Cookbooks We Love presents picks and reviews of "Entertaining, Party & Special Occasion Cookbooks", a short-list of cook books for special occasions and events, dinner parties, cooking for a crowd, plus holiday entertaining including Christmas, Easter and other seasonal holidays.
Christmas 101 by Rick Rodgers, author of many cookbooks including Thanksgiving 101, is a handy little book chock full of recipes and strategies for making the holiday season funfilled, memorable and delicious. These are his recipes that he has used over the years for his catering.....
New York City caterer and hostess extraordinaire Serena Bass shares 100 of her favorite recipes for throwing together memorable and ultra casual chic parties for friends. Quirky, eclectic, eccentric and a little cheeky, Bass offers unselfconsciously charming stories of her life, her food experiences and joyful party tips.....
Another winner from Australian food writer Donna Hay, Instant Entertaining is a modern collection of dishes aimed for home cooks who don’t want to sacrifice style for lack of time. Same clean, crisp design as her other books (after-all, why mess with a winning format), each recipe is accompanied by.....
A new cookbook from Michael Chiarello, best-selling author of the The Tra Vigne Cookbook, signature recipes from his acclaimed restaurant in St. Helena, California. This companion volume to his 26-part series on public television, Michael Chiarello’s Casual Cooking is a collection of his favorite recipes.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 07/08/2006
In Living It Up Southern Style, author, restaurateur and Food Network personality Paula Deen—along with a few of her local pals—shows us how to bring some southern charm into any festive gathering.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/09/2006
In Holiday Food, Mario Batali of the Food Network’s “Molto Mario” presents the most cherished Italian dishes of the Christmas season. The book consists of traditional Italian menus that take you through the four holidays, Christmas Eve.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 12/02/2005
Donna Hay’s Entertaining offers stylish and elegant ideas for special occasions on every page. Each recipe is accompanied by a beautiful photograph showing the finished dish and Donna’s signature presentation style.....
Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30 Minute Meals is more of a good thing for fans of her Food Network show and Rachel Ray’s 30 Minutes Meals 1 & 2. In Get Together, Rachel groups 3 recipes together, presenting them as menu suggestions for casual entertaining, all promised to be ready in the magic 30-minute mark.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 10/04/2005
Here is a book that lives up to its subtitle—great ideas that really are easy to do on your own and really are fun. Ina Garten, of the Barefoot Contessa fame, has lots of experience with parties, those she’s catered from her specialty food shop, and many of her own at her East Hampton home. Ina Garten really delivers on.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 09/22/2005
In Feast: Food That Celebrates Life, author and Food Network favorite Nigella Lawson shares with us some of her favorite menus for special occasions, holidays, and family get-togethers. Nigella has an unabashed love for food and believes that the meal and who you share it with is.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 08/15/2005
A French phrase meaning “amusement for the mouth”, amuse-bouche are the appetizer to the appetizer, a French culinary tradition that author and chef Rick Tramanto introduces to the home cook with his award-winning cookbook. According to Tramonto, amuse bouche are the gastronomical equivalent of receiving a ”kiss from the chef”.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 12/04/2004
Who doesn’t pick up a copy of Martha Stewart Living Magazine every holiday issue to look for entertaining ideas? Well, here they all are, brought together in the Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook, more than 600 favorites from Martha and company as they have appeared in her magazine—over a decade’s worth.....
The popular New York Times columnist and bestselling author of How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman offers the ideal cookbook for the guys—or those who’s idea of entertaining is ordering pizza or just strict avoidance.....
Good Things For Easy Entertaining: The Best of Martha Stewart Living has all one expects from this series; dozens of ideas and projects (simple lighting projects, beautiful centerpieces, clever place cards, creative table coverings) and delicious, doable recipes from drinks and hors d’oeuvres to celebration desserts.....
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is one of those rare pleasures where a cookbook offers up as much style as it does substance. Author Ina Garten believes that ”Food is not about impressing people… it’s about making them feel comfortable.” This philosophy
Posted by Editor Carol on 04/29/2004
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