| | |  | Cook Books | Home » » Williams-Sonoma Entertaining: Inspired menus for cooking with family and friends | | | | | | | Description: | | Packed with clever ideas, delicious recipes, and gorgeous color photography, Williams-Sonoma Entertaining is the ultimate guide to a successful party. The secrets of easy entertaining are demystified with helpful sections such as planning menus, buying quality ingredients, coaxing the best flavors out of food, and stocking a bar. Organized by season, each themed menu features accessible recipes driven by fresh ingredients; an easy-to-follow work plan; and detailed how-to photos depicting styling ideas. Key Features: * Sixteen seasonal menus with more than 100 simple, delicious recipes * Beautiful full-color photography shows every recipe as a finished dish, plus key preparation, cooking, and serving techniques * Inspiring photos show creative ideas for table settings, flower arranging, and party favors * Dozens of ideas for successful parties, from planning a menu to mixing creative cocktails to shortcuts for preparing the meal | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| George Dolese | | Hardcover:
| 320 pages | | Publisher:
| Oxmoor House | | Publication Date:
| October 01, 2004 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0848727819 | | Product Length:
| 9.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 10.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.69 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Food the ultimate melting potAug 01, 2006
By Yellow Roses
"Mighty Mo"
Thank you for a wonderful book that gives us outside of North America an opportunity to create awesome menus and by extension meals with what we have. I live in Jamaica and was inspired by each menu. It is summer but I follwed the Easter Brunch menu slavishly. I enjoyed the Wine Lovers Evening and was delighted to find a things to do with all the wine corks I have been saving.
I believe a strength of this book is the instructions which feel more like suggestions which you just fall into and you do and they make the entire evening a success. There may well be other books that do this but I would say that this book is moving to the head of my class of my over 60 cook books.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
A beautiful book for people who love to entertainDec 06, 2006
By James Means
"jamesinhouston"
This really isn't so much a cookbook as it is a book for people who love to entertain. The book has party/entertaining ideas divided by season. Each season has 4 entertaining "ideas", each of which is amazing.
The recipes are terrific but more importantly, the book includes table settings and ideas for party favors and gifts for your guests. It's a beautifully photographed and thoughtfully written book with a wealth of great ideas about how to entertain. It has something for both the novice and seasoned party giver. Buy it, read it, and throw a dinner party--that's my advice! Then you can bask in the glow of your guests' admiration.
14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful book -Delicious recipesNov 25, 2005
By Max Kate
"Cookbook Collector"
The recipes are delicious and easy to make- the photos are beautiful and the book inspires you to entertain simply and elegantly. One of my favorite cookbooks.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Super cute entertaining ideasDec 12, 2006
By ninapb
Great book for those who love to entertain and cook for others. Their themes are unique but easy to pull off, and I love how they also have crafts ideas on party favors, flower arrangements, decorating ideas, etc. in addition to the recipes. Probably my most favorite entertaining book so far.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great Entertaining Ideas - Some Recipes are ComplexJun 27, 2008
By J. Joostberns
This is a fantastic entertaining book with entire meal ideas for multiple events. The book even includes ideas on decorating, table settings, invitations, party gifts, etc.
I'm working my way through all of the events and have tried five so far. The food has been absolutely delicious, although some of the recipes are more complex than what I'm used to. Thankfully, the book advises what tasks can be done the day before, the morning of, and then right before guests come over so you can budget your time accordingly.
I've found that some of the recipes can be simplified by using more basic ingredients (ready-to-cook lima beans instead of fava beans in the shell, etc.) Also, several of the recipes use a lot of butter, whole cream, etc., so you could cut back on these ingredients or make substitutions if you want something healthier.
I would recommend this book for those who love to entertain!
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