Taking at-home entertaining to an entirely new level, sophisticated L.A. hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran--recently named by the Salonniere as one of the top hostesses in Los Angeles--has a gift for celebration. From the table settings to the decor to the color-coordinated menus, every party she hosts showcases a myriad of inspired elements. In her first book, she shows readers how to set the stage for eight parties, from an elegant housewarming in her Jeffrey Bilhuber-decorated home to a classic California pool party to a festive Christmas brunch. She also shares advice on palette creation--blue and white for a ladies' charity luncheon, and deep burgundies for a gentleman's wine and cigar party. Each chapter ends with tips for that theme, whether it is entertaining alfresco or having parties for a charitable purpose. Shafran also includes a guide to her party essentials: inspiration, invitations, flowers, tablescape, linens, seating, the bar, and select recipes.

Recipes for cookies, cakes, desserts, meals and miscellaneous.

Jimmy Garcia is not a man who does things by halves. From cooking elaborate five-course meals for his university friends to expanding his culinary knowledge by catering for Arabic royalty on yachts for three summers, his enthusiasm and zest for life are clear. His impressive skills have gained him a wide and dedicated following. In Social Eats, he shares his best pop-up secrets to show you how to turn your meals into gastronomic events to be remembered. Divided into three sections - Preparty (salads and quick fixes), At the Party (cocktails, canapes & little dishes; crowd pleasers; the great outdoors; celebrations), and After Party (breakfast, brunch & comfort food) - Social Eats is packed with fun and flavour and features recipes whose variety and imagination are sure to inspire even the most jaded palate.

Providing creative meals at any time with the ingredients you have at hand has never been easier. The deliciously entertaining new cookbook The Friendly Fridge contains all the cooking info you need in one easy read. Author Sally Sartain ran a bed and breakfast for many years, after having run two successful restaurants, with her husband Rex. Accomplished in the kitchen and able to easily prepare wholesome meals for her guests, she was often asked to share her culinary secrets. After one guest commented that he had an "unfriendly fridge" at his home, the idea was sown like a seed for The Friendly Fridge. The Author says "The Friendly Fridge" was created to enable folks like him and also friends and family, who might need encouragement in the future , to be able to concoct meals at the 'drop of a hat' from their own Friendly Fridge rather than having to go out to eat all the time." Don't you want a Friendly Fridge in your home? About the Author: Sally Sartain grew up in England in London and Kent. She lived three years in New Zealand before latter years settling in Mornington, near Melbourne, Australia. She declares, "Happiness is good food, good wine and someone with whom to share it!" Author Webpage: http://sbpra.com/SallySartain/

What better way to spend time on a warm summer evening than entertaining family and friends with a great meal, whether it's just burgers and steaks or an exotic seafood feast! Great Grilling for Friends & Family offers more than 80 recipes along with superb ideas for making the event just that extra bit special: ac includes flame-kissed appetizers; innovative burgers, steaks, chops and ribs; sizzling skewers; fish and seafood; pleasing poultry; show-stopping meal salads; and slow-cooked roasts ac kitchen-tested recipes are Guaranteed GreatTM ac full-colour photos throughout ac helpful how-to photos ac imaginative presentation and party ideas ac preparation tips and tricks ac beverage suggestions

Perhaps readers have reached that point in their lives where they’d really love to entertain their friends with a little more flair and sophistication, but feel quite intimidated by the prospect. Maybe their children are nagging them to arrange really fun birthday parties for them, but the very thought has the parents quaking. Possibly someone is getting married and would love a beautiful wedding reception but simply can’t stretch the budget to an expensive wedding planner or caterer.

Janet Kohler is a perfectionist with an attention to detail that is quite breathtaking. With the assistance of stylist extraordinaire Penelope Mitchell, in Perfect Parties she presents a dazzling array of inspirational party ideas, complemented by delicious recipes. She also guides the reader through every aspect of a party, whether it’s a birthday, engagement, picnic, baby shower, wedding or high tea, or just the family Christmas celebration.

From choosing a theme; through décor and preparation countdowns; right down to the step-by-step recipes – it’s all there, lavishly illustrated with beautiful photography.

Taking up cooking as a hobby can be an enormous amount of fun. Learning recipes is part of the process. Logging various recipes you come across in a journal ensures you always have access to those special ones you wish to visit and revisit time and time again. Not having a journal could mean you may forget a great recipe so the journal becomes a reference manual of sorts. The journal can also be used to rewrite and tweak recipes so they are altered to your own desired specifications. Writing things down in a journal also allows you to organize your recipes in a way that would not be possible without a clear log.

Their Idea: When a movie buff and a Chef fall in love...

Ideas are powerful if you are bold enough to share those, so they discussed their thoughts and passions until the architecture was in place to house their visions...

Whenever she talked with him about food items mentioned in movies that she adores, he was inspired to create entire meals based upon those ideas. He wrote the recipes and cooked the meals, and then they dined with incredible movie-inspired meals while watching those movies.

One evening, over dessert, they discussed how much fun they had combining movies with meals and how other people would enjoy this new twist on dinner and a movie too. This was the birth of the idea for this book.

Ideas are powerful if given focus and direction, so they started to plan and to work...

As a Chef and author, he is amazing at offering recipes that taste awesome and can be created at home by beginners. As a movie buff and editor, she gives him the inspiration, tests meals, does the dishes, translates his "Chef speak" for the recipes, and edits his books.

Ideas are powerful if given support, so they created a project on kickstarter.com to obtain the financial support needed to create this cookbook...

The project received 37 Kickstarter backers, who made the project a possibility, and we thank you. You, who believed in our vision and in our potential to fulfill that vision with this book.

Ideas are powerful if given a voice to communicate...

Each movie inspired recipe was crafted with accompanying recipes into a meal of three courses (appetizer, entree, dessert) which complement each other. Each meal was designed to serve four people so that you can share the fun with family and friends.

The MIM Trivia Game was crafted with hints of different difficulty levels, to see if you can guess the movie that inspired the one recipe from each three course meal. The mess was formed into a book draft, then Lisa did the editing (and the dinner dishes ) until everything was as it should be.

The Result of the Idea...

We are delighted to offer this unique book to you. We strive to find work that always inspires us and continues our journey to learn, try, fail, postpone, succeed, and love together. We hope you not only enjoy this book enough to share it with your family and friends, but we also hope to become people who you want to follow for sharing in our future projects.

Take the confusion out of wine service!
Uncomplicate wine service and wine-food pairing. Learn the secrets of sommeliers and great wait staff to make your wine and food experience outstanding whether dining out or entertaining wine lovers at home.

Whether you're a nomad traveler who spends a lot of time in hotels, OR a budding entrepreneur with limited resources, OR a divorced mid-lifer living in the basement of a generous friend who won't agree to feed you as part of his generosity while you "find yourself," OR just a run-of-the-mill cheapskate looking for ways to save on the cost of utility bills and kitchen appliances, The Coffeepot Cookbook is for you

'n Kinderpartytjie behels meer as net koekbak en ballonne opblaas en vir vele ma's is die blote gedagte aan die reelings en voorbereiding vir die partytjie vreesaanjaend. Partytjies is pret 4 bied hope inspirasie en instruksies vir koeke, uitnodigings, geskenksakkies, soet en sout eetgoed en die heerlikste drinkgoed – daar is iets vir elke smaak, ouderdom, en begroting. En ingeval jy nog voorstelle vir die spesiale verjaardagkoek soek, of die tyd vir die voorbereidings raak min, is daar 'n hoofstuk met resepte vir vinnige en maklike verjaardagkoeke. Bied trefferpartytjies aan met die hulp van twee inspirasionele kenners wat jare se ervaring hier deel.