Spring is here! And so begins the onslaught of events: Easter, Mother’s Day, graduations, bridal showers… Need we go on? And with those events comes entertaining, of course! So we scoured the vast Shelterrific archive to find our very best recipes for your springtime brunches and soirees. Here’s what made the cut:

Appetizers & canapes:
Mascarpone stuffed dates
Crab meat canapes
Parmesan walnut salad in endive leaves
A super fast shrimp appetizer
Dungeness crab and asparagus “cocktails”

Brunch (we’ve got brunch COVERED):
Leek and potato galette pictured above, from way back in 2007!
Cinnamon Rolls
Spinach and caramelized onion tart
Bacon candy
Ree Drummond’s breakfast puffs
Wild mushroom and pancetta tart
Asparagus and gruyere tart
Orange cranberry pecan bread
Caramelized onion and goat cheese tart
Chicken pear turnovers

Veggies and sides:
Cider glazed sunchokes and carrots
Asparagus, raw and roasted
Jamie Oliver’s simple vegetable soup
Perfectly puffy popovers

Desserts:
Coconut bread pudding with banana macadamia nut caramel sauce
Gammy’s carrot cupcakes (or muffins)
Grandma B’s rosemary nut roll cookies
Amped up red velvet cupcakes
Butterscotch marble blondie drops
Cherry cupcakes with best vanilla frosting

Now it’s your turn to share — what are your favorite time-tested recipes for entertaining?