People say that New York real estate is measured in square inches instead of square feet.  Apartments that are huge in New York, are tiny by the standards of any other city (except, perhaps, Tokyo).  That being the case, when it came time to break in my new NYC apartment with a small housewarming party, the menu was practically screaming for mini-food.  But what kind of mini-food should I serve?

In the depths of summer, even us urbanites are dying for traditional cookout/BBQ fare.  But what is a girl to do without a backyard?  Without a patio?  Without a charcoal/gas grill?  Bring the cookout inside!  Clearly.  Thus, the menu for my party was born.  Traditional summer cookout food brought indoors for the city dwellers among us.  With the help of a good grill pan, you can bring the taste of traditional cookout food directly into your tiny, backyard-less apartment.  Hooray!

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