Picture Perfect Parties: Annette Joseph's Stylish Solutions for Entertaining

Joseph, Annette

ISBN 10: 0847841030 / ISBN 13: 9780847841035

Published by Rizzoli, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picture Perfect Parties: Annette Joseph's Stylish Solutions for Entertaining
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847841030
• ISBN 13: 9780847841035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Annette Joseph, Today Show entertaining expert, knows how to throw a party. Her motto: Make it simple and make it gorgeous! She is able to combine down-to-earth gusto with do-it-yourself brilliance to create an entertaining cookbook for people who want to entertain more and with panache. PICTURE PERFECT PARTIES provides an arsenal of tricks for a year’s worth of get-togethers, holidays, and special occasions—including Easter brunch, Cinco de Mayo, summer grill-outs, picnics and barbecues, holiday cocktails, and the Super Bowl— guaranteed to make at-home entertaining easy. Annette Joseph’s tasty recipes and fool-proof advice will ensure that you can throw parties with a sense of ease and flair.

Joseph is able to show readers how to ingeniously transform the ordinary into the extraordinary without spending a lot of money, and without sacrificing style. Each chapter of PICTURE PERFECT PARTIESshows how to create a total environment around a unique theme. The recipes and menus are not only delicious, and focused on seasonal ingredients, but are designed so that they can be made in advance and portioned individually—a time-management must for the host or hostess. Among the recipes, you will find some that will become everyday favorites, such as White Bean Farro Soup, Parmesan Crisps, Lemony Risotto, and Tuscan Sweet and Sour Kale. Sidebars sprinkled throughout give step-by-step instructions for the inventive trappings that make an event memorable, such as centerpieces, place cards, takeaway containers, and linens. From simple to lavish, PICTURE PERFECT PARTIES delivers brilliant solutions to create fabulous parties.

About the Author

Annette Joseph is the entertaining expert for the Today Show and Better Homes and Gardens. She also appears regularly on Atlanta’s Fox morning show and Martha Stewart Living Radio. Her recipes and entertaining ideas have been featured in Epicurious, Design Sponge, MSN, The Huffington Post, Southern Living, Woman’s World, and Goop. Hugh Acheson is the author of the Beard Award–winning cookbook A New Turn in the South and a judge on Top Chef.