edible surprises as well. Oh,potatoe salad or tuna,ritz crackers,baked beans,cheesy tray,pig n the blanket,ham cheese, On Bread or Crackers 1 Red peppers and anchovies: Drizzle piquillos or other roasted red peppers with olive oil, and top with a good anchovy fillet. A caper or two on each is not amiss.

2 Top rye flatbread with thin slices of crisp apple and pickled plain or schmaltz herring (not herring in cream sauce). 3 Sear skirt steak to medium-rare, not more than 8 minutes. Cut into chunks 1/2-inch to 1 inch, first with the grain, then against it.

Spread bread with coarse mustard and/or butter. Top with steak and coarse salt. 4 Toss high-quality crab meat with minced shallots, a little tarragon or a lot of parsley and/or basil, and enough mayonnaise to bind.

Also good on lettuce leaves. 5 Mash together best-quality tuna, minced anchovies, minced garlic, chopped oil-cured olives and olive oil as necessary. 6 New York comfort food: Spread cream cheese or crème fraîche on small bagels or bagel chips; black bread is also terrific.

Top with sturgeon, sable or lox. 7 Slice soft goat cheese and brush with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and chopped herbs, then with bread crumbs.

Bake at 350 degrees until soft, about 10 minutes, and serve hot. 8 Might not be the new ketchup, but great stuff: purée skinned roasted peppers or piquillos with some of their liquid, salt and olive oil. Serve alone or with other foods — a piece of cheese, even.

9 Top buttered bread with shaved country ham, prosciutto or regular deli ham and bread-and-butter pickles. 10 Chop shrimp fine, then sauté in a minimum of oil, or poach quickly and drain. Mix premade pesto with mayonnaise so that it is gluey.

Combine cooled shrimp with sufficient pesto to bind; chill. 11 Tapenade: Combine about 1 pound pitted black olives in food processor with 1/4 cup drained capers, at least 5 anchovies, 2 garlic cloves, black pepper and olive oil as necessary to make a coarse paste. Can also be a dip.

Use sparingly; it’s strong. 12 A kind of Moroccan tapenade: As above, but use good green olives with capers; olive-oil-canned tuna (instead of anchovies); garlic, if desired; and cumin. 13 Chop fresh mushrooms.

Cook slowly in olive oil with salt and pepper until very soft. Stir in minced garlic and parsley. Cook a few more minutes until garlic mellows.

(Especially good if you add reconstituted dried porcini.).

Cold spinach dip with some cut up bagels, mini croissant sandwiches with chicken salad or turkey, cheese and crackers, fruit tray, veggies with hummus and dip, taco/ bean dip, cocktail meatballs, Pulled pork sliders. Things that are easy to eat, preferably without a knife and fork. You want people to be mingling and not focused on a sit down meal.

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