Food for Friends: Simply Delicious Menus for Easy Entertaining

Food for Friends makes cooking for any number of friends or family a relaxed, enjoyable affair. Fran Warde's fabulous recipes and straightforward approach make it easy, whatever your lifestyle. Divided into 28 themed events, the book covers every occasion, from a Children's Tea Party or Beach Banquet to an elegant New Year's Eve celebration or Party Buffet. The first half of the book is for Everyday Entertaining, while the second half offers stylish ideas for Parties and Celebrations. For each menu, Fran suggests appropriate wine or drinks, and offers a clear, simple work plan, telling you how far in advance you can make each dish, and in what order it is best to prepare them - making life even easier.

Fran Warde trained as a professional chef and cooked all over the world. In Britain she ran a successful restaurant and catering business, before setting up her own cookery school. Fran was Food Editor of Red magazine for five years and now contributes to a number of publications including Olive, BBC Good Food, The Times Magazine and Waitrose Food Illustrated. She is the author of best-selling cookbook Eat Drink Live for Ryland Peters & Small, and The French Kitchen, which she co-wrote with novelist Joanne Harris.