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.

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.

Elegant man-about-town and the director of Bridesmaids, Spy, and A Simple Favor Paul Feig serves up a beautifully designed cocktail and lifestyle guide with hilarious stories from his life. Famed TV and film writer, director, and producer Paul Feig is obsessed with cocktails and cocktail culture. It's about having great conversations with friends. It's about putting on your best clothes and throwing a smart gathering or heading to your favorite bar and having an interesting chat with the bartender. And it's about staying home, mixing a drink and sipping it in a beautiful glass as you watch a great old movie by yourself. Paul has made an art and a science out of creating these elegant and festive environments and living his best life, whether at home in LA or New York or London or on location around the world, and it's all here in Cocktail Time!-how to make the drinks, how to throw the parties, what music to play, what glassware you need and more, along with 125 cocktail recipes, each served along with funny insider stories about Paul's Hollywood life and famous friends. Cocktail Time! covers everything, from classics (and variations on them) like martinis, negronis, and hot toddies to original concoctions such as "The Feigtini" and holiday cocktails, as well as recipes from film and TV industry friends, such as the Charlize Theron Gibson, the Very Cherry Kerry (Washington), the (Angela) Kinsey Gin Fizz, Henry (Golding)'s Honey Plum G&T, and The Five (Michelle) Yeoh-Larm Fire. Cocktail Time! is a love letter to the aesthetics and culture around cocktails. It's guaranteed to make you want to up your party-giving game-or at least your home bar situation. And it's an immensely charming and readable window into one man's friendly obsession.

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

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/

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.

This title features 200 fabulous main dish ideas. It is the complete collection of main-course recipes with over 800 step-by-step photographs. It is the essential guide for dinner parties, special occasions, spectacular entertaining, big events and the times when you need to impress the most. It features classic dishes such as Coq au Vin, Provencal Beef and Olive Daube, Risotto with Asparagus, and Turbot Sashimi Salad with Wasabi. It includes additional quick and easy ideas for superb starters, tempting accompaniments and desserts, to frame a perfect meal with ease. Blending classic and contemporary cuisine, this tried-and-trusted collection of recipes is all you need to host a successful dinner party. Whatever the event, there are ideas here from light lunches and suppers for friends and family to al fresco dining and formal dinner parties. With recipes that draw on many cultures, cuisines and traditions, you can enjoy classic world foods such as Roast Rib of Beef, Chicken Biryani, Lamb Moussaka, and Baked Salmon with Watercress Sauce. With tips on planning, preparation and presentation, table settings and creating the right atmosphere, this is the essential cookbook for everyone who entertains.

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.

First published in 1887, Mrs Allen's fine compendium of recipes for traditional English afternoon or high tea remains unsurpassed. This book contains directions for making over 80 classic Victorian afternoon delicacies, from richly fruited currant buns and golden, buttery shortbread, to fragrant gingerbread and light sponge cakes.

Okkasies moedig jou aan om van elke maaltyd ’n spesiale geleentheid te maak, al is dit ontbyt, middag- of aandete. Eerder as ontbyt op die gallop eet, middagete agter jou lessenaar of in die motor afsluk. Behalwe al die liplekker resepte verskaf die boek ook algemene inligting soos spyskaartbeplanning, tafelvoorbereiding, uitnodigings, plasing van gaste, spyskaartterme en kos- en wynkombinasies om te help om van elke maaltyd iets spesiaals te maak. Ontbyt sluit interessante geregte in soos mini-patat-en-preifrittatas, 'n amasi-en-kruiebrood wat perfek bak asook Croque Madame (Franse roosterbrood). Met hoofstukke oor slaai, kaas, vleis, nagereg en eenskottelgeregte is die boek maklik om te gebruik. Daar is ook 'n hoofstuk vir baie spesiale geleenthede met voorbeelde van spyskaarte. Die titel eindig met vriende se gunstelinge - waarvan Alan Coxon se kaaskoek sekerlik die voortreflike is. 'n Moet vir smulpape en elkeen wat daarvan hou om die lewe te vier.

2011 Reprint of 1951 Illustrated First Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. For almost 4 decades, Saucier was the publicist for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. His 1951 cocktail classic book, Bottoms Up includes over 200 drinks, fully indexed, plus twelve risqu [for the period] illustrations by twelve different artists. A typical review of a cocktail follows the actual recipe: THE LAST WORD: Damrak Gin / Green Chartreuse / Luxardo Maraschino / Lime / Sugar"This cocktail was introduced around here about thirty years ago by Frank Fogarty, who was very well known in vaudeville. He was called the 'Dublin Minstrel, ' and was a very fine monologue artist." So wrote Ted Saucier in 1951 when introducing this drink in Bottoms Up. Saucier credits the drink to the Detroit Athletic Club, and if the bartender's recollection is correct, that would place the Last Word as a Prohibition-era cocktail. If that's the case, then the Last Word is one of the finest cocktails to come out of that bleak period in American history. Four ingredients, two of them fairly exotic, working in equal parts to create perfect harmony.

During almost two decades of catering everything from the Academy Awards to a fete for Queen Elizabeth to an intimate dinner for Julia Child to a “Roller-Disco” Bat Mitzvah, Nicole Aloni has learned more than a few tricks-of-the-trade. And whether you’re planning your umpteenth dinner for twelve, or you’ve only just figured out that there’s a kitchen in your apartment, Secrets From a Caterer’s Kitchen is the manual on entertaining.

This comprehensive, accessible and easy-to-use book offers insider tips and guidance about:

Whether it’s a candlelight dinner, a kid’s birthday party, or a holiday extravaganza, you can put on a show like a pro—and keep your guests guessing—with Secrets from a Caterer’s Kitchen!

All year-round, create lush beauty and quiet graces for home and family (without breaking your budget)

Tracey McBride's first book, Frugal Luxuries, elevated frugal but elegant living to an art form. Now in this companion volume she shares all new ways to embellish cherished holidays and the timeless rhythms of the seasons. Here she shows how to use joined efforts, loving hands, and exciting ideas to create gracious touches and sumptuous celebrations, delicious meals and wonderful seasonal treats. Learn how you can enrich your home with timeless pleasures and lighten the spirits of those you hold most dear--without exhausting your bank account. Enjoy:
Emblems of spring: aromatic Irish linen sachets, warm scones drenched in jam and butter...and mysterious bunny tracks you can make to delight your children
Enchanted summers: floral wreaths as party favors, an Italian feast with homemade pasta...and bountiful gifts from the garden
Autumnal offerings: scented cinnamon pinecones as fire starters, fresh challah for Rosh Hashana...and a house warmed with fall bouquets and cozy paisley throws
Winter wonders: mood-enhancing music, illuminating with lights, inside and out...and a Christmas gift pantry--begun in January--to create stress-free giving
Plus an abundance of seasonal blessings, imaginative uses for yard-sale treasures, an appreciation of things old and marvelous...and creation of a life of beauty and simplicity.

'Whether it's for friends, family or strangers, my heart fills with joy when I see everyone sat around my table enjoying my food'. A regular on ITV's This Morning and a columnist for London's Evening Standard, Clodagh's expert advice is in high demand on her daily IGTV cookery series @clodagh_mckenna. In this book she shows how you too can create stunning suppers using the very best seasonal produce, including the most efficient ways to prepare, what to serve and her handy tips for finishing your meal in style. Clodagh covers: * Part 1 - how to create a well-balanced and delicious menu, writing your shopping lists and creating a beautiful table to set the scene * Part 2 - 120 recipes to take you through the year from Wild Garlic & Potato Soup to start a spring supper to autumnal comfort food like Roast Butternut Squash, Cashel Blue & Saffron Pappardelle and warming winter treats such as Star Anise & Orange Rice Pudding * Part 3 - ideas for easy nibbles to serve as soon as guests arrive, simple cocktails and even edible gifts to ensure everyone leaves with something to remember the evening by.