Practical and unpretentious, A Gentleman Entertains includes
- 15 essential preparations before entertaining
- 100 things every gentleman should know about being a host
- Ideas for twelve specific parties complete with more than 20 fool-proof recipes
- Tips on dealing with inevitable, inescapable, really ugly disaster moments.
John Bridges, author of How to Be a Gentleman, is also the coauthor, with Bryan Curtis, of seven other volumes in the best-selling GentleManners series. He is a frequent guest on television and radio news programs, always championing gentlemanly behavior in modern society. Bridges has appeared on the Today Show, the Discovery Channel, and CBS Sunday Morning, and has been profiled in People magazine and the New York Times.