Gourmet Game Night: Bite-Sized, Mess-Free Eating for Board-Game Parties, Bridge Clubs, Poker Nights, Book Groups, and More

A nice variety of recipes that are not going to tire out the cook. The vendor who supplies the book also went above and beyond to fill my order in a timely fashion while having to deal with the results of hurricane Ian.

This book has some incredibly tasty recipes. If you're looking for easy 10 minute recipes, try your local grocery store deli or restaurant take out. This food is really good, and good food sometimes takes more than 10 minutes. Many recipes only take a few minutes preparation, and a while to cook in the oven while you can do other things.Cynthia shows you how to make good food, bite sized or hand held so it isn't very messy. Although the premise for this book is food for game night, knitting group, book club, etc., these recipes are wonderful appetizers. I'm always at a loss when I'm asked to bring an appetizer, there are so many wonderful ideas in this book.Many of the recipes could easily be adapted to normal size food instead of bite size. After tasting some of these recipes, this book is definitely a keeper for people who love good food. You can make one dish, or, spend more time and make many dishes. They taste great, and the ideas are very creative AND practical. I'm buying copies for the "foodies" on my holiday shopping list, along with a board game!

I really admire both Nims's food and her warm, personal writings about making time in her life for games with friends and family. But honestly, with dishes like this coming out of the kitchen, who wouldn't want to take their chances on a night of Scrabble, Yahtzee or billiards in the basement? This book delivers not only good recipes, but the evocative feeling of game nights that I remember from my childhood, and wish I made time for more often.

I bought this book as a wedding gift for my friend in Canada. I never actually saw it, but she was happy with it.

my daughter will love this!

This is a great cookbook for game night. The recipes were delicious and easy to make(I thought). Excellent gift idea too! Great serving ideas also.

Nice cookbook!

My favorite recipes in this book are the skewers. We have friends over for board games quite often and this is always the first book I pull out when looking for something interesting and delicious for between-turn munchies. The skewers are mess-free, delicious, and easily adjusted to fit all tastes (I've bumped the spiciness up or down, and subbed tofu or veggies for the meat, all with great results). I also simplify and substitute less exotic elements for my more casual crowd, but this book provides some great inspiration. My only wish was that it was spiral bound for easier counter-top viewing. My copy is stained and warped as I tend to lay just about anything across it to keep it open as I cook. I do recommend this book to anyone who regularly entertains.

I'm afraid I can't recommend this book. The recipes are nice enough if you can get to cook them, which is not easy as they are not very well described. The step-by-step descriptions are rather confusing very often and they need a lot more structure. Also most of the recipes don't have photographs, so one is cooking blind without any idea if what we end up with is what it's intended.Lastly most of the recipes are finger food. Playing games and eating food with your fingers will only lead to messy and grubby games.Alas, not my cup of tea!