Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining - Hardcover

Dupree, Nathalie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670878855 ISBN 13: 9780670878857

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1998

Synopsis

The popular cook serves up twenty-six full menus for gatherings, 250 foolproof recipes, instructions on presentation, problem-solving advice, and much more, in the companion volume to a twenty-eight-part PBS series beginning in September 1998. TV tie-in.

About this title

About the Author:

Recipient of the Cordon Bleu Advanced Certificate and known for her teaching expertise, Nathalie Dupree has hosted more than three hundred top-rated television cooking shows on PBS, the Learning Channel, Star TV, and the Food Network. She founded Rich's Cooking School in 1972 and has taught more than ten thousand students around the world. She is the author of eleven cookbooks, including New Southern Cooking and Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories (both Georgia) and her most recent, Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Jack Bass.

Review:

In a world that has become too complicated, Nathalie's down-to-earth advice sorts out what's really important about providing hospitality.

(Country Living)

Good advice on setting realistic goals, developing hospitality skills, making plans and creating menus.

(Associated Press Newswire)

Whether your style is casual or dressy, you'll find a wealth of information for successful parties. . . . The book is designed to show what Dupree does best―create spontaneous hospitality and wonderful food. (Los Angeles Daily News)

Laced with bits of cooking lore, anecdotes, and brimming with cheerful encouragement, Dupree’s latest advances the welcoming traditions of Southern hospitality.

(Publishers Weekly)

Dupree includes lots of useful material on planning, budgeting, presentation, and more, along with often-amusing anecdotes and cautionary tales from her own experiences. (Library Journal)

Nathalie Dupree has written more than a cook book; she has created an entertaining reference tool consisting of complete and unique menus and entertaining tips for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The book is well organized and includes numerous inspiring color photographs and humorous anecdotes. (Magill's Book Reviews)

Here, the concept of hosting a party becomes synonymous with comfortable clothes and a much-loved recliner; following Dupree's five rules―and one of the 26 menus (and more than 250 recipes)―almost guarantees success. . . . Tales from her own experience will convince readers that anyone, anywhere, can host a memorable gathering of guests. (Booklist (starred review))

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0670878855
• ISBN 13: 9780670878857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320