I really take delight in food that is served in small portions.  Any cuisine that involves dining at a table full of small plates makes me happy. Whether it be Greece’s fresh mezze, Italy’s tasty antipasti, or Korea’s collection of delightful banchan (side dishes), I adore them so much that I make up entire meals composed of these little wonders.

Enter tapas. Some will say they’re less popular now than they were just a few years ago, but I continue to see menus featuring tapas appetizers or offering a large selection of small plates that you combine to form a meal, tapas-style. In North America, they are not as frequently served in Spanish restaurants as they are in fashionable hang-outs like lounges and cafés. Perhaps in as effort to make them as exciting as the sparkling and colorful martinis often offered on the same menus, tapas have been dressed and fancied

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