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A beautiful hardcover cookbook containing all the family and fan
favorites from the popular Stay-at-Home Chef website. Rachel
Farnsworth, also known as The Stay-at-Home Chef, has long been
known by her fans and followers as someone who is relatable and
down-to-earth, but her recipes are what really make people fans.
The Stay-at-Home Chef Family Favorites Cookbook is a complete
cookbook that includes all of Rachel's family and fan favorites.
Featuring traditional favorites like smothered pork chops and baked
meatloaf as well as less-traditional favorites like lasagna-stuffed
chicken and brown butter garlic angel hair pasta, this complete
cookbook will cover every meal for every occasion -- from breakfast
to dinner and everything in between. With recipes for main dishes
along with salads, sides, breads, soups and stews, as well as
cakes, cookies, and other sweet treats, current fans and new
followers alike will find everything they expect from one of
YouTube's most popular home cooks. Here's what's inside: Over 200
amazing recipes for every meal and every occasion. Beautiful
hardcover binding and incredible photography throughout. QR codes
for every recipe that link to a video that shows how to make the
recipe. Insightful tutorials for cooking essentials like baking
bacon, making gravy, cooking a perfect steak, and more.
How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there's a
racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave
in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of
life that many are no longer taught - and getting it wrong is the
stuff of comedy at best and humiliation at worst. Thankfully, Sandi
Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to
modern manners,with tips on what to do whether you're talking to a
bore, or forgot their name in the first place. (Just call them
'darling'.) The award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and writer offers
guidance on the social pitfalls of every phase of life, from
christenings to condolence letters. With characteristic wit and
perceptiveness, and revealing the trickiest of her encounters along
the way, she highlights decency rather than convention and provides
an essential guide to twenty-first century behaviour. Now this
down-to-earth, hilarious guide is available in perfect pocket-sized
paperback size.
Used as a step-by-step guide or as a personal manifesto for living
large, "The Party Girl Cookbook" includes ideas for invitations,
party favors, decorations, music, games, costumes, and more than
150 party recipes.
Move over, Martha No one knows how to party like a Wild Woman. She
can bring home the bacon, fry it up, and entertain you all at the
same time. Part how-to, part history, and 100 percent hilarious,
Wild Women Throw a Party is the gift book of the season. Master
chef and co-author of the wildly popular Wild Women in the Kitchen,
Lynette Shirk has stirred up a best-selling batch of stories,
anecdotes, historical facts, recipes, and favorite foods inspired
by well-known Wild Women--from Dorothy Parker to Sarah Jessica
Parker--and you are invited to a celebration of famed femmes and
recipes for fun based on their stories. Let's party like it's 1929
with Jazz-Age babe Zelda Fitzgerald Highlights include Dorothy
Parker's Cocktail Party, Silver Screen Queens' Oscar Night, Joan
Crawford's Mother's Day "Mommy Dearest" Breakfast, and Mary
Pickford's Picnic at Pickfair. And nothing beats Dolly Parton's
Dixie Stampede. But you might want to try the Better Than a
Spaghetti Western Pasta Pajama Party, in homage to Sophia Loren.
Who knew that dangerous debutante Peggy Guggenheim, famous for her
arty party salons, was also a gifted gourmet? Or that when Eleanor
Roosevelt wasn't serving at soup kitchens, she was throwing and
attending the most elegant "do's" around. From Dollywood to
Hollywood, these dazzling dames and sassy sauciers know how to
sling spaghetti, toss any salad, and dish up the desserts. * 110
original recipes by a master chef and bonafide Wild Woman. *
Features 15 black-and-white photos of famous Wild Women and a fun,
colorful design.
Is the butter plate on the right or the left? How should you introduce someone whose name you can't remember? What is the polite way to handle a guest who arrives early? Emily Post's Entertaining provides answers to these and many other questions that vex today's hosts and guests. Emily Post's Entertaining is a practical guide to hosting with elegance and ease. Its goal is to give everyone the confidence to handle any get-together, from casual and cozy to formal and fancy. Among the wide range of events and entertaining quandaries Peggy Post addresses are: getting together for everything from a Super Bowl party to dinner with the boss; throwing children's birthday parties; giving a casual dinner with takeout food; making appropriate introductions; jump-start dinner conversation; choosing the right wine; and much more. Entertaining covers the basics of hosting, but most importantly, it reminds you that successful entertaining springs not from the good china and an elaborate table setting, but from the people you are with and the memorable time you spend together. "The best hosts spin magic out of thin air, creating the kind of special occasion guests can't stop talking about." From simple dinners and casual parties to formal business functions and catered events, Emily Post's Entertaining shows you how to be the perfect host. With Peggy Post's guidance, you can breeze through toasting your guest of honor and unflinchingly manage sticky social situations such as unanswered invitations and surprise guests. Emily Post's Entertaining helps you to entertain with elegance and ease, making every get-together a memorable event.
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Audrey Style"
comes a charming guide to Audrey Hepburn?inspired living for the
modern woman
Audrey Hepburn epitomized grace and style, not only in her
appearance but in her very essence. Whether in fashion,
relationships, her work on the screen, or for UNICEF and her home
life, there is no one more worthy of imitation.
How did she do it? "What Would Audrey Do?" is the answer: a
complete Audrey primer, with rich anecdotes and insight from the
people who knew her best, and Audrey-inspired lessons in
loveliness, including:
- Dating advice from the woman who enjoyed romances with John F.
Kennedy, William Holden, and Albert Finney
- What made her an icon, and how to apply her style choices to
twenty-first-century clothes, makeup, and accessories
- Raising children, trying to raise husbands, and making home life
balanced in every way
- How to travel, what to pack, and maintaining your cool on the
road
- Using renown (long before Angelina and Bono got all the press)
to help others around the world
- Insight into her rich interior life and the discipline,
intelligence, and generosity that made her so compelling
In an era fraught with selfishness, flamboyance, and sensational
headlines, Audrey as a role model is precisely what the world
needs.
In this updated and revised edition, How to be a Gentleman is a
useful handbook that teaches men manners, attitude, appropriate
dress, and social skills. Despite how different things are today,
the principles of good manners remain the same. This resourceful
book teaches men how to distinguish themselves from the rest of the
crowd. In How to Be a Gentleman, some tips and guidelines include:
How to respond to those with whom you disagree When and where it is
appropriate to use your cellphone How to dress for various formal
events Rules for conducting yourself at the gym How to engage
respectfully with different cultural and religious contexts How to
be a Gentleman is a thoughtful gift for birthdays and graduations,
or seasonal occasions such as easter baskets, stocking stuffers,
and holiday gift giving. This version includes how to communicate,
shop, and meet new people through cell phones and computers.
Becoming a gentleman is a lifelong exercise in refining etiquette,
social interaction, and personal discipline. It all continues here.
Artfully straddling the line between outdated and timeless, this
new edition of Jinx Morgan and Judy Perry's out-of- print SAUCEPANS
AND THE SINGLE GIRL (originally published in 1965) is like a
rediscovered Lily Pulitzer dress - that retro gem that you can't
believe has been tucked away since the Nixon years! Chock full of
bachelor-bait recipes, menus and entertaining tips, this swinging
cookbook is packed with imaginative ideas and kitchen hints for
every occasion. From plans for posh picnics to dazzling dinners to
big bashes - here is the ideal kitchen guide 'guaranteed to do more
for the bachelor girl's social life than long-lash mascara or a new
discotheque dress'. Maintaining the book's irresistibly retro
appeal, the new edition will feature the original text with a new
introduction and footnotes with important (and often comical)
historic updates. And, the snappy cover, gift-y format and original
black-and-white illustrations make for a package as smart and
stylish as its readers.
The ultimate colour-by-colour flower reference guide - from New York's pre-eminent floral designers, Putnam and Putnam
Planning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of having them, more often than not your creative process begins with thinking about the colour of the flowers that you want. To help you find what you are looking for, Flower Colour Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by colour, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative colour schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to colour, Flower Colour Guide is to flowers.
Showcasing 400 flowers at their peak, with stunning photography taken by Putnam & Putnam in their Brooklyn studio, this guide includes an appendix featuring perforated pages, with tips on flower care, notes on how to prepare vessels and a list of suggested colour schemes. A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers.
Michael and Darroch Putnam have built a reputation for romantic, dramatic floral arrangements and installations using colour as their guiding principle - here, they share their knowledge with readers worldwide: "This is the book we wished we had when we started doing flowers."
Liven up the party with this heady collection of drinking games!
Choose from brain-boggling classics such as Fuzzy Duck and
Twenty-One or dizzying games of pure chance like TV Drinking and
Vodka Roulette - whichever you play, you're guaranteed to be
gleeful and giggly by the end!
Widely hailed as one of the most influential cookbooks of all time, this is the timeless classic guide to culinary creativity and flavor exploration, based on the wisdom of the world's most innovative chefs
Eight years in the making, The Flavor Bible is a landmark book that has inspired the greatest creations of innovative cooks and chefs by serving as an indispensable guide to creativity and flavor affinities in today's kitchen.
Cuisine is undergoing a startling historic transformation: With the advent of the global availability of ingredients, dishes are no longer based on geography but on flavor. This radical shift calls for a new approach to cooking -- as well as a new genre of "cookbook" that serves not to document classic dishes via recipes, but to inspire the creation of new ones based on imaginative and harmonious flavor combinations.
The Flavor Bible is your guide to hundreds of ingredients along with the herbs, spices, and other seasonings that will allow you to coax the greatest possible flavor and pleasure from them. This astonishing reference distills the combined experience of dozens of America's most innovative culinarians, representing such celebrated and transformative restaurants as A Voce, Blue Hill, Café Atlántico, Chanterelle, Citronelle, Gramercy Tavern, the Herbfarm, Jardiničre, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, the Modern, and the Trellis.
You'll learn to:
- explore the roles played by the four basic tastes -- salty, sour, bitter, and sweet -- and how to bring them into harmony;
- work more intuitively and effectively with ingredients by discovering which flavors have the strongest affinities for one another;
- brighten flavors through the use of acids -- from vinegars to citrus juices to herbs and spices such as Makrut lime and sumac;
- deepen or intensify flavors through layering specific ingredients and techniques;
- and balance the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of cooking and serving an extraordinary meal.
Seasoned with tips, anecdotes, and signature dishes from the country's most respected chefs and pastry chefs, The Flavor Bible is an essential book for every kitchen library.
This modern German-Californian cookbook from longtime Los Angeles
chef and restaurateur Hans Rockenwagner features sections on
bread-making (yes, pretzel bread!), holiday treats, and bar snacks,
along with the most popular recipes from his several Los Angeles
restaurants, including 3 Square Cafe on famed Abbot Kinney
Boulevard and Cafe Rockenwagner in Brentwood. Hans Rockenwagner's
background spans thirty years of cooking in Germany, Switzerland,
Chicago, and Los Angeles. In the 1980s, he won international fame
for his fine-dining restaurant in Santa Monica, Rockenwagner;
today, he owns several LA-area bakery/cafes and a large wholesale
bakery. Hans is known for his individuality, innovative dishes, and
his craftsmanship in designing and building his restaurants (he is
also a master woodworker). This is his second cookbook. Jenn Garbee
is a food reporter and editor who has written for the Los Angeles
Times, LA Weekly, Cooking Light, Saveur, and more. An expert recipe
tester and developer, Jenn has a culinary degree from Le Cordon
Bleu and has worked in professional kitchens across Los Angeles.
She is also the author of Secret Suppers and the co-author of the
2015 St. Martin's Press book, Tomatomania! Wolfgang Gussmack has
been Hans's chef de cuisine since 2012. A native of Graz, Austria,
Wolfgang started his culinary career cooking spatzle for his
family's restaurant and gasthaus. This experience earned him a spot
in Austria's only two-star Michelin restaurant and subsequently led
him to renowned kitchens in Italy and France before he came to Los
Angeles. Photographer Staci Valentine is based in Los Angeles; her
other cookbooks include The Perfect Peach.
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