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Entertaining With Style
Category: Food & Drink Pages: 224 Publisher: Harpercollins Published: 1 November 1985 ISBN: 0688040780 RRP: £13.95(Hardback) |
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Synopsis
Entertaining with Style is the ultimate book for everyone who enjoys giving parties and wants to make them truly memorable. Here are over 200 mouthwatering recipes, numerous highly original party ideas, and a wealth of practical information to enable you to put on the style.
Invaluable advice on Catering in Quantity, including who to invite and how much food to allow, is followed by the focal point of the book - 34 specially devised parties all illustrated with startingly stylish photographs and paintings. For important or formal occasions there is the traditionally elegent Victorian Wedding and the VIP Dinner, whereas fun lovers wil enjoy the zany Surrealist Dinner and the Barbecue in the Backyard. Prue Leith and Polly Tyrer give precise instructions on how make each event a resounding success, covering every detail down to folding the napkins and making the invitations. They provide checklists showing every item required and countdown charts listing what is to be done and when. In addition, there are recipes for all the dishes, suggestions for appropriate drinks and most importantly, advice on setting the scene - how to lay the table, what props are needed and suitable lighting and music. | |