Entertaining 101:  Everything You Need to Know to Entertain with Style and Grace
To make your life easy, Linda West Eckhardt and her daughter, Katherine West DeFoyd, provide 54 menus for all kinds of occasions inEntertaining 101. Beyond creative and easy holiday meals, look for a sensibly elegant wedding shower, "Yearning for Summer February Tropical Dinner," "Raving Summer Weekend Paella Supper," and "Born in the USA Backyard Grilled Pizza Birthday Party." Recipes, including Roast Sage Chicken in a Nest (of braised greens and beets), Romaine Salad in Three-Citrus Dressing, and Shortbread Cookies with Mixed Berries, are distinctive yet accessible.Entertaining 101also covers other important elements of entertaining: you'll find sketches for napkin folding, a table telling how much liquor is needed for parties, advice on when to send out invitations before an event, and decorating ideas to accompany the menu selections.  Every menu inEntertaining 101is a good guide for hosting events with style and without stress.