At Home Entertaining: The Art of Hosting a Party with Style and Panache

At Home Entertaining is a comprehensive guide to hosting parties with style panache confidence and ease. A menu cookbook and party planner it offers forty-six complete party plans and more than 250 recipes. Included are parties for two laid-back gatherings for six guilt-free parties for eight or really fussy festivities for a crowd.Each of the parties outlined in this book comes complete with an easy-to-follow party plan that addresses every aspect of hosting a fun-filled event. Included with each party are such topics as party backdrop party mood over-the-top suggestions shortcuts place settings and a party organizing countdown.Separate topical chapters such as What Every Host Should Know Shaping Your Party and How to Partee at Your Party give the reader insider tips on how to be a relaxed and self-assured host. With names like Fondue for Four on the Floor Tapas Time Almost a Pig Roast Sparkling Spa Teen Sleepover Monthly Supper Club Sunset Picnic Supper and Howling at the Moon Buffet each party is unique fun and intriguing.At Home Entertaining offers the same kind of practical information for the busy cook that are characteristic of the authors popular cookbook At Home in the Kitchen: The Art of Preparing the Foods You Love to Eat with tips on ingredient substitutions cooking methods and food presentation. Web site support available at Hyperlink http://www.Jorj.com enhances the book and encourages readers to entertain at home and to share their experiences with family coworkers and friends.