This is a forgiving and crowd-pleasing appetizer that you can easily modify by using different seasonal toppings. You can prepare the polenta up to 2 days in advance, and the tapenade up to 3 days. On the day of your party, simply broil the polenta squares and top them with the tapenade.
This crunchy pretzel-coated chicken, from Manhattan’s City Bakery, is dredged in a tart-and-creamy mustard dressing that cleverly doubles as a dipping sauce.
Refrigerated pizza dough lines a baking dish and is topped with precooked chicken strips, cut-up fresh vegetables, cheese and herbed eggs for a unique quiche.
Update 1/11: Over the years of making this rice, I've updated the recipe a bit, reducing the amount of butter and fleshing out some of the recipe details (i.e. what kind of rice works best). It continues to be an
