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WHAT
TO GIVE, WHAT TO GET 2001: Begin Your Holiday Shopping With Us
Entertaining
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BAREFOOT CONTESSA PARTIES!: Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun
by Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 0609606441
Who better to get entertaining advice from than a woman who has been a caterer since 1978, authored her own best-selling cookbook --- THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA COOKBOOK --- and, feat of all feats, managed to stick it out as a columnist for Martha Stewart Living way longer than most of Queen Martha's disgruntled employees. The only book you'll ever need for throwing fabulous "theme" parties, Garten covers everything from finding the right venue to organizing the guest list to planning and preparing the menu to setting the decor. And with 16 fail-safe party plans, you'll have four chances each season to wow family and friends with your enviable host(ess)ing capabilities!
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THE WINE BIBLE
by Karen MacNeil
Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563054345
Karen MacNeil is director of the wine program at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley. She knows wine the way parents wish they knew their children. But for all her connoisseurship, her approach to wine education is neither patronizing nor painfully polysyllabic. Organized by region, this appropriately named guide to all things grape-derived includes glossaries, tasting tips, definitions, maps, illustrations, guides to matching foods and wines, and entertaining little asides and anecdotes courtesy of the author. With THE WINE BIBLE you'll never again be caught confusing a Gewürztraminer (white) with a Spätburgunder (red) --- a humiliation like no other!
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ITALIAN HOLIDAY COOKING: A Collection of 150 Treasured Recipes
by Michele Scicolone
William Morrow & Co.
ISBN: 0060199911
Scicolone does a great service to everyone from an Italian American household who never got a chance to write down Mama's best recipes. This cook book is full of comforting, rich food (including desserts!), and Scicolone also includes historical and geographical background for each dish, explanations for which holiday it's prepared, and tips for preparation. So, when All Souls' Day comes rolling around and you know exactly which spice cookies to bake, you'll know who to thank!
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RELAX, COMPANY'S COMING!: 150 Recipes for Stress-Free Entertaining
by Kathy Gunst
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0743202589
Despite all personal experiences to the contrary, being a host or hostess does not have to be torture on par with child birth. Author Gunst has designed this book as a kind of 12-step plan to relieve anxiety and calm the nerves of intimidated/paranoid/neurotic/worrisome party planners. Her recipes are mostly easy to prepare (there are a few more complex dishes for the extreme host) and all delicious and festive enough for any occasion. And her helpful tips on how to make things easier for yourself --- like remembering there is no shame in substituting gourmet shop-bought for homemade --- go a long way toward calming the psycho-stressed hostess beast within.
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A PASSION FOR PARTIES: Your Guide to Elegant Entertaining
by David Tutera
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0743202287
That author Tutera is a party-planner to the stars --- a notoriously impossible-to-please lot --- should be enough to convince you of the efficacy of this "Guide to Elegant Entertaining." Beginning with the basics, like finding a place to host your gala event, and covering all the necessary specifics --- menus, table settings, music, lighting, flowers, tenting service, valet parking (what's a party without valets!) --- Tutera's "Passion for Parties" can be magically transferred to you. Who knows, make a name for yourself as a Tutera-styled host-with-the-most, and Mick and Elton might just show up at your next party.
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THE SIMPLE ART OF NAPKIN FOLDING: 94 Fancy Folds for Every Tabletop Occasion
by Linda Hetzer
illustrated by Robert Penny
William Morrow & Co.
ISBN: 0688102808
There is nothing worse than attending a dinner party with sloppily folded napkins --- I mean, how gauche! Don't be that hostess. Don't just go willy-nilly into napkin art. The properly arranged napkin can make or break a dinner party. And with Hetzer's clear, concise, nicely illustrated guide, THE SIMPLE ART OF NAPKIN FOLDING: 94 Fancy Folds for Every Tabletop Occasion, you can safely guarantee that your party will be the most elegant of the year.
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