These are the Best Shareable Appetizers For a Crowd

Back in the dark ages of fine dining—say, the early 2000s—people read a restaurant menu thinking mostly about themselves. A party of four meant four people each ordering an entrée, maybe a dessert, and a few apps for the table.

But when the small plates craze took hold in the mid-2000s, menus and the way diners ordered from them both changed...