Quick & Easy Holiday Party Appetizers

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Marie Guaragna-Beirne
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Marie has been a cooking instructor for over five years at the Arlington Adult Education center and also teaches private cooking instruction. Marie is the president of MGB Special Events located in Arlington, Virginia.  MGB is a private-client based company specializing in all authentic homemade cuisine. Marie is also a professional bartender and enjoys working at parties in Virginia, DC and Maryland. Marie enjoys catering many diverse events anywhere from small intimate dinners up to parties with 100 guests. Cooking for most of her adult life and was extremely lucky to have had the best cooking coach in the world; her Mom. Marie is of Sicilian decent where there is no finer fare!

Quick & Easy Holiday Party Appetizers

In this video, Marie creates delicious appetizers for your holiday party. Watch how easy it is to create artichoke dip, raspberry brie, baked dill, boursin bruschetta and champagne punch!

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Hi, happy holiday. My name is Marie Guaragna-Beirne with MGB special events in Arlington, Virginia. Today, I am showing you how to make some quick and easy delicious holiday appetizers for your next holiday party.

We are going do some Artichoke dip with some wonderful Pecorino Romano cheese. It is delicious and we have a beautiful baked Dill Delight with some fresh dill. It's absolutely a crowd pleaser. We are going to do a fabulous warm Raspberry Brie with some toasted pine nuts and fresh raspberries. Then we are going to finish it off with some incredible Boursin Bruschetta. It's very unique, very different. It has some sun dried tomatoes Boursin cheese and toasted pine nuts. Then, we are going to tie to it altogether with some fabulous champagne punch with some brandy and some wonderful Triple Sec.

So, let me tell you just a little bit about myself before we get started. MGB special events is the private client based catering business in Arlington, Virginia. We pride on all homemade items. We also do professional bar tending, consider ourselves mixologists so that we can have some wonderful drinks to get with our party.

So, let s get started on all of these delicious dishes for your next holiday party.

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