Download or read book Confessions of a Serial Entertainer written by Steven Stolman and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menus and anecdotes give away one man’s secrets for entertaining in style. Steven Stolman has a gregarious personality. He loves to entertain: cocktail parties in Palm Beach, football game-day gatherings in Wisconsin, family Passover Sedars in Connecticut, and dinner parties in his New York apartment. “Of all our friends, we have the smallest places, yet we seem to do more entertaining than anyone.” It’s about the people and the food, he says. He also loves old community and church cookbooks from the 1950s to the ’70s. And these are his inspirations for party food: dips and cheese spreads with crackers, family recipes for delicious roasts, breakfast casseroles, and desserts. What Stolman confesses is that he hates hostess gifts and isn’t afraid to say so. He advises women not to take a purse to a party and just “tuck it behind here” to avoid holding it—thanks for ruining my furniture arrangement! He advises about the importance of having silver serving pieces and how to dress for a cocktail party or a dinner party (at least try!). And he confesses that even when he has hired servers to pass hors d’oeuvres, he can’t help but carry a tray around himself! This book will give any novice party host ideas and confidence, and it will inspire seasoned hosts to simplify and enjoy the party. Steven Stolman is the author of 40 Years of Fabulous and Scalamandré: Haute Décor. He divides his time among homes in Palm Beach, New York, and Milwaukee.

Download or read book Dinner Party Cookbook written by Karen Lancaster Brown and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages—everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. 21 memorable dinner parties that will win rave reviews from your guests This cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages -- everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. Inside you'll find: * Formal Dinner, featuring Pesto Pinwheels, Salmon en Croute with Dill Sauce, Wild Rice with Pine Nuts, and Crème Brûlé; * Happy Housewarming, featuring Spinach and Oyster Crostini, Roast Pork Loin with Cherry Relish, and Praline Cheesecake; * Backyard Barbecue, featuring Barbecued Spareribs, Potato-Vegetable Salad, Watermelon Sorbet, and Lemon Squares; * New Year's Eve, featuring Lobster Bisque, Risotto with Porcini Mushrooms, and Tiramisu; * Romantic Dinner for Two, featuring Caviar with Toast Points, Cornish Hens on a Bed of Wild Rice, and Chocolate Mousse; * Flavors of Asia, featuring Spring Rolls with Hot Mustard, Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, and Orange/Almond Salad; * Middle Eastern Elegance, featuring Lamb Kebabs, Couscous with Eggplant, and Baklava; * Russian Repast, featuring Borscht, Chicken Kiev, Boiled Potatoes with Dill, and Charlotte Russe.

Download or read book Williams Sonoma Entertaining Thanksgiving Entertaining written by Lou Seibert Pappas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An array of recipes and entertaining ideas for hosting Thanksgiving dinners and parties.

Download or read book The Southern Living Party Cookbook written by Elizabeth Heiskell and published by Time Home Entertainment. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new essential guide to entertaining is divided by occasion, offering a fresh lineup of menus and ideas from Oxford, Mississippi's go-to caterer for every celebratory scenario life serves up. In this update to the best-selling book of our mothers' and grandmothers' era, Elizabeth's tell-it-like-it-is voice provides a twist to the classic Southern advice that is a refresher for entertainers of any age or experience. Packed with delicious recipes from the original book like Smoked Salmon Canapes, Hot Cheese Squares, and Brandy Alexanders, the book also includes popular picks from the current pages of Southern Living as well as Elizabeth's treasured recipe box. The Southern Living Party Cookbook is an entertaining handbook loaded with lifestyle tips and hilarious Heiskell stories, along with lush photography to help you get the look from table setting to plated dish.

Download or read book Mixtape Potluck Cookbook written by Questlove and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Questlove threw a dinner party and everyone came? Named one of fall's best cookbooks by Los Angeles Times, GrubStreet, and Eater “Even with its many flashy co-authors, Mixtape Potluck never wavers from its earnest stated intent: to help readers plan the best possible dinner party. With friends like his, Quest is one to trust.” - EATER Questlove is best known for his achievements in the music world, but his interest in food runs a close second. He has hosted a series of renowned Food Salons and conversations with some of America’s most prominent chefs. Now he is turning his hand to creating a cookbook. In Mixtape Potluck Cookbook, Questlove imagines the ultimate potluck dinner party, inviting more than fifty chefs, entertainers, and musicians—such as Eric Ripert, Natalie Portman, and Q-Tip—and asking them to bring along their favorite recipes. He also pairs each cook with a song that he feels best captures their unique creative energy. The result is not only an accessible, entertaining cookbook, but also a collection of Questlove’s diverting musical commentaries as well as an illustration of the fascinating creative relationship between music and food. With Questlove’s unique style of hosting dinner parties and his love of music, food, and entertaining, this book will give readers unexpected insights into the relationship between culture and food. Note: The cover material for this book is meant to mimic the texture and tactile quality of tinfoil and is intentional.

Download or read book Dinner Parties written by Jessica Strand and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-09-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an intimate dinner for four to a festive feast for a dozen, Jessica Strand's collection of simple yet sensational recipes will inspire both experienced dinner hosts and first-time party planners.

Download or read book How to Host a Dinner Party written by Corey Mintz and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2013-05-25 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun, informative guide to hosting the perfect party every time. "Every dinner party experience I’ve had in the last ten years at Corey’s has been incredible. But practice really does make perfect and I can now honestly say there is nowhere I’d rather be in the world than at his table ... I can’t begin to express the relief I felt in reading this book and realizing there was a method to his success." - Sarah Polley, from the introduction We’ve all been there: twenty minutes before guests arrive, and you’re unsure if you’ve got enough wine, or enough chairs, or whether your friend is a vegetarian or a vegan. Hosting a dinner party is hard, but Corey Mintz can help. For his popular Toronto Star column, "Fed," he has presided over 115 dinner parties, every week opening his home to strangers and friends alike in an effort to perfect the craft of hosting. And in How to Host a Dinner Party, he shares everything he’s learned in a hilarious handbook that will appeal to everyone — from those throwing their first dinner party to seasoned entertainers looking to enhance their skills. This book guides readers through everything they need to know about hosting, starting with the golden rule — that the goal of a dinner party is to have fun with our friends, not to show off our cooking skills. It will explain why we like to gather for dinner, when we should host, who we should invite, what we should cook, and how we should cook it. Featuring recipes, anecdotes, expert analysis, and an endless bounty of how-to tips, it is the essential guide to perfecting the art of welcoming people into your home.

Download or read book It s Just a Dinner Party written by Ron Malloy and published by Capital Books. This book was released on 2004-06-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move over Martha - this young dynamic couple sets a new, simpler, and more elegant entertaining style - focused on guests, not glue guns.

Download or read book 150 Entertaining and Dinner Party Recipes written by Harry Valdez and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why? Let's discover the book "150+ Entertaining & Dinner Party Recipes" to know the reason why in the parts listed below150+ Entertaining & Dinner Party RecipesWe have never seen such a deep connection between food and feelings. There is nothing like that in the whole universe. You always ask a loved one on what he or she feels for lunch or dinner. You cannot see the connection, but food and feelings are much intertwined. Having an awesome meal with your loved ones, makes you love them more and love that great food more. I feel more love after preparing and cooking food for someone. It has that kind of stronger connection because we shared a special moment of survival, which is by feeding them. It's very fascinating to think about that we want to be with our loved ones and eat great food together. That is the greatest essence of a tradition and food will always be a part of it. The love for food will always the passion and it's the perfect gift for the Holiday!Thank you for your support and for choosing "150+ Entertaining & Dinner Party Recipes". Let this be an inspiration when preparing food in your kitchen with your love ones for the Holiday. It would be lovely to know your cooking story in the comments sections below.

Download or read book Arty Parties written by Julia Sherman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her follow-up cookbook to Salad for President, cook, writer, and artist Julia Sherman shows us how to apply an artist’s touch to our own home gatherings. Artists throw superior parties, and we can learn from their willingness to draw outside the lines, choose character over perfection, and find boundless joy in feeding family and friends. Cook, live, and host like an artist with inspired, easy recipes and playful hands-on experiments in the kitchen. Sherman shows you how to be the architect of your own uniquely memorable bash, whether that means a special breakfast for two, or a “choose your own adventure” meal that’s flexible enough to feed a crowd. Forget the codified markers of good taste—Arty Parties instead reveals that modern gatherings are less about “getting it right” and more about getting your hands dirty, building community, and taking risks in the kitchen and beyond. Featuring colorful food that is confident in its simplicity, Sherman shares easy-to-follow, healthy recipes that value imaginative flavor combinations over complexity: dishes like an avocado-lemongrass panna cotta, saffron tomato soup, coconut rice cakes with smashed avocado and soy-marinated eggs, and roasted broccolini and blood oranges with a creamy pepita sauce. This book also invites readers into the idiosyncratic gatherings of internationally acclaimed artists, from a chic office party in a Parisian art book publisher's atelier to an underground earth oven pizza party on a secluded hillside in Los Angeles. Woven throughout are Sherman’s own homegrown events that are relatable yet wonderfully experimental in tone. Utterly unique and beautifully designed, Arty Parties is a guide to creating meaningful experiences that nourish both the host and their guests in body, mind, and soul.

Download or read book InStyle Parties written by The Editors of InStyle and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised and updated edition of the top-selling book from one of the leading beauty and fashion magazines, InStyle Parties is the must-have resource for anyone looking to host chic parties without stress or guesswork. The editors of InStyle offer their expert advice on hosting any type of celebration. Whether a baby shower, dinner gathering, or holiday affair, you'll discover how to transform your tabletop to fit the theme, get ideas for the perfect invitations, and learn the shortcuts of posh party prep. Each chapter has a menu of recipes—including a signature cocktail—a timeline of what preparation to do when to make the day-of a breeze, and a party favor or activity to keep guests entertained. This elegant, full-color book is sure to inspire and help any hostess throw a stylish at-home party right down to the napkins!

Download or read book Barefoot Contessa Parties written by Ina Garten and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than twenty years of running Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, Ina Garten published her first collection of recipes. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook was an overnight sensation, but it's the kind of success that can only be grounded in years of experience. In it, Ina shared her ideas for familiar food but with outstanding flavor and -- most important of all -- recipes that really work. Now, with Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ina shares secrets she has gleaned from her years not only as a caterer but as a dedicated party giver. The keyword here is fun. Ina's parties are easy to prepare and fun for everyone, including the host. Forget those boring Saturday-night dinners that just won't end. With Ina's advice, you're certain to have all your friends saying, "Wasn't that fun!" Ina has packed Barefoot Contessa Parties! with plans for pulling off parties like a pro, stories about her own parties, and tips on assembling food (rather than cooking everything) and organizing like a caterer. In the spring you can invite your friends to a party where they all make their own pizzas. Come summer, it's into the garden for a lunch with grilled lamb and pita sandwiches that guests assemble themselves. In the autumn, when it's not Thanksgiving, Ina roasts a fresh turkey, which her friends enjoy with popovers and a creamy spinach gratin. And on a snowy winter's day, everyone is invited for a lunch buffet with seafood chowder and butternut squash and apple soup. Ever since Ina published her first book, people write, e-mail, and stop her on the street to say how much they love the food. She's reached new heights here with recipes like sour cream coffee cake--the ultimate breakfast treat. Salads? The red lettuce, balsamic onions, and blue cheese; Chinese chicken salad; and panzanella may be the best you've ever tasted. Filet of beef is easy to make for a fancy dinner with oh-so-good gorgonzola sauce, or sliced into sandwiches and served with lobster rolls for a Superbowl party. And fans of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook will be delighted to find the recipe for the Lemon Cake they drooled over but only saw pictured, right here in this book. With so many great ideas and recipes in these pages for you to use, your friends will start to wonder why your parties are always so much fun.

Download or read book See You on Sunday written by Sam Sifton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the New York Times food editor and former restaurant critic comes a cookbook to help us rediscover the art of Sunday supper and the joy of gathering with friends and family “A book to make home cooks, and those they feed, very happy indeed.”—Nigella Lawson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Town & Country • Garden & Gun “People are lonely,” Sam Sifton writes. “They want to be part of something, even when they can’t identify that longing as a need. They show up. Feed them. It isn’t much more complicated than that.” Regular dinners with family and friends, he argues, are a metaphor for connection, a space where memories can be shared as easily as salt or hot sauce, where deliciousness reigns. The point of Sunday supper is to gather around a table with good company and eat. From years spent talking to restaurant chefs, cookbook authors, and home cooks in connection with his daily work at The New York Times, Sam Sifton’s See You on Sunday is a book to make those dinners possible. It is a guide to preparing meals for groups larger than the average American family (though everything here can be scaled down, or up). The 200 recipes are mostly simple and inexpensive (“You are not a feudal landowner entertaining the serfs”), and they derive from decades spent cooking for family and groups ranging from six to sixty. From big meats to big pots, with a few words on salad, and a diatribe on the needless complexity of desserts, See You on Sunday is an indispensable addition to any home cook’s library. From how to shuck an oyster to the perfection of Mallomars with flutes of milk, from the joys of grilled eggplant to those of gumbo and bog, this book is devoted to the preparation of delicious proteins and grains, vegetables and desserts, taco nights and pizza parties.

Download or read book The Blue Ribbon Dinner Party Cookbook written by Alison Wheatcroft and published by Matador. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blue Ribbon Dinner Party Cookbook is a new format cookbook that shows you how to prepare delicious meals in an easy, organised manner so that you spend the evening with your guests, not in the kitchen. Alison Wheatcroft uses a new, innovative way to plan your culinary tasks, using a blue ribbon that signifies how much of a recipe you can prepare ahead of time – often all of it.This cookbook is international in its scope. There are duck and quail recipes from France, lobster from the United States, vitello tonnato from Italy, Thai soup, and salmon from Great Britain. The book is also rich in ideas – melt-in-the-mouth cheese sable biscuits that can be made weeks ahead of serving; a pizza that can be cut up into bite-size pieces and topped to make a plate of delicious hors d’eouvres. Have you ever had a stater of salmon mousse wrapped in its own smoked salmon case? Or a prawn souffle that won’t fall? “I have been entertaining internationally for many years and have built up a file of recipes that I know are different and delicious – and they work!” says author Alison.Cookng is one of the great, creative arts we have today and exciting food gives the greatest of pleasure. This cookbook details how to make your dinner or lunch party into a joy to prepare and present and puts you in the limelight – not in the kitchen. The Blue Ribbon Dinner Party Cookbook is the key to relaxed entertaining and is a must-own for anyone who loves cooking and dinner parties but always finds themselves too busy to enjoy them.

Download or read book Dinner Party Cookbook Free Sample written by Karen Lancaster and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sample contain 2 fantastic themed dinner parties. The full version of Dinner Party Cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages—everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. This sample contain 2 fantastic themed dinner parties. The full version of Dinner Party Cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages—everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. Inside you’ll find: • Formal Dinner, featuring Pesto Pinwheels, Salmon en Croute with Dill Sauce, Wild Rice with Pine Nuts, and Crème Brûlé • Happy Housewarming, featuring Spinach and Oyster Crostini, Roast Pork Loin with Cherry Relish, and Praline Cheesecake • Backyard Barbecue, featuring Barbecued Spareribs, Potato-Vegetable Salad, Watermelon Sorbet, and Lemon Squares • New Year’s Eve, featuring Lobster Bisque, Risotto with Porcini Mushrooms, and Tiramisu • Romantic Dinner for Two, featuring Caviar with Toast Points, Cornish Hens on a Bed of Wild Rice, and Chocolate Mousse • Flavors of Asia, featuring Spring Rolls with Hot Mustard, Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, and Orange/Almond Salad • Middle Eastern Elegance, featuring Lamb Kebabs, Couscous with Eggplant, and Baklava • Russian Repast, featuring Borscht, Chicken Kiev, Boiled Potatoes with Dill, and Charlotte Russe

Download or read book Dinner Party Cookbook written by Karen Lancaster and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages—everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. This cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages—everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. Inside you’ll find: • Formal Dinner, featuring Pesto Pinwheels, Salmon en Croute with Dill Sauce, Wild Rice with Pine Nuts, and Crème Brûlé • Happy Housewarming, featuring Spinach and Oyster Crostini, Roast Pork Loin with Cherry Relish, and Praline Cheesecake • Backyard Barbecue, featuring Barbecued Spareribs, Potato-Vegetable Salad, Watermelon Sorbet, and Lemon Squares • New Year’s Eve, featuring Lobster Bisque, Risotto with Porcini Mushrooms, and Tiramisu • Romantic Dinner for Two, featuring Caviar with Toast Points, Cornish Hens on a Bed of Wild Rice, and Chocolate Mousse • Flavors of Asia, featuring Spring Rolls with Hot Mustard, Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, and Orange/Almond Salad • Middle Eastern Elegance, featuring Lamb Kebabs, Couscous with Eggplant, and Baklava • Russian Repast, featuring Borscht, Chicken Kiev, Boiled Potatoes with Dill, and Charlotte Russe

Download or read book How to Throw a Dinner Party Without Having a Nervous Breakdown written by Tamara Reynolds and published by Zora O'Neill. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This eccentrically enjoyable book by two strange and wonderful women may well be the cookbook America needs right now.” —Anthony Bourdain First released as a paperback in 2009, this is still the cookbook America needs: a frank, empowering guide to dining at home with friends. How to Throw a Dinner Party Without Having a Nervous Breakdown is the collected wisdom of self-taught cooks and NYC supper-club hosts. It includes: · more than 50 party-tested recipes · nine complete menus for skill levels from never-touched-a-knife to ambitious thrill seeker · a “Plan of Attack” for each menu, to help you prepare multiple dishes without panic · realistic wine recommendations · practical tips on stocking a kitchen, making vegetarians happy and plenty more Dinner parties can break all the rules and still be great. In fact, they’re even better when they’re personal, honest and a little messy. So grab this book, get in the kitchen and show your friends you love them!