Food & Wine USA - (06)June 2020

expedite

drinks

+ apps

Ask any chef, and they’ll tell you the

secret to happy guests is to get them

drinks and starters quickly. Since you’ll

be too busy at the grill to play bartender,

set up a DIY drinks station so guests can

serve themselves. Prepare two appetizers

to keep appetites at bay: a make-ahead

Chile-Coconut Watermelon Crudo inspired

by chef Deb Paquette of Etch in Nashville

and three easy, flavor-packed pintxos that

can be assembled ahead of time and

grilled à la minute.

chile-

coconut

watermelon

crudo

p. 7 9

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