From The Ambassador's Table: Blueprints for Creative Entertaining. This item is unavailable.From The Ambassador's Table: Blueprints for Creative Entertaining

Drawing upon her 29 years of experience as a diplomat's wife, Margaret H. Dickenson has put together a comprehensive guide to creative entertaining. Equally at home hosting simple gatherings and elaborate feasts, she offers a wealth of ideas for entertaining with flair and pizzazz. The secret to a successful occasion lies in her blueprints which contains strategies on planning, organizing, and orchestrating an entire event--from invitations to menu planning, from food presentation to wine selection, from style of service and seating plans to table settings and centrepieces. Practical and imaginative, her blueprints work whether you are an inexperienced cook or a professional in the hospitality industry, whether you entertain with or without help.

Margaret H. Dickenson has a degree in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Guelph. For 29 years, she has accompanied her husband, Lawrence T. Dickenson, in his Canadian Foreign Service postings around the world. She has taught gourmet cooking for the Ottawa Board of Education and Algonquin College, Canada. She is conseiller gastronomique of La Chaine des Rotisseurs, the international gourmet club.