"Cindy Pawlcyn is all about big fun and big flavors."-San Jose Mercury News
"Cindy Pawlcyn's rollicking Big Small Plates has a cornucopia of brightly flavored small dishes." -Boston Globe
"As a basic guide to the wonderful fare served at Mustards and Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen, Big Small Plates has more than enough to go around." -Wine News
"The kind of cookbook I just can't resist." -Oakland Tribune
"[A]n ample selection of some of the more delicious tidbits you'll ever taste." -Sacramento Bee
"Pawlcyn's new book focuses on small plates-tapas-in a grand way." -Baltimore Sun
"Buy this book because the recipes are flavorful, diverse, and conducive to infinite applications." -ChefTalk.com
"The Napa Valley super chef and entrepreneur's praiseworthy-and successful-attempt to bring the small-plates trend into the home kitchen."-San Francisco Chronicle"Anyone looking for first courses or cocktail party food recipes will find no lack of inspiration here."-Booklist"An enormously appealing book full of heart, and food that's refreshingly real and often adventurous."-Portland Oregonian