A gorgeous, full-color guide filled with more than 150 color photos, 75 stress-free recipes, and creative entertaining ideas from a celebrated Austin-based blogger, event stylist, and lifestyle expert, offering inspired ideas and step-by-step instructions to help readers plan unforgettable gatherings and live stylishly every day. Infused with the youthful spirit of popular lifestyle blogger and event stylist Camille Styles, this lush how-to for entertaining features fresh, inspirational party i...
New York City Ballet's dynamic duo present a collection of stories and recipes that remind us that the real gift if a meal is the warm sense of home it creates.
Over 700 step-by-step photographs show you how to make stunning folds to a professional level. This title shows you how to fold napkins to a professional catering and hotel standard. All the skills and techniques are simple to learn with this inspirational and comprehensive visual handbook. It includes classic folds such as the Butterfly, Fanned Pleats and a Pin Wheel, as well as napkins for special events including Christmas Star and Easter Bunny. It includes folds to suit every occasion, from...
The supper club is a collection of easy-to-follow recipes for every occasion. The author, Phillippa Cheifitz, and a group of her friends get together for a supper once a month. The venue, host and menu change on a monthly basis and the menu is matched to the season or particular occasion. This is the inspiration for the book: Preparing a well-cooked and delicious meal for friends to gather around the table and reconnect. With 16 chapters and 90 recipes, there is truly something for everyone. The...
Create a memorable and delicious serving board for any season or occasion with Dips, Spreads, Nosh. Featuring board building advice from charcuterie experts like Murray’s Cheese, Publican Market, The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, Vermont Creamery, and many more, hosting has never been this easy. With full board recipes, easy-to-follow instructions, and full-color photography, as well as over 100 serving board recipes for any occasion, you’ll never have a boring spread! Inside this cookbook, y...
Top 100 Step-By-Step Napkin Folds: More Than 1000 Photographs
by Denise Vivaldo
Knowing how to execute a perfect napkin fold is not a skill everyone has, but it's one you can easily and quickly teach yourself. Napkin folds bring a touch of elegance, whimsy or retro style to your table. And napkin folds take your table setting to the next level with no added expense - you're just learning dozens of clever new ways to present something you already have. The 100 folds are divided into easy, intermediate and advanced sections, so you'll know which ones to start with and how to...
Today's entertaining at home should be relaxed and informal and not keep the host in the kitchen away from the company of friends. Top Sydney cook Ross Dobson's mantra is to keep it simple, as this collection of fuss-free recipes shows. A chapter on Grazing offers ideas for fingerfoods and drinks. Try Roast Pumpkin, Feta and Olive Empanadas; or Smoked Trout, Celeriac and Apple Salad on Rye Toasts. With the frugal cook in mind, Cheap and Cheerful has great recipes for dishes that will keep guests...
Parties should be about enjoying good food, wine and company; not spent slaving away in the kitchen missing out on all the fun. Easy Party Food helps take the stress out of entertaining. Packed with over 100 easy-to-prepare recipes for ideal party bites, it provides a wealth of inspiration for hosting the perfect gathering, whatever the occasion. To start, Light Bites and Dips will whet your guests' taste buds: prepare Polenta Chips to dip in a tangy Green Tabasco Mayonnaise. Simple to assemble,...
With coverage of the management of a catering business and 201 expert recipes from The Culinary Institute of America, the new edition of this well-established book is an ideal basic text for students of catering.
Invaluable information on planning a menu and organizing party drinks down to the last detail.
A hip, elegant, and completely irresistible guide to throwing (or attending) that most American of institutions--the cocktail party. With informative lists and sidebars, quotations from celebrated wits, and more than 135 whimsical yet instructive illustrations, The Art of the Cocktail Party will turn any host or hostess into the talk of the town. Illustrated.
Decorating the Christmas table is made easy for crafters of all levels in this inspiring and practical book. Polly Pinder shows how to make fabulous decorations using beads and wire, sand, candles, thread and paper. Use the easy to follow instructions and clear, step-by-step photographs to make gorgeous candle shades, napkin rings, centrepieces, little gift boxes and bags and more. Have a magical Christmas meal surrounded by your own creations!
One of the latest titles in the DK Living range this book describes how to delight your guests over breakfast brunch or lunch. With recipes that impress but are simple to achieve cook's preparation notes and fool-proof advice on catering for any number of guests DK Living Entertaining will inspire and give you the confidence to throw parties for friends that will be remembered for years to come.Representing outstanding value for money this stylish and contemporary series has been speciall...
Great Feasts without Fuss
by Frances Monson McCullough and Barbara Witt
Containing over 100 ideas for dressing the dining table, this book aims to help you set the scene for your dinner parties or special occasions. The fold of the napkins, the choice of serving dishes, flowers, candles and candlesticks and the presentation of the food all make a difference to the overall look of the table and to the party ambience. Starting with an introduction to the history of setting a table and table etiquette, each different element of the table setting is looked at in turn, f...
